# Ruawai College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Ruawai

https://www.chch.live/school/22-ruawai-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · 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
- 4375 State Highway 12, Ruawai, 549
- Roll: 137 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1964
- Isolation index 1.86, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 90 · Pacific 12 · Asian 2
- Phone: 09-439 2216
- Email: admin@ruawaicollege.school.nz
- Contact: Aidyn Rasmussen
- Website: http://www.ruawaicollege.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Ruawai Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1095-ruawai-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 501
- [Te Kopuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1111-te-kopuru-school), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Arapohue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1002-arapohue-school), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [Matakohe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1042-matakohe-school), decile 4 · EQI 515
- [Pouto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1085-pouto-school), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Paparoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1077-paparoa-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Dargaville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1009-dargaville-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Selwyn Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1097-selwyn-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 542

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.122571&lon=174.011673

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ruawai College?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Ruawai College have?**

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

**What is Ruawai College's Equity Index?**

EQI 526, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Ruawai College?**

4375 State Highway 12, , Ruawai. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=22 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026