# Taumarunui Primary School

Full Primary · State · Taumarunui

https://www.chch.live/school/1986-taumarunui-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 554

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

## The record
- Maata Street, Taumarunui, 3920
- Roll: 148 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1902
- Isolation index 2.47, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 36 · Pacific 10 · Asian 3 · MELAA 2 · Other 2
- Phone: 07-8957131
- Email: office@taumarunui.school.nz
- Contact: Vanessa Gotz
- Website: http://www.taumarunui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Turaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2040-turaki-school), decile 3 · EQI 512
- [St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui)](https://www.chch.live/school/1961-st-patrick-s-catholic-school-taumarunui), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarunui](https://www.chch.live/school/3118-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-taumarunui), decile 1 · EQI 531
- [Tarrangower School](https://www.chch.live/school/1982-tarrangower-school), decile 2 · EQI 549
- [Taumarunui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/169-taumarunui-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Manunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/2393-manunui-school), decile 2 · EQI 508
- [Ngakonui Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1845-ngakonui-valley-school), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Te Kura o Ngāpuke](https://www.chch.live/school/1847-te-kura-o-ngapuke), decile 2 · EQI 562

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.883558&lon=175.27109

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 554, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Taumarunui Primary School?**

Maata Street, , Taumarunui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1986 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026