# Tangowahine School

Full Primary · State · Tangowahine, Dargaville

https://www.chch.live/school/1105-tangowahine-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 513

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

## The record
- Tangowahine Valley Road, Tangowahine, Dargaville, 372
- Roll: 14 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1904
- Isolation index 1.39, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 11 · Pacific 1
- Phone: 09-4397032
- Email: office@tws.school.nz
- Contact: Georgina Pickering
- Website: http://www.tangowahine.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Selwyn Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1097-selwyn-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Dargaville High School](https://www.chch.live/school/19-dargaville-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 515
- [Dargaville Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1008-dargaville-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Dargaville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1098-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-dargaville), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Dargaville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1009-dargaville-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Tangiteroria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1104-tangiteroria-school), decile 7 · EQI 485
- [Arapohue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1002-arapohue-school), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [Te Kopuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1111-te-kopuru-school), decile 2 · EQI 519

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.865281&lon=173.934923

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tangowahine School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Tangowahine.

**How many students does Tangowahine School have?**

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

**What is Tangowahine School's Equity Index?**

EQI 513, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Tangowahine School?**

Tangowahine Valley Road, Tangowahine, Dargaville. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1105 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026