# Tauranga Special School

Specialist School · State · Tauranga South, Tauranga

https://www.chch.live/school/1762-tauranga-special-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 499

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

## The record
- 39 Eighteenth Avenue, Tauranga South, Tauranga, 3112
- Roll: 134 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1963
- Isolation index 0.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in a Pacific language
- Roll by ethnicity: European 57 · Pacific 15 · Asian 20 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 07-5784424
- Email: office@taurangaspecialschool.nz
- Contact: Dale Megson
- Website: http://www.taurangaspecialschool.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Tauranga Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1990-tauranga-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 475
- [Gate Pa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1992-gate-pa-school), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [Tauranga Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/122-tauranga-girls-college), decile 6 · EQI 466
- [Tauranga Boys' College](https://www.chch.live/school/121-tauranga-boys-college), decile 6 · EQI 456
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Tauranga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1959-st-mary-s-catholic-school-tauranga), decile 8 · EQI 385
- [Merivale School](https://www.chch.live/school/1825-merivale-school), decile 1 · EQI 548
- [Maungatapu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1821-maungatapu-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Tauranga Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1991-tauranga-primary-school), decile 7 · EQI 423

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.711539&lon=176.155618

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tauranga Special School?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Tauranga South.

**How many students does Tauranga Special School have?**

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

**What is Tauranga Special School's Equity Index?**

EQI 499, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Tauranga Special School?**

39 Eighteenth Avenue, Tauranga South, Tauranga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1762 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026