# Tolaga Bay Area School

Composite · State · Tolaga Bay

https://www.chch.live/school/212-tolaga-bay-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 526

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

## The record
- 24 Resolution Street, Tolaga Bay, 4077
- Roll: 244 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1888
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.88, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 41 · Pacific 7 · Asian 5 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8626765
- Email: tolaga.school@uawa.ac.nz
- Contact: Nori Parata

## Enrolment zone
- Tolaga Bay Area School (Primary Zone), in force from 2007-03-26 · 624 km²
- Tolaga Bay Area School (Secondary Zone), in force from 2007-03-26 · 1095 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Māngātuna](https://www.chch.live/school/2600-te-kura-o-mangatuna), decile 1 · EQI 517
- [Whangara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2736-whangara-school), decile 4 · EQI 479
- [Hatea-A-Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/2706-hatea-a-rangi), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [TKKM o Tokomaru](https://www.chch.live/school/4218-tkkm-o-tokomaru), decile 3 · EQI 531
- [Te Kura o Mata](https://www.chch.live/school/2609-te-kura-o-mata), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Ormond School](https://www.chch.live/school/2631-ormond-school), decile 7 · EQI 460
- [Mangapapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2597-mangapapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 478
- [Gisborne Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2564-gisborne-central-school), decile 6 · EQI 430

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.373074&lon=178.300177

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tolaga Bay Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Tolaga Bay Area School have?**

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

**What is Tolaga Bay Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 526, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Does Tolaga Bay Area School have an enrolment zone?**

2 zone polygons on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=212 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026