# Bream Bay College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Ruakaka

https://www.chch.live/school/20-bream-bay-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 482

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

## The record
- 2 Peter Snell Road, Ruakaka, 151
- Roll: 608 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1972
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.98, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 426 · Pacific 54 · Asian 43 · MELAA 16 · Other 6 · International 5
- Phone: 09-4328226
- Email: admin@breambaycollege.school.nz
- Contact: Julian Cosgrove
- Website: http://www.breambaycollege.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Bream Bay College, in force from 2025-12-03 · 389 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Ruakākā School](https://www.chch.live/school/1094-ruakaka-school), decile 4 · EQI 485
- [One Tree Point School](https://www.chch.live/school/1061-one-tree-point-school), decile 4 · EQI 441
- [Whangarei Heads School](https://www.chch.live/school/1128-whangarei-heads-school), decile 8 · EQI 408
- [Parua Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1080-parua-bay-school), decile 9 · EQI 432
- [Waipu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1125-waipu-school), decile 7 · EQI 438
- [Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1084-portland-school-te-kura-o-tikorangi), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Raurimu Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1092-raurimu-avenue-school), decile 3 · EQI 569
- [Onerahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1062-onerahi-school), decile 4 · EQI 489

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.876079&lon=174.455784

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Bream Bay College?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Bream Bay College have?**

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

**What is Bream Bay College's Equity Index?**

EQI 482, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Bream Bay College 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=20 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026