# Ruapehu College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Ohakune

https://www.chch.live/school/183-ruapehu-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 502

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

## The record
- 30 Tainui Street, Ohakune, 4625
- Roll: 243 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1953
- Isolation index 2.33, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 149 · Pacific 14 · Asian 9 · MELAA 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3858398
- Email: finance@ruapehu.school.nz
- Contact: Kris Vine
- Website: http://www.ruapehucollege.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Ohakune School](https://www.chch.live/school/2410-ohakune-school), decile 3 · EQI 472
- [TKKM o Ngati Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1617-tkkm-o-ngati-rangi), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Raetihi Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2429-raetihi-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [Orautoha School](https://www.chch.live/school/2413-orautoha-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Waiouru School](https://www.chch.live/school/2472-waiouru-school), decile 7 · EQI 484
- [National Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/2405-national-park-school), decile 5 · EQI 424
- [Papanui Junction School](https://www.chch.live/school/2420-papanui-junction-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [Kakatahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2375-kakatahi-school), decile 2 · EQI 526

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.41725&lon=175.412796

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ruapehu College?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Ruapehu College have?**

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

**What is Ruapehu College's Equity Index?**

EQI 502, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Ruapehu College?**

30 Tainui Street, , Ohakune. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=183 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026