# Taneatua School

Full Primary · State · Taneatua

https://www.chch.live/school/1978-taneatua-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 552

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

## The record
- 44 McKenzie Street, Taneatua, 3123
- Roll: 132 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1897
- Isolation index 1.28, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 6 · Pacific 9
- Phone: 07-3129365
- Email: admin@taneatua.school.nz
- Contact: Juanita Paraha

## Other schools near here
- [Te Wharekura o Ruatoki](https://www.chch.live/school/221-te-wharekura-o-ruatoki), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Tāwera Bilingual School](https://www.chch.live/school/1996-tawera-bilingual-school), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [Waimana School](https://www.chch.live/school/2057-waimana-school), decile 2 · EQI 542
- [Trident High School](https://www.chch.live/school/143-trident-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 496
- [Allandale School](https://www.chch.live/school/1681-allandale-school), decile 2 · EQI 517
- [Ōhope Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/1857-ohope-beach-school), decile 9 · EQI 419
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Whakatane)](https://www.chch.live/school/1955-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-whakatane), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [Whakatane High School](https://www.chch.live/school/144-whakatane-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 475

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.065102&lon=177.009344

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 552, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Taneatua School?**

44 McKenzie Street, , Taneatua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1978 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026