# Tauraroa Area School

Composite · State · Maungakaramea

https://www.chch.live/school/12-tauraroa-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- 398 Tauraroa Road, Maungakaramea, 146
- Roll: 421 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.95, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 377 · Pacific 15 · Asian 20 · MELAA 4 · Other 4 · International 2
- Phone: 09-4322643
- Email: general@tauraroa.school.nz
- Contact: Grant Burns
- Website: http://www.tauraroa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Maungakaramea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1047-maungakaramea-school), decile 5 · EQI 438
- [Waiotira School](https://www.chch.live/school/1124-waiotira-school), decile 3 · EQI 465
- [Otaika Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1068-otaika-valley-school), decile 4 · EQI 470
- [Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1084-portland-school-te-kura-o-tikorangi), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Maungatapere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1048-maungatapere-school), decile 9 · EQI 430
- [Maunu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1050-maunu-school), decile 8 · EQI 409
- [Pompallier Catholic College](https://www.chch.live/school/17-pompallier-catholic-college), decile 7 · EQI 424
- [Manaia View School](https://www.chch.live/school/1648-manaia-view-school), decile 1 · EQI 565

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.873069&lon=174.218169

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tauraroa Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Tauraroa Area School have?**

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

**What is Tauraroa Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Tauraroa Area School?**

398 Tauraroa Road, , Maungakaramea. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=12 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026