Fordell School
Full Primary · State · Fordell
130 students on the roll · EQI 455 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 455. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 21 Budge Street, Fordell, 4572
- Roll: 130 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1883
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.49, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 06-3427828
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Yvette Moorhouse
- Website: fordell.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Fordell School, in force from 2023-01-01 · 172 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Whangaehu School, decile 3 · EQI 530 · 5.7 km
- Okoia School, decile 2 · EQI 537 · 7.4 km
- Kaitoke School (Wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 453 · 8.5 km
- Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana, decile 2 · EQI 534 · 8.9 km
- Turakina School, decile 3 · EQI 508 · 10.1 km
- Durie Hill School, decile 5 · EQI 463 · 10.9 km
- St Anne's School (Wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 459 · 12.1 km
- Churton School, decile 3 · EQI 516 · 12.3 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
130 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 455, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.