# Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School

Intermediate · State · Tawhero, Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/2442-te-kura-waenga-o-rutherford-rutherford-intermediate-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 539

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

## The record
- 32 Toi Street, Tawhero, Whanganui, 4501
- Roll: 143 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1963
- Isolation index 0.36, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 83 · Pacific 9 · Asian 4 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3490022
- Email: office@rutherford.ac.nz
- Contact: Hayden Hepburn
- Website: http://rutherford.ac.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Arahunga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2334-arahunga-school), decile 3 · EQI 527
- [Tawhero School](https://www.chch.live/school/2465-tawhero-school), decile 1 · EQI 547
- [St Marcellin School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2395-st-marcellin-school-wanganui), decile 2 · EQI 504
- [St Dominic's College](https://www.chch.live/school/454-st-dominic-s-college), private, not rated
- [St Anthony's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/1585-st-anthony-s-school-wanganui), private, not rated
- [Carlton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2345-carlton-school), decile 3 · EQI 507
- [Whanganui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/189-whanganui-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 482
- [Gonville School](https://www.chch.live/school/2361-gonville-school), decile 2 · EQI 513

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.934177&lon=175.019272

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School?**

Intermediate · State · Co-Educational, in Tawhero.

**How many students does Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School have?**

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

**What is Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School's Equity Index?**

EQI 539, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School?**

32 Toi Street, Tawhero, Whanganui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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