Sunset Primary School
Contributing · State · Fordlands, Rotorua
167 students on the roll in Fordlands · EQI 551.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 551. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 110/170 Sunset Road, Fordlands, Rotorua, 3040
- Roll: 167 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1964
- Isolation index 0.31, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 07-3484289
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Craig McFayden
- Website: sunset.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Other schools near here
- TKKM o Hurungaterangi, decile 1 · EQI 550 · 253 m
- John Paul College, decile 7 · EQI 415 · 714 m
- St Michael's Catholic School (Rotorua), decile 4 · EQI 444 · 899 m
- Awhina School/ Activity Centre, EQI 569 · 1.2 km
- Malfroy School, decile 2 · EQI 529 · 1.2 km
- Rotorua Boys' High School, decile 3 · EQI 504 · 1.3 km
- Western Heights Primary School (Rotorua), decile 1 · EQI 536 · 1.3 km
- Westbrook School, decile 4 · EQI 475 · 1.3 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Fordlands.
167 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 551, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.
110/170 Sunset Road, Fordlands, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.