# Tararua College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Pahiatua

https://www.chch.live/school/235-tararua-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 510

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

## The record
- Churchill Street, Pahiatua, 4941
- Roll: 377 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1960
- Isolation index 0.71, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 321 · Pacific 20 · Asian 18 · MELAA 5 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3768344
- Email: admin@tc.school.nz
- Contact: Iain Anderson
- Website: http://www.tararuacollege.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Pahiatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2945-pahiatua-school), decile 4 · EQI 478
- [St Anthony's School (Pahiatua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2998-st-anthony-s-school-pahiatua), decile 5 · EQI 441
- [Mangatainoka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2900-mangatainoka-school), decile 4 · EQI 509
- [Ballance School](https://www.chch.live/school/2805-ballance-school), decile 6 · EQI 504
- [Woodville School](https://www.chch.live/school/2742-woodville-school), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [Makuri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2895-makuri-school), decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Aokautere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2332-aokautere-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Kumeroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/601-kumeroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 461

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.456045&lon=175.834844

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 510, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Tararua College?**

Churchill Street, , Pahiatua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=235 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026