Auroa School
Full Primary · State · Hāwera
168 students on the roll · EQI 473 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 473. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 734 Auroa Road, Hāwera, 4678
- Roll: 168 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1891
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.55, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 06-2745629
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Jarad Chittenden
- Website: auroa.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.
Enrolment zone
- Auroa School, in force from 2009-02-11 · 254 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Manaia School (Taranaki), decile 3 · EQI 553 · 9.7 km
- St Patrick's School (Kaponga), decile 5 · EQI 437 · 10.9 km
- Kaponga School, decile 6 · EQI 505 · 11.0 km
- Matapu School, decile 6 · EQI 467 · 15.6 km
- St Joseph's School (Opunake), decile 6 · EQI 441 · 16.3 km
- Opunake School, decile 6 · EQI 499 · 16.7 km
- Opunake High School, decile 4 · EQI 503 · 17.0 km
- Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi, decile 2 · EQI 531 · 17.2 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.
168 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 473, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.