# Thornton School

Full Primary · State · Thornton, Whakatane

https://www.chch.live/school/2028-thornton-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 451

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

## The record
- 43 Eastbank Road, Thornton, Whakatane, 3193
- Roll: 167 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1912
- Isolation index 1.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 115 · Pacific 4 · Asian 18 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 07-3049308
- Email: admin@thornton.school.nz
- Contact: Shelley Bremner
- Website: http://www.thornton.school.nz

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- [Rangitaiki College – Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitaiki](https://www.chch.live/school/145-rangitaiki-college-te-kura-tuarua-o-rangitaiki), decile 3 · EQI 530
- [Edgecumbe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1711-edgecumbe-school), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Whakatane Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/717-whakatane-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Te Kura o Te Paroa](https://www.chch.live/school/1888-te-kura-o-te-paroa), decile 2 · EQI 520
- [Awakeri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1691-awakeri-school), decile 6 · EQI 447
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Orini ki Ngati Awa](https://www.chch.live/school/719-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-te-orini-ki-ngati-awa), decile 2 · EQI 517
- [Matata School](https://www.chch.live/school/1818-matata-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Matata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1948-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-matata), decile 2 · EQI 546

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.92534&lon=176.863286

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 451, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Thornton School?**

43 Eastbank Road, Thornton, Whakatane. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2028 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026