# Taupo Intermediate

Intermediate · State · Hilltop, Taupo

https://www.chch.live/school/1988-taupo-intermediate

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 472

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

## The record
- 22 Kotare Street, Hilltop, Taupo, 3330
- Roll: 504 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.55, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 349 · Māori 185 · Pacific 22 · Asian 46 · MELAA 10 · Other 5
- Phone: 07-3788097
- Email: admin@taupointermediate.co.nz
- Contact: Brent Woods
- Website: http://www.taupointermediate.co.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Taupo Intermediate, in force from 2025-01-01 · 619 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Lake Taupo Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1139-lake-taupo-christian-school), decile 8 · EQI 464
- [Hilltop School](https://www.chch.live/school/1740-hilltop-school), decile 9 · EQI 421
- [Tauhara College](https://www.chch.live/school/166-tauhara-college), decile 6 · EQI 486
- [Tauhara School](https://www.chch.live/school/1984-tauhara-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Mountview School](https://www.chch.live/school/1836-mountview-school), decile 3 · EQI 516
- [Taupo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1989-taupo-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Waipahihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2065-waipahihi-school), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [Taupo-nui-a-Tia College](https://www.chch.live/school/167-taupo-nui-a-tia-college), decile 5 · EQI 463

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.69762&lon=176.096893

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Taupo Intermediate?**

Intermediate · State · Co-Educational, in Hilltop.

**How many students does Taupo Intermediate have?**

504 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Taupo Intermediate's Equity Index?**

EQI 472, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Taupo Intermediate have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1988 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026