# Tomarata School

Full Primary · State · Wellsford

https://www.chch.live/school/1115-tomarata-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 468

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

## The record
- 8 Pakiri Block Road, Wellsford, 974
- Roll: 93 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1934
- Isolation index 1.27, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 78 · Pacific 11 · Asian 2 · MELAA 2 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-4237022
- Email: office@tomarata.school.nz
- Contact: Chris King
- Website: http://www.tomarata.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Pakiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1074-pakiri-school), decile 4 · EQI 486
- [Rodney College](https://www.chch.live/school/23-rodney-college), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [Wellsford School](https://www.chch.live/school/1126-wellsford-school), decile 3 · EQI 484
- [Mangawhai Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/1038-mangawhai-beach-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [Mangawhai Hills College](https://www.chch.live/school/3691-mangawhai-hills-college), private, not rated
- [Matakana School](https://www.chch.live/school/1364-matakana-school), decile 9 · EQI 394
- [Leigh School](https://www.chch.live/school/1340-leigh-school), decile 7 · EQI 426
- [Kaiwaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1027-kaiwaka-school), decile 4 · EQI 482

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.231302&lon=174.633729

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 468, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Tomarata School?**

8 Pakiri Block Road, , Wellsford. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1115 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026