# Tamatea High School

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

https://www.chch.live/school/218-tamatea-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 532

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

## The record
- 61 Freyberg Avenue, Greenmeadows, Napier, 4145
- Roll: 334 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1975
- Isolation index 0.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 151 · Pacific 36 · Asian 38 · MELAA 8 · Other 7 · International 5
- Phone: 06-8446600
- Email: enquiries@tamatea.school.nz
- Contact: Jesse Te Weehi
- Website: http://www.tamatea.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Tamatea Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2685-tamatea-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 498
- [Porritt School](https://www.chch.live/school/2647-porritt-school), decile 4 · EQI 493
- [Parkside Christian S D A School](https://www.chch.live/school/4107-parkside-christian-s-d-a-school), decile 3 · EQI 471
- [Tamatea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2686-tamatea-school), decile 3 · EQI 535
- [Henry Hill School](https://www.chch.live/school/2574-henry-hill-school), decile 1 · EQI 539
- [St Joseph's Maori Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/222-st-joseph-s-maori-girls-college), decile 2 · EQI 515
- [Greenmeadows School](https://www.chch.live/school/2567-greenmeadows-school), decile 7 · EQI 436
- [Reignier Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/2663-reignier-catholic-school), decile 9 · EQI 404

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.51829&lon=176.870977

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 532, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Tamatea High School?**

61 Freyberg Avenue, Greenmeadows, Napier. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=218 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026