# Malfroy School

Contributing · State · Hillcrest, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1796-malfroy-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 529

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

## The record
- 196 Malfroy Road, Hillcrest, Rotorua, 3015
- Roll: 301 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1955
- Isolation index 0.27, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 71 · Pacific 63 · Asian 27 · MELAA 2 · Other 2
- Phone: 07-3488588
- Email: finance@malfroy.school.nz
- Contact: Nicky Brell
- Website: http://www.malfroy.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Rotorua Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/153-rotorua-girls-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [John Paul College](https://www.chch.live/school/532-john-paul-college), decile 7 · EQI 415
- [Rotorua Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1933-rotorua-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 505
- [Rotorua Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/152-rotorua-boys-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 504
- [TKKM o Hurungaterangi](https://www.chch.live/school/3103-tkkm-o-hurungaterangi), decile 1 · EQI 550
- [Glenholme School](https://www.chch.live/school/1724-glenholme-school), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Sunset Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1970-sunset-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 551
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/1958-st-mary-s-catholic-school-rotorua), decile 6 · EQI 387

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.14545&lon=176.234256

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Hillcrest.

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

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

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

EQI 529, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Malfroy School?**

196 Malfroy Road, Hillcrest, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1796 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026