Whakarewarewa School
Full Primary · State · Whakarewarewa, Rotorua
127 students on the roll in Whakarewarewa · EQI 557.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 557. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 63 Sala Street, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, 3043
- Roll: 127 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1902
- Isolation index 0.33, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 07-3483865
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Boxer Smith
- Website: whakarewarewa.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.
Other schools near here
- Rotorua S D A School, decile 4 · EQI 508 · 1.2 km
- Glenholme School, decile 3 · EQI 496 · 1.9 km
- St Mary's Catholic School (Rotorua), decile 6 · EQI 387 · 1.9 km
- Te Āhuru Mōwai, decile 1 · EQI 569 · 2.0 km
- Lynmore Primary School, decile 9 · EQI 411 · 2.3 km
- Rotorua Intermediate, decile 3 · EQI 505 · 2.3 km
- Rotorua Girls' High School, decile 3 · EQI 522 · 2.5 km
- Otonga Road School, decile 7 · EQI 415 · 2.6 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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Whakarewarewa.
127 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 557, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
63 Sala Street, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.