# Rawhitiroa School

Full Primary · State · Eltham

https://www.chch.live/school/2228-rawhitiroa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · 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
- 596 Rawhitiroa Road, Eltham, 4398
- Roll: 43 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1898
- Isolation index 1.32, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 41 · Pacific 1 · Asian 1 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-7648939
- Email: rawhiti@rawhitiroa.school.nz
- Contact: Janice Westfield
- Website: http://www.rawhitiroa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Eltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/2165-eltham-school), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Ngaere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2205-ngaere-school), decile 7 · EQI 471
- [Avon School](https://www.chch.live/school/2153-avon-school), decile 1 · EQI 549
- [Stratford High School Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/2754-stratford-high-school-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Stratford High School](https://www.chch.live/school/179-stratford-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 500
- [St Joseph's School (Stratford)](https://www.chch.live/school/2238-st-joseph-s-school-stratford), decile 6 · EQI 444
- [Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/589-te-kura-o-nga-ruahine-rangi), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [Stratford Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2244-stratford-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 488

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.424228&lon=174.360467

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 475, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Rawhitiroa School?**

596 Rawhitiroa Road, , Eltham. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2228 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026