Ruakākā School
Contributing · State · Ruakaka
303 students on the roll · EQI 485 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 485. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 12 Sandford Road, Ruakaka, 171
- Roll: 303 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1898
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.92, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 09-4327503
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Helen Kinsey-Wightman
- Website: ruakaka.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Ruakaka School, in force from 2025-12-03 · 129 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Bream Bay College, decile 5 · EQI 482 · 2.8 km
- One Tree Point School, decile 4 · EQI 441 · 7.7 km
- Waipu School, decile 7 · EQI 438 · 10.0 km
- Whangarei Heads School, decile 8 · EQI 408 · 10.8 km
- Parua Bay School, decile 9 · EQI 432 · 14.7 km
- Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi, decile 1 · EQI 515 · 15.1 km
- Raurimu Avenue School, decile 3 · EQI 569 · 16.5 km
- Onerahi School, decile 4 · EQI 489 · 16.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational.
303 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 485, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.