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Te Takarangi

Full Primary · State · Purerua

52 students on the roll · EQI 486.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 486. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 935 Purerua Road, Purerua, 294
  • Roll: 52 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1903
  • Isolation index 2.01, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Setting: Rural other
  • Phone: 09-4079749
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Contact: Michael Baty
  • Website: tetakarangi.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 23 · 44%
Pacific 8 · 15%
MELAA 3 · 6%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Te Takarangi?

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

How many students does Te Takarangi have?

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

What is Te Takarangi's Equity Index?

EQI 486, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

Where is Te Takarangi?

935 Purerua Road, , Purerua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.