# Whangamarino School

Full Primary · State · Okere Falls

https://www.chch.live/school/2083-whangamarino-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 531

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

## The record
- 637 State Highway 33, Okere Falls, 3074
- Roll: 137 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.57, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 15 · Pacific 11 · Asian 1
- Phone: 07-3624879
- Email: office@whangamarino.school.nz
- Contact: Rehua Mihaka
- Website: http://www.whangamarino.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Ruamata](https://www.chch.live/school/1165-tkkm-o-ruamata), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Rotokawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1931-rotokawa-school), decile 4 · EQI 498
- [Kaharoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1756-kaharoa-school), decile 10 · EQI 445
- [Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai](https://www.chch.live/school/878-te-wharekura-o-ngati-rongomai), EQI 500
- [TKKM o Rotoiti](https://www.chch.live/school/1929-tkkm-o-rotoiti), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [Rotorua Lakes High School](https://www.chch.live/school/154-rotorua-lakes-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Mokoia Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1832-mokoia-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Owhata School](https://www.chch.live/school/1881-owhata-school), decile 2 · EQI 536

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.026681&lon=176.344225

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 531, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Whangamarino School?**

637 State Highway 33, , Okere Falls. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2083 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026