# Tairua School

Full Primary · State · Tairua

https://www.chch.live/school/1975-tairua-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 440

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

## The record
- 110 Main Road, Tairua, 3508
- Roll: 130 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1877
- Isolation index 1.8, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 111 · Pacific 13 · Asian 9 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 07-8648590
- Email: office@tairua.school.nz
- Contact: Juliet Small
- Website: http://www.tairua.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Hikuai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1737-hikuai-school), decile 8 · EQI 446
- [Whenuakite School](https://www.chch.live/school/2088-whenuakite-school), decile 7 · EQI 428
- [Ōpoutere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1867-opoutere-school), decile 4 · EQI 459
- [Coroglen School](https://www.chch.live/school/1707-coroglen-school), decile 5 · EQI 490
- [Whangamata Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/428-whangamata-area-school), decile 4 · EQI 460
- [Mercury Bay Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/110-mercury-bay-area-school), decile 5 · EQI 465
- [Te Puru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1912-te-puru-school), decile 4 · EQI 456
- [Pārāwai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1886-parawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 468

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.011525&lon=175.846526

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 440, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Tairua School?**

110 Main Road, , Tairua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1975 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026