# Te Wharekura o Ruatoki

Composite · State · Ruatoki, Whakatane

https://www.chch.live/school/221-te-wharekura-o-ruatoki

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 524

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

## The record
- 14-16 Mission Road, Ruatoki, Whakatane, 3158
- Roll: 245 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1896
- Isolation index 1.46, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 10
- Phone: 07-3129156
- Email: recept@ruatoki.school.nz
- Contact: Te Rangihaeata Hare

## Other schools near here
- [Tāwera Bilingual School](https://www.chch.live/school/1996-tawera-bilingual-school), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [Waimana School](https://www.chch.live/school/2057-waimana-school), decile 2 · EQI 542
- [Taneatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1978-taneatua-school), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Nukuhou North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1854-nukuhou-north-school), decile 3 · EQI 532
- [Te Kura Mana Maori O Matahi](https://www.chch.live/school/1809-te-kura-mana-maori-o-matahi), decile 1 · EQI 562
- [Te Kura Māori ā Rohe o Waiohau](https://www.chch.live/school/2062-te-kura-maori-a-rohe-o-waiohau), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Kutarere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1786-kutarere-school), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Te Mahoe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2009-te-mahoe-school), decile 1 · EQI 556

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.148073&lon=177.007448

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Wharekura o Ruatoki?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Ruatoki.

**How many students does Te Wharekura o Ruatoki have?**

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

**What is Te Wharekura o Ruatoki's Equity Index?**

EQI 524, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Wharekura o Ruatoki?**

14-16 Mission Road, Ruatoki, Whakatane. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=221 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026