# Taradale High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Taradale, Napier

https://www.chch.live/school/215-taradale-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 448

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

## The record
- 50 Murphy Road, Taradale, Napier, 4141
- Roll: 1,012 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1970
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.24, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 801 · Pacific 37 · Asian 149 · MELAA 41 · Other 14 · International 27
- Phone: 06-8442159
- Email: office@ths.school.nz
- Contact: David Oliver
- Website: http://www.ths.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Taradale High School, in force from 2008-04-03 · 193 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Taradale Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2687-taradale-intermediate), decile 9 · EQI 440
- [Bledisloe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2546-bledisloe-school), decile 6 · EQI 474
- [Te Kahu Amohia - Fairhaven School](https://www.chch.live/school/2558-te-kahu-amohia-fairhaven-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [Arthur Miller School](https://www.chch.live/school/2543-arthur-miller-school), decile 7 · EQI 425
- [Taradale School](https://www.chch.live/school/2688-taradale-school), decile 9 · EQI 407
- [Reignier Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/2663-reignier-catholic-school), decile 9 · EQI 404
- [Greenmeadows School](https://www.chch.live/school/2567-greenmeadows-school), decile 7 · EQI 436
- [St Joseph's Maori Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/222-st-joseph-s-maori-girls-college), decile 2 · EQI 515

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.542065&lon=176.849976

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Taradale High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational, in Taradale.

**How many students does Taradale High School have?**

1,012 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Taradale High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Does Taradale High 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=215 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026