# Taoroa School

Full Primary · State · Taihape

https://www.chch.live/school/2463-taoroa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 518

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

## The record
- 43 Pukeokahu Road, Taihape, 4793
- Roll: 44 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1904
- Isolation index 1.94, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 25 · Pacific 5 · Asian 1
- Phone: 06-3880053
- Email: office@taoroa.school.nz
- Contact: Karl Zimmerman (Acting)
- Website: http://www.taoroa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Pukeokahu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2428-pukeokahu-school), decile 9 · EQI 500
- [St Joseph's School (Taihape)](https://www.chch.live/school/2453-st-joseph-s-school-taihape), decile 6 · EQI 435
- [Taihape Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/549-taihape-area-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [Moawhango School](https://www.chch.live/school/2401-moawhango-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Mangaweka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2392-mangaweka-school), decile 6 · EQI 458
- [Mataroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2398-mataroa-school), decile 7 · EQI 467
- [Apiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/2333-apiti-school), decile 9 · EQI 488
- [Waiouru School](https://www.chch.live/school/2472-waiouru-school), decile 7 · EQI 484

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.692148&lon=175.942396

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 518, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Taoroa School?**

43 Pukeokahu Road, , Taihape. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2463 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026