# Kaharoa School

Full Primary · State · Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1756-kaharoa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 445

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

## The record
- 296 Kaharoa Road, Rotorua, 3096
- Roll: 177 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1907
- Isolation index 0.58, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 144 · Pacific 5 · Asian 3 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 07-3323444
- Email: office@kaharoa.school.nz
- Contact: Lynden Cook
- Website: http://www.kaharoa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Ngongotahā School](https://www.chch.live/school/1852-ngongotaha-school), decile 4 · EQI 486
- [Whangamarino School](https://www.chch.live/school/2083-whangamarino-school), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [Te Ranga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2019-te-ranga-school), decile 5 · EQI 447
- [Kawaha Point School](https://www.chch.live/school/1766-kawaha-point-school), decile 3 · EQI 498
- [Selwyn School](https://www.chch.live/school/1939-selwyn-school), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [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
- [TKKM o Ruamata](https://www.chch.live/school/1165-tkkm-o-ruamata), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [TKKM o Te Koutu](https://www.chch.live/school/1153-tkkm-o-te-koutu), decile 3 · EQI 485

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.995973&lon=176.234324

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 445, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Where is Kaharoa School?**

296 Kaharoa Road, , Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1756 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026