# Te Huruhi School

Contributing · State · Surfdale, Waiheke Island

https://www.chch.live/school/1177-te-huruhi-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 423

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

## The record
- 7 Donald Bruce Road, Surfdale, Waiheke Island, 1081
- Roll: 250 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1986
- Isolation index 0.59, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 185 · Pacific 21 · Asian 27 · MELAA 16 · Other 4
- Phone: 09-3720200
- Email: office@tehuruhi.school.nz
- Contact: Emily Petronelli
- Website: http://www.tehuruhi.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Waiheke High School](https://www.chch.live/school/530-waiheke-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 442
- [Waiheke Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/6922-waiheke-primary-school), decile 7 · EQI 411
- [Fossil Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/779-fossil-bay-school), private, not rated
- [Maraetai Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/1357-maraetai-beach-school), decile 10 · EQI 398
- [Beachlands School](https://www.chch.live/school/1224-beachlands-school), decile 10 · EQI 395
- [Mellons Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1371-mellons-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 354
- [Bucklands Beach Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1241-bucklands-beach-primary-school), decile 10 · EQI 356
- [Macleans College](https://www.chch.live/school/41-macleans-college), decile 9 · EQI 385

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.800746&lon=175.028103

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Huruhi School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Surfdale.

**How many students does Te Huruhi School have?**

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

**What is Te Huruhi School's Equity Index?**

EQI 423, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Te Huruhi School?**

7 Donald Bruce Road, Surfdale, Waiheke Island. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1177 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026