# Renew School

Composite · State : Integrated · Morningside, Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/1138-renew-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 461

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

## The record
- 2 Tarewa Road, Morningside, Whangarei, 148
- Roll: 194 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1993
- Isolation index 0.57, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 122 · Pacific 9 · Asian 40 · MELAA 35 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-4386471
- Email: office@renew.school.nz
- Contact: Barend Blom
- Website: http://www.renew.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Blomfield Special School and Resource Ctre](https://www.chch.live/school/1007-blomfield-special-school-and-resource-ctre), decile 3 · EQI 518
- [Morningside School](https://www.chch.live/school/1052-morningside-school), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Whangarei Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1129-whangarei-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 506
- [Hora Hora School (Te Mai)](https://www.chch.live/school/1015-hora-hora-school-te-mai), decile 2 · EQI 534
- [Te Kāpehu Whetū](https://www.chch.live/school/3619-te-kapehu-whetu), EQI 529
- [Whangarei School](https://www.chch.live/school/1130-whangarei-school), decile 4 · EQI 464
- [Whangārei Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/15-whangarei-boys-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 474
- [He Mataariki School for Teen Parents](https://www.chch.live/school/2757-he-mataariki-school-for-teen-parents), decile 1 · EQI 569

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.730346&lon=174.316496

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Composite · State : Integrated · Co-Educational, in Morningside.

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

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

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

EQI 461, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Renew School?**

2 Tarewa Road, Morningside, Whangarei. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1138 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026