Hilltop School
Full Primary · State · Taupo
580 students on the roll · EQI 421 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 421. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 88 Rokino Road, Taupo, 3330
- Roll: 580 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1964
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.54, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Phone: 07-3787583
- Email: info@hilltop.org.nz
- Contact: Andrea Hunter
- Website: hilltop.org.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Hilltop School, in force from 2024-01-01 · 2 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Taupo Intermediate, decile 6 · EQI 472 · 549 m
- Lake Taupo Christian School, decile 8 · EQI 464 · 932 m
- Tauhara College, decile 6 · EQI 486 · 1.2 km
- Tauhara School, decile 3 · EQI 522 · 1.3 km
- Waipahihi School, decile 7 · EQI 451 · 1.9 km
- Mountview School, decile 3 · EQI 516 · 2.0 km
- Taupo School, decile 5 · EQI 450 · 2.2 km
- Taupo-nui-a-Tia College, decile 5 · EQI 463 · 2.5 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
580 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 421, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.