# Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana

Composite · State · Ratana

https://www.chch.live/school/2436-whare-kura-morehu-o-ratana

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 534

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

## The record
- Kiatere Street, Ratana, 4581
- Roll: 66 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1924
- Isolation index 0.56, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9
- Phone: 06-3426781
- Email: office@ratana.school.nz
- Contact: Candace Hemi-Mason

## Other schools near here
- [Whangaehu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2482-whangaehu-school), decile 3 · EQI 530
- [Turakina School](https://www.chch.live/school/2468-turakina-school), decile 3 · EQI 508
- [Fordell School](https://www.chch.live/school/2357-fordell-school), decile 7 · EQI 455
- [Kaitoke School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2372-kaitoke-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 453
- [South Makirikiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2446-south-makirikiri-school), decile 7 · EQI 444
- [Okoia School](https://www.chch.live/school/2412-okoia-school), decile 2 · EQI 537
- [Durie Hill School](https://www.chch.live/school/2355-durie-hill-school), decile 5 · EQI 463
- [TKKM o Te Atihaunui-A-Paparangi](https://www.chch.live/school/4160-tkkm-o-te-atihaunui-a-paparangi), decile 2 · EQI 507

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.036629&lon=175.175514

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana have?**

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

**What is Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana's Equity Index?**

EQI 534, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2436 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026