# Ngakuru School

Full Primary · State · Ngakuru, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1846-ngakuru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 461

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

## The record
- 913 Whirinaki Valley Road, Ngakuru, Rotorua, 3077
- Roll: 57 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1933
- Isolation index 0.74, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 41 · Asian 2
- Phone: 07-3332841
- Email: office@ngakuru.school.nz
- Contact: Ryan Porteous
- Website: http://www.ngakuru.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Waikite Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2055-waikite-valley-school), decile 10 · EQI 445
- [Horohoro School](https://www.chch.live/school/1745-horohoro-school), decile 2 · EQI 545
- [Upper Atiamuri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2044-upper-atiamuri-school), decile 4 · EQI 468
- [Te Āhuru Mōwai](https://www.chch.live/school/2753-te-ahuru-mowai), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Otonga Road School](https://www.chch.live/school/1875-otonga-road-school), decile 7 · EQI 415
- [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
- [Mihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1826-mihi-school), decile 5 · EQI 539

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.32138&lon=176.1932

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 461, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Where is Ngakuru School?**

913 Whirinaki Valley Road, Ngakuru, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1846 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026