# Taonui School

Full Primary · State · Feilding

https://www.chch.live/school/2462-taonui-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 462

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

## The record
- Waughs Road, Feilding, 4775
- Roll: 159 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1879
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.26, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 152 · Pacific 4 · Asian 4 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-323 4604
- Email: principal@taonui.school.nz
- Contact: Mark McCallum
- Website: http://www.taonui.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Taonui School, in force from 2020-01-01 · 48 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Bunnythorpe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2344-bunnythorpe-school), decile 4 · EQI 525
- [Feilding Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2356-feilding-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 478
- [Lytton Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2389-lytton-street-school), decile 4 · EQI 478
- [St Joseph's School (Feilding)](https://www.chch.live/school/2451-st-joseph-s-school-feilding), decile 5 · EQI 435
- [Manchester Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2390-manchester-street-school), decile 6 · EQI 449
- [Feilding High School](https://www.chch.live/school/197-feilding-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 472
- [Colyton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2354-colyton-school), decile 9 · EQI 433
- [North Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2409-north-street-school), decile 3 · EQI 506

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.256719&lon=175.599626

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 462, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Taonui School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2462 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026