# Rahotu School

Full Primary · State · Rahotu

https://www.chch.live/school/1679-rahotu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 503

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

## The record
- 5825 South Road, Rahotu, 4684
- Roll: 122 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 1.6, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 106 · Pacific 2 · Asian 5
- Phone: 06-7638658
- Email: admin@rahotu.school.nz
- Contact: Matthew Moorby
- Website: http://www.rahotu.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Tamarongo](https://www.chch.live/school/4223-tkkm-o-tamarongo), decile 3 · EQI 562
- [Opunake High School](https://www.chch.live/school/181-opunake-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 503
- [Opunake School](https://www.chch.live/school/2216-opunake-school), decile 6 · EQI 499
- [St Joseph's School (Opunake)](https://www.chch.live/school/2237-st-joseph-s-school-opunake), decile 6 · EQI 441
- [Coastal Taranaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/551-coastal-taranaki-school), decile 7 · EQI 478
- [Oakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2208-oakura-school), decile 10 · EQI 390
- [Green School New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/school/904-green-school-new-zealand), private, not rated
- [Auroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2152-auroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 473

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.325024&lon=173.802899

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 503, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Rahotu School?**

5825 South Road, , Rahotu. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1679 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026