# Kawaha Point School

Contributing · State · Kawaha Point, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1766-kawaha-point-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 498

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

## The record
- 72-100 Aquarius Drive, Kawaha Point, Rotorua, 3010
- Roll: 233 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1979
- Isolation index 0.34, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 112 · Pacific 38 · Asian 18 · MELAA 3 · Other 2
- Phone: 07-3485864
- Email: office@kps.school.nz
- Contact: Maria Gillard
- Website: http://www.kawaha-point.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Selwyn School](https://www.chch.live/school/1939-selwyn-school), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [TKKM o Te Koutu](https://www.chch.live/school/1153-tkkm-o-te-koutu), decile 3 · EQI 485
- [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
- [Western Heights High School](https://www.chch.live/school/151-western-heights-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 499
- [Te Rangihakahaka Centre for Science and Technology](https://www.chch.live/school/871-te-rangihakahaka-centre-for-science-and-technology), EQI 513
- [Kaitao Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1761-kaitao-intermediate), decile 2 · EQI 540
- [St Michael's Catholic School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/1960-st-michael-s-catholic-school-rotorua), decile 4 · EQI 444
- [Western Heights Primary School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2078-western-heights-primary-school-rotorua), decile 1 · EQI 536

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.108983&lon=176.23351

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kawaha Point School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Kawaha Point.

**How many students does Kawaha Point School have?**

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

**What is Kawaha Point School's Equity Index?**

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Kawaha Point School?**

72-100 Aquarius Drive, Kawaha Point, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1766 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026