# Ngata Memorial College

Composite · State · Ruatoria

https://www.chch.live/school/206-ngata-memorial-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 560

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

## The record
- 1 College Road North, Ruatoria, 4032
- Roll: 86 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- Isolation index 3.35, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 10 · Pacific 2 · Asian 3
- Phone: 06-8648164
- Email: ngata@ngatacollege.school.nz
- Contact: Peter Heron
- Website: http://www.ngatacollege.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou](https://www.chch.live/school/1673-tkkm-o-te-waiu-o-ngati-porou), decile 1 · EQI 516
- [Hiruharama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school), decile 2 · EQI 543
- [Makarika School](https://www.chch.live/school/2594-makarika-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Tikitiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2703-tikitiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga](https://www.chch.live/school/2659-tkkm-o-tapere-nui-a-whatonga), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [TKKM o Tokomaru](https://www.chch.live/school/4218-tkkm-o-tokomaru), decile 3 · EQI 531
- [Hatea-A-Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/2706-hatea-a-rangi), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/550-te-waha-o-rerekohu-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 555

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.893015&lon=178.324251

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ngata Memorial College?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Ngata Memorial College have?**

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

**What is Ngata Memorial College's Equity Index?**

EQI 560, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Ngata Memorial College?**

1 College Road North, , Ruatoria. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=206 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026