# Tapora School

Full Primary · State · Tapora

https://www.chch.live/school/1106-tapora-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 441

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

## The record
- 1 Okahukura Road, Tapora, 977
- Roll: 20 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1956
- Isolation index 1.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 17 · Pacific 1 · Asian 2
- Phone: 09-4221835
- Email: office@tapora.school.nz
- Contact: Rebecca Thompson
- Website: http://www.tapora.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Tinopai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1114-tinopai-school), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [TKKM o Ngaringaomatariki](https://www.chch.live/school/600-tkkm-o-ngaringaomatariki), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Tauhoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1107-tauhoa-school), decile 6 · EQI 497
- [Pouto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1085-pouto-school), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Wellsford School](https://www.chch.live/school/1126-wellsford-school), decile 3 · EQI 484
- [Rodney College](https://www.chch.live/school/23-rodney-college), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [Waioneke School](https://www.chch.live/school/1553-waioneke-school), decile 4 · EQI 448
- [Kaipara Flats School](https://www.chch.live/school/1324-kaipara-flats-school), decile 9 · EQI 425

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.351256&lon=174.302849

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 441, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Tapora School?**

1 Okahukura Road, , Tapora. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1106 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026