# TKKM o Tupoho

Composite · State · Castlecliff, Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/2377-tkkm-o-tupoho

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 549

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

## The record
- 18 Cross Street, Castlecliff, Whanganui, 4501
- Roll: 174 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1998
- Isolation index 0.43, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9 · Pacific 15 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-3490552
- Email: dominique.taupau@tupoho.school.nz
- Contact: Ngahuia Kawau

## Other schools near here
- [Castlecliff School](https://www.chch.live/school/2346-castlecliff-school), decile 1 · EQI 535
- [Te Kura o Kokohuia](https://www.chch.live/school/2384-te-kura-o-kokohuia), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [St Marcellin School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2395-st-marcellin-school-wanganui), decile 2 · EQI 504
- [Tawhero School](https://www.chch.live/school/2465-tawhero-school), decile 1 · EQI 547
- [Aranui School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2336-aranui-school-wanganui), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/2442-te-kura-waenga-o-rutherford-rutherford-intermediate-school), decile 1 · EQI 539
- [St Dominic's College](https://www.chch.live/school/454-st-dominic-s-college), private, not rated
- [Arahunga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2334-arahunga-school), decile 3 · EQI 527

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.941397&lon=174.995812

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is TKKM o Tupoho?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Castlecliff.

**How many students does TKKM o Tupoho have?**

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

**What is TKKM o Tupoho's Equity Index?**

EQI 549, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is TKKM o Tupoho?**

18 Cross Street, Castlecliff, Whanganui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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