Upokongaro School
Full Primary · State · Upokongaro, Whanganui
90 students on the roll in Upokongaro · EQI 524 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 524. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- State Highway 4, Upokongaro, Whanganui, 4573
- Roll: 90 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1870
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.53, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 06-345 6424
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Erin Browne
- Website: upokongaro.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Upokongaro School, in force from 2023-10-09 · 174 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Churton School, decile 3 · EQI 516 · 3.9 km
- Okoia School, decile 2 · EQI 537 · 6.6 km
- Whanganui East School, decile 2 · EQI 547 · 6.9 km
- St Anne's School (Wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 459 · 7.2 km
- St Mary's School (Wanganui), decile 3 · EQI 469 · 7.5 km
- Cullinane College, decile 4 · EQI 497 · 7.7 km
- Whanganui Girls' College, decile 3 · EQI 493 · 7.8 km
- Brunswick School, decile 7 · EQI 474 · 8.0 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Upokongaro.
90 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 524, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.