# Ongarue School

Full Primary · State · Ongarue

https://www.chch.live/school/2215-ongarue-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 475

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

## The record
- Ongarue Village Road, Ongarue, 3997
- Roll: 15 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1902
- Isolation index 2.56, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 10
- Phone: 07-8945992
- Email: office@ongarue.school.nz
- Contact: Lesley Burkett

## Other schools near here
- [Ngakonui Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1845-ngakonui-valley-school), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Taumarunui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/169-taumarunui-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Matiere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2195-matiere-school), decile 5 · EQI 485
- [Tarrangower School](https://www.chch.live/school/1982-tarrangower-school), decile 2 · EQI 549
- [St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui)](https://www.chch.live/school/1961-st-patrick-s-catholic-school-taumarunui), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Taumarunui Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1986-taumarunui-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 554
- [Turaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2040-turaki-school), decile 3 · EQI 512
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarunui](https://www.chch.live/school/3118-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-taumarunui), decile 1 · EQI 531

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.712404&lon=175.288157

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ongarue School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Ongarue School have?**

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

**What is Ongarue School's Equity Index?**

EQI 475, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Ongarue School?**

Ongarue Village Road, , Ongarue. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2215 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026