# Rongotea School

Full Primary · State · Rongotea

https://www.chch.live/school/2438-rongotea-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 470

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

## The record
- Tyne Street, Rongotea, 4865
- Roll: 151 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1881
- Isolation index 0.42, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 135 · Pacific 1 · Asian 6 · Other 3
- Phone: 06-3248614
- Email: office@rongotea.school.nz
- Contact: Troy Anderson
- Website: https://www.rongotea.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Glen Oroua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2360-glen-oroua-school), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Kopane School](https://www.chch.live/school/2385-kopane-school), decile 8 · EQI 447
- [Sanson School](https://www.chch.live/school/2443-sanson-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [Kairanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2370-kairanga-school), decile 8 · EQI 449
- [Mount Biggs School](https://www.chch.live/school/2404-mount-biggs-school), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Newbury School](https://www.chch.live/school/2406-newbury-school), decile 8 · EQI 445
- [Oroua Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/2414-oroua-downs-school), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Bainesse School](https://www.chch.live/school/2341-bainesse-school), decile 5 · EQI 485

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.294796&lon=175.42905

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 470, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Rongotea School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2438 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026