# Manawaru School

Full Primary · State · Te Aroha

https://www.chch.live/school/1800-manawaru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 447

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

## The record
- 442 Manawaru Road, Te Aroha, 3391
- Roll: 69 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1900
- Isolation index 0.87, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 42 · Pacific 1 · Asian 20 · Other 2
- Phone: 07-8846691
- Email: office@manawaru.school.nz
- Contact: Rosemary Hendrikse
- Website: http://www.manawaru.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha](https://www.chch.live/school/3115-te-wharekura-o-te-rau-aroha), decile 2 · EQI 539
- [Wairere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2075-wairere-school), decile 4 · EQI 477
- [Stanley Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1967-stanley-avenue-school), decile 4 · EQI 477
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Te Aroha)](https://www.chch.live/school/1952-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-te-aroha), decile 4 · EQI 446
- [Te Aroha Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1999-te-aroha-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Te Aroha College](https://www.chch.live/school/116-te-aroha-college), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Walton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2074-walton-school), decile 7 · EQI 456
- [Te Kura o Waharoa](https://www.chch.live/school/2047-te-kura-o-waharoa), decile 1 · EQI 563

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.633176&lon=175.763674

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 447, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Manawaru School?**

442 Manawaru Road, , Te Aroha. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1800 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026