# St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui)

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Taumarunui

https://www.chch.live/school/1961-st-patrick-s-catholic-school-taumarunui

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 465

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

## The record
- 12 High Street, Taumarunui, 3920
- Roll: 76 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1916
- Isolation index 2.51, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 52 · Asian 21 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 07-895 6933
- Email: admin1@stpats-tmn.school.nz
- Contact: Gerry McGirr
- Website: http://www.stpats-tmn.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Turaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2040-turaki-school), decile 3 · EQI 512
- [Taumarunui Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1986-taumarunui-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 554
- [Tarrangower School](https://www.chch.live/school/1982-tarrangower-school), decile 2 · EQI 549
- [Taumarunui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/169-taumarunui-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarunui](https://www.chch.live/school/3118-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-taumarunui), decile 1 · EQI 531
- [Manunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/2393-manunui-school), decile 2 · EQI 508
- [Ngakonui Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1845-ngakonui-valley-school), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Te Kura o Ngāpuke](https://www.chch.live/school/1847-te-kura-o-ngapuke), decile 2 · EQI 562

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.880474&lon=175.259539

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui)?**

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.

**How many students does St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui) have?**

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

**What is St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 465, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui)?**

12 High Street, , Taumarunui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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