# Rathkeale College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated · Opaki, Masterton

https://www.chch.live/school/245-rathkeale-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 415

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

## The record
- 217 Willow Park Drive, Opaki, Masterton, 5871
- Roll: 314 (October 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1964
- Isolation index 1.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 266 · Pacific 11 · Asian 30 · MELAA 2 · Other 4 · International 19
- Phone: 06-3700175
- Email: principal@rathkeale.school.nz
- Contact: Adam Gordon (Acting)
- Website: http://www.rathkeale.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Ōpaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2936-opaki-school), decile 9 · EQI 422
- [Lakeview School](https://www.chch.live/school/1659-lakeview-school), decile 2 · EQI 517
- [St Matthew's Collegiate (Masterton)](https://www.chch.live/school/246-st-matthew-s-collegiate-masterton), decile 9 · EQI 404
- [Douglas Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1661-douglas-park-school), decile 5 · EQI 479
- [St Patrick's School (Masterton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3016-st-patrick-s-school-masterton), decile 6 · EQI 439
- [Wairarapa College](https://www.chch.live/school/241-wairarapa-college), decile 6 · EQI 479
- [TKKM o Wairarapa](https://www.chch.live/school/1651-tkkm-o-wairarapa), decile 2 · EQI 532
- [Fernridge School](https://www.chch.live/school/2843-fernridge-school), decile 6 · EQI 448

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.898298&lon=175.687565

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Rathkeale College?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated · Boys School, in Opaki.

**How many students does Rathkeale College have?**

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

**What is Rathkeale College's Equity Index?**

EQI 415, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Rathkeale College?**

217 Willow Park Drive, Opaki, Masterton. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=245 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026