Taipa Area School
Composite · State · Taipa
412 students on the roll · EQI 530 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 530. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 578 State Highway 10, Taipa, 420
- Roll: 412 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1959
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 2.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 09-4060159
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Lisa White
- Website: taipa.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Taipa Area School (Year 9-15), in force from 2023-10-17 · 640 km²
- Taipa Area School (Year 7-8), in force from 2023-10-17 · 252 km²
- Taipa Area School (Year 1-6), in force from 2023-10-17 · 221 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Te Rito - Te Kura Taiao, EQI 523 · 4.0 km
- Mangonui School, decile 3 · EQI 495 · 6.4 km
- Oruaiti School, decile 2 · EQI 467 · 11.4 km
- Peria School, decile 2 · EQI 498 · 11.8 km
- Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia), decile 3 · EQI 490 · 12.6 km
- Te Rangi Aniwaniwa, decile 1 · EQI 519 · 18.0 km
- Pamapuria School, decile 2 · EQI 546 · 18.5 km
- Oturu School, decile 1 · EQI 569 · 19.6 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Composite · State · Co-Educational.
412 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 530, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
3 zone polygons on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.