# Totara North School

Contributing · State · Totara North

https://www.chch.live/school/1116-totara-north-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 487

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

## The record
- 32 Totara School Road, Totara North, 479
- Roll: 21 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1862
- Isolation index 2.42, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 18
- Phone: 09-4051852
- Email: office@totaranorth.school.nz
- Contact: Jennifer Williams
- Website: http://totaranorth.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Whangaroa College](https://www.chch.live/school/4-whangaroa-college), decile 1 · EQI 540
- [Kaeo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1019-kaeo-school), decile 2 · EQI 526
- [Oruaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/1066-oruaiti-school), decile 2 · EQI 467
- [TKKM o Whangaroa](https://www.chch.live/school/3106-tkkm-o-whangaroa), decile 2 · EQI 540
- [Matauri Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1044-matauri-bay-school), decile 2 · EQI 549
- [Mangonui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1039-mangonui-school), decile 3 · EQI 495
- [Peria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1081-peria-school), decile 2 · EQI 498
- [Taipa Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/2-taipa-area-school), decile 2 · EQI 530

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.038968&lon=173.712486

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Totara North School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Totara North School have?**

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

**What is Totara North School's Equity Index?**

EQI 487, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Totara North School?**

32 Totara School Road, , Totara North. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1116 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026