# Maungatapu School

Contributing · State · Maungatapu-Tauranga, Tauranga

https://www.chch.live/school/1821-maungatapu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 468

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

## The record
- 164 Maungatapu Road, Maungatapu-Tauranga, Tauranga, 3148
- Roll: 603 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1881
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 380 · Pacific 48 · Asian 67 · MELAA 10 · Other 3
- Phone: 07-5440858
- Email: office@maungatapu.school.nz
- Contact: Andre Bennett
- Website: http://www.maungatapu.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Maungatapu School, in force from 2016-01-28 · 43 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Selwyn Ridge School](https://www.chch.live/school/6945-selwyn-ridge-school), decile 6 · EQI 449
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Tauranga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1959-st-mary-s-catholic-school-tauranga), decile 8 · EQI 385
- [Tauranga Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1990-tauranga-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 475
- [Tauranga Special School](https://www.chch.live/school/1762-tauranga-special-school), decile 5 · EQI 499
- [Welcome Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/2076-welcome-bay-school), decile 4 · EQI 469
- [Te Whakatipuranga (Otumoetai TPU)](https://www.chch.live/school/2751-te-whakatipuranga-otumoetai-tpu), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Merivale School](https://www.chch.live/school/1825-merivale-school), decile 1 · EQI 548
- [Tauranga Boys' College](https://www.chch.live/school/121-tauranga-boys-college), decile 6 · EQI 456

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.721897&lon=176.173783

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Maungatapu-Tauranga.

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

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

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

EQI 468, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Maungatapu School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1821 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026