# Galatea School

Full Primary · State · Galatea, Murupara

https://www.chch.live/school/1722-galatea-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 493

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

## The record
- 32 Mangamate Road, Galatea, Murupara, 3079
- Roll: 128 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1935
- Isolation index 1.63, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 44 · Pacific 3 · Asian 10 · MELAA 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-3664862
- Email: office@galatea.school.nz
- Contact: Vanessa Koroa
- Website: http://www.galatea.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Murupara Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/658-murupara-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [TKK Motuhake o Tawhiuau](https://www.chch.live/school/463-tkk-motuhake-o-tawhiuau), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Kaingaroa Forest School](https://www.chch.live/school/1759-kaingaroa-forest-school), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [Te Kura Toitu o Te Whaiti-nui-a-Toi](https://www.chch.live/school/545-te-kura-toitu-o-te-whaiti-nui-a-toi), decile 1 · EQI 540
- [Te Kura Māori ā Rohe o Waiohau](https://www.chch.live/school/2062-te-kura-maori-a-rohe-o-waiohau), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Lake Rerewhakaaitu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1787-lake-rerewhakaaitu-school), decile 7 · EQI 479
- [TKKM o Huiarau](https://www.chch.live/school/1748-tkkm-o-huiarau), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Te Kura Awhitu](https://www.chch.live/school/4560-te-kura-awhitu), EQI 536

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.410808&lon=176.741362

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Galatea.

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

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

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

EQI 493, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Galatea School?**

32 Mangamate Road, Galatea, Murupara. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1722 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026