# Mercury Bay Area School

Composite · State · Whitianga

https://www.chch.live/school/110-mercury-bay-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 465

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- South Highway, Whitianga, 3510
- Roll: 862 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1976
- Isolation index 2.07, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 646 · Pacific 27 · Asian 63 · MELAA 9 · Other 3 · International 23
- Phone: 07-8665916
- Email: mbas@mbas.ac.nz
- Contact: Ross Dunn
- Website: http://www.mbas.ac.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Coroglen School](https://www.chch.live/school/1707-coroglen-school), decile 5 · EQI 490
- [Whenuakite School](https://www.chch.live/school/2088-whenuakite-school), decile 7 · EQI 428
- [Te Rerenga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2021-te-rerenga-school), decile 6 · EQI 428
- [Te Wharekura o Manaia](https://www.chch.live/school/1798-te-wharekura-o-manaia), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Coromandel Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/109-coromandel-area-school), decile 3 · EQI 512
- [Tairua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1975-tairua-school), decile 7 · EQI 440
- [TKKM o Harataunga](https://www.chch.live/school/1773-tkkm-o-harataunga), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Tapu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1980-tapu-school), decile 5 · EQI 521

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.841247&lon=175.698102

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Mercury Bay Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Mercury Bay Area School have?**

862 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Mercury Bay Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 465, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Mercury Bay Area School?**

South Highway, , Whitianga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=110 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026