# Lake Rerewhakaaitu School

Full Primary · State · Rerewhakaaitu, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1787-lake-rerewhakaaitu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 479

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

## The record
- 9 Ash Pit Road, Rerewhakaaitu, Rotorua, 3073
- Roll: 71 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1955
- Isolation index 0.96, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 43 · Asian 3
- Phone: 07-3666814
- Email: office@lakerere.school.nz
- Contact: Rick Whalley
- Website: http://www.lakerere.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Kaingaroa Forest School](https://www.chch.live/school/1759-kaingaroa-forest-school), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [Reporoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1923-reporoa-school), decile 4 · EQI 487
- [Reporoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/164-reporoa-college), decile 6 · EQI 519
- [Waikite Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2055-waikite-valley-school), decile 10 · EQI 445
- [Murupara Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/658-murupara-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [Galatea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1722-galatea-school), decile 5 · EQI 493
- [Mihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1826-mihi-school), decile 5 · EQI 539
- [TKK Motuhake o Tawhiuau](https://www.chch.live/school/463-tkk-motuhake-o-tawhiuau), decile 1 · EQI 552

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.317411&lon=176.493668

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Lake Rerewhakaaitu School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Rerewhakaaitu.

**How many students does Lake Rerewhakaaitu School have?**

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

**What is Lake Rerewhakaaitu School's Equity Index?**

EQI 479, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Lake Rerewhakaaitu School?**

9 Ash Pit Road, Rerewhakaaitu, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1787 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026