# Whakarewarewa School

Full Primary · State · Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/2081-whakarewarewa-school

## 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
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 17 · Pacific 9 · Asian 3 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 07-3483865
- Email: admin@whakarewarewa.school.nz
- Contact: Boxer Smith
- Website: http://www.whakarewarewa.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Rotorua S D A School](https://www.chch.live/school/4129-rotorua-s-d-a-school), decile 4 · EQI 508
- [Glenholme School](https://www.chch.live/school/1724-glenholme-school), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Rotorua)](https://www.chch.live/school/1958-st-mary-s-catholic-school-rotorua), decile 6 · EQI 387
- [Te Āhuru Mōwai](https://www.chch.live/school/2753-te-ahuru-mowai), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Lynmore Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1791-lynmore-primary-school), decile 9 · EQI 411
- [Rotorua Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1933-rotorua-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 505
- [Rotorua Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/153-rotorua-girls-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Otonga Road School](https://www.chch.live/school/1875-otonga-road-school), decile 7 · EQI 415

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.157958&lon=176.264262

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 557, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Whakarewarewa School?**

63 Sala Street, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2081 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026