# Sunset Primary School

Contributing · State · Fordlands, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1970-sunset-primary-school

## 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
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 10 · Pacific 9 · Asian 5
- Phone: 07-3484289
- Email: office@sunset.school.nz
- Contact: Craig McFayden
- Website: http://www.sunset.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Hurungaterangi](https://www.chch.live/school/3103-tkkm-o-hurungaterangi), decile 1 · EQI 550
- [John Paul College](https://www.chch.live/school/532-john-paul-college), decile 7 · EQI 415
- [St Michael's Catholic School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/1960-st-michael-s-catholic-school-rotorua), decile 4 · EQI 444
- [Awhina School/ Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6110-awhina-school-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Malfroy School](https://www.chch.live/school/1796-malfroy-school), decile 2 · EQI 529
- [Rotorua Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/152-rotorua-boys-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 504
- [Western Heights Primary School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2078-western-heights-primary-school-rotorua), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Westbrook School](https://www.chch.live/school/2077-westbrook-school), decile 4 · EQI 475

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.139067&lon=176.223221

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Sunset Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Fordlands.

**How many students does Sunset Primary School have?**

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

**What is Sunset Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 551, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Sunset Primary School?**

110/170 Sunset Road, Fordlands, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1970 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026