# Tawhero School

Contributing · State · Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/2465-tawhero-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 547

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

## The record
- Totara Street, Whanganui, 4501
- Roll: 171 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1926
- Isolation index 0.37, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 43 · Pacific 24 · Asian 11
- Phone: 06-349 0499
- Email: office@tawhero.school.nz
- Contact: Karleen Marshall
- Website: http://tawhero.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Marcellin School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2395-st-marcellin-school-wanganui), decile 2 · EQI 504
- [Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/2442-te-kura-waenga-o-rutherford-rutherford-intermediate-school), decile 1 · EQI 539
- [Arahunga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2334-arahunga-school), decile 3 · EQI 527
- [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
- [Te Kura o Kokohuia](https://www.chch.live/school/2384-te-kura-o-kokohuia), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [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

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.936406&lon=175.015497

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 547, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Tawhero School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2465 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026