# Aorangi School (Rotorua)

Contributing · State · Pukehangi, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1683-aorangi-school-rotorua

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 554

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

## The record
- 3 Gem Street, Pukehangi, Rotorua, 3047
- Roll: 81 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1976
- Isolation index 0.35, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 16 · Pacific 17 · Asian 2 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 07-3478448
- Email: office@aorangi.school.nz
- Contact: Billie-Lee Browne
- Website: http://aorangi.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Western Heights Primary School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2078-western-heights-primary-school-rotorua), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Awhina School/ Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6110-awhina-school-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [St Michael's Catholic School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/1960-st-michael-s-catholic-school-rotorua), decile 4 · EQI 444
- [Kaitao Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1761-kaitao-intermediate), decile 2 · EQI 540
- [Sunset Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1970-sunset-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 551
- [TKKM o Hurungaterangi](https://www.chch.live/school/3103-tkkm-o-hurungaterangi), decile 1 · EQI 550
- [Western Heights High School](https://www.chch.live/school/151-western-heights-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 499
- [Rotorua Specialist School - Te Kura Pūkenga o Rotorua](https://www.chch.live/school/1772-rotorua-specialist-school-te-kura-pukenga-o-rotorua), decile 2 · EQI 523

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.131962&lon=176.207999

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Aorangi School (Rotorua)?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Pukehangi.

**How many students does Aorangi School (Rotorua) have?**

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

**What is Aorangi School (Rotorua)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 554, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Aorangi School (Rotorua)?**

3 Gem Street, Pukehangi, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1683 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026