# Tapu School

Full Primary · State · Tapu, Thames

https://www.chch.live/school/1980-tapu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 521

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

## The record
- 719 Thames Coast Road, Tapu, Thames, 3575
- Roll: 4 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1872
- Isolation index 1.52, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 2 · Pacific 1 · Asian 2
- Phone: 07-8684838
- Email: office@tapu.school.nz
- Contact: Ryan Abbott
- Website: http://www.tapu.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Puru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1912-te-puru-school), decile 4 · EQI 456
- [Te Wharekura o Manaia](https://www.chch.live/school/1798-te-wharekura-o-manaia), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Moanataiari School](https://www.chch.live/school/1829-moanataiari-school), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Thames High School](https://www.chch.live/school/111-thames-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [St Francis School (Thames)](https://www.chch.live/school/1945-st-francis-school-thames), decile 5 · EQI 409
- [Thames South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2027-thames-south-school), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [Coroglen School](https://www.chch.live/school/1707-coroglen-school), decile 5 · EQI 490
- [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=-36.985384&lon=175.501159

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Tapu.

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

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

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

EQI 521, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Tapu School?**

719 Thames Coast Road, Tapu, Thames. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1980 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026