# Arohanui Special School

Specialist School · State · Te Atatu, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1209-arohanui-special-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 479

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

## The record
- Tirimoana Road, Te Atatu, Auckland, 0602
- Roll: 278 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1972
- Isolation index 0.17, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 97 · Māori 78 · Pacific 104 · Asian 56 · MELAA 7
- Phone: 09-8386696
- Email: admin@arohanui.school.nz
- Contact: Shaki Padayatchi
- Website: http://www.arohanui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Tirimoana School](https://www.chch.live/school/1536-tirimoana-school), decile 5 · EQI 417
- [Glendene School](https://www.chch.live/school/1293-glendene-school), decile 2 · EQI 491
- [Freyberg Community School](https://www.chch.live/school/1280-freyberg-community-school), decile 5 · EQI 424
- [Henderson School](https://www.chch.live/school/1309-henderson-school), decile 3 · EQI 485
- [Rangeview Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1457-rangeview-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Holy Cross Catholic School (Henderson)](https://www.chch.live/school/1316-holy-cross-catholic-school-henderson), decile 3 · EQI 413
- [Sunnyvale School](https://www.chch.live/school/1519-sunnyvale-school), decile 3 · EQI 477
- [Edmonton School](https://www.chch.live/school/1266-edmonton-school), decile 4 · EQI 454

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.881324&lon=174.652675

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Arohanui Special School?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Te Atatu.

**How many students does Arohanui Special School have?**

278 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Arohanui Special School's Equity Index?**

EQI 479, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Arohanui Special School?**

Tirimoana Road, Te Atatu, Auckland. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1209 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026