# Goldfields School (Paeroa)

Specialist School · State · Paeroa

https://www.chch.live/school/1726-goldfields-school-paeroa

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 518

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

## The record
- 55 Norwood Road, Paeroa, 3600
- Roll: 92 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1965
- Isolation index 1.13, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 57 · Pacific 10 · Asian 11 · MELAA 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8627172
- Email: accounts@gfs.school.nz
- Contact: Cameron McKenzie
- Website: http://www.gfs.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Miller Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1827-miller-avenue-school), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Paeroa Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1169-paeroa-christian-school), decile 3 · EQI 459
- [Paeroa Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/1883-paeroa-central-school), decile 1 · EQI 545
- [Paeroa College](https://www.chch.live/school/113-paeroa-college), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Paeroa)](https://www.chch.live/school/1951-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-paeroa), decile 3 · EQI 444
- [Netherton School](https://www.chch.live/school/1842-netherton-school), decile 5 · EQI 465
- [Tirohia School](https://www.chch.live/school/2033-tirohia-school), decile 3 · EQI 542
- [Karangahake School](https://www.chch.live/school/1763-karangahake-school), decile 3 · EQI 480

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.370573&lon=175.674414

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Goldfields School (Paeroa)?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Goldfields School (Paeroa) have?**

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

**What is Goldfields School (Paeroa)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 518, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Goldfields School (Paeroa)?**

55 Norwood Road, , Paeroa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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