Kawerau South School
Contributing · State · Kawerau
344 students on the roll · EQI 536 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 536. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 175 Onslow Street, Kawerau, 3169
- Roll: 344 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.9, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 07-3238326
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Raylene Gage-Te Hau
- Website: kss.school.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
- Kawerau South School, in force from 2025-01-01 · 26 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
- Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre, decile 1 · EQI 569 · 214 m
- Tarawera High School, decile 1 · EQI 545 · 1.3 km
- Te Whata Tau o Putauaki, decile 1 · EQI 541 · 1.5 km
- Kawerau Putauaki School, decile 2 · EQI 522 · 1.5 km
- Te Mahoe School, decile 1 · EQI 556 · 10.2 km
- Te Kura O Te Teko, decile 1 · EQI 532 · 10.9 km
- Otakiri School, decile 5 · EQI 466 · 13.4 km
- Lake Rotoma School, decile 1 · EQI 541 · 14.8 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational.
344 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 536, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.