# Welcome Bay School

Contributing · State · Welcome Bay, Tauranga

https://www.chch.live/school/2076-welcome-bay-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 469

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

## The record
- 309 Welcome Bay Road, Welcome Bay, Tauranga, 3112
- Roll: 294 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1979
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.25, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Roll by ethnicity: European 206 · Pacific 18 · Asian 43 · MELAA 10
- Phone: 07-5441113
- Email: office@welcomebay.school.nz
- Contact: Jamie De La Haye
- Website: http://www.welcomebay.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Welcome Bay School, in force from 2016-01-28 · 45 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Tauranga Waldorf School](https://www.chch.live/school/1187-tauranga-waldorf-school), decile 7 · EQI 413
- [Selwyn Ridge School](https://www.chch.live/school/6945-selwyn-ridge-school), decile 6 · EQI 449
- [Maungatapu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1821-maungatapu-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Te Kura o Matapihi](https://www.chch.live/school/1815-te-kura-o-matapihi), decile 3 · EQI 503
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Tauranga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1959-st-mary-s-catholic-school-tauranga), decile 8 · EQI 385
- [Tauranga Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1990-tauranga-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 475
- [Tauranga Special School](https://www.chch.live/school/1762-tauranga-special-school), decile 5 · EQI 499
- [Te Whakatipuranga (Otumoetai TPU)](https://www.chch.live/school/2751-te-whakatipuranga-otumoetai-tpu), decile 1 · EQI 569

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.727465&lon=176.196543

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Welcome Bay School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Welcome Bay.

**How many students does Welcome Bay School have?**

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

**What is Welcome Bay School's Equity Index?**

EQI 469, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Does Welcome Bay School 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=2076 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026