# Taita College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Taita, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/258-taita-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 520

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

## The record
- 188 Eastern Hutt Road, Taita, Lower Hutt, 5019
- Roll: 331 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1957
- Isolation index 0.2, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 137 · Māori 135 · Pacific 142 · Asian 37 · MELAA 10 · Other 7
- Phone: 04-5678728
- Email: secretary@taita.school.nz
- Contact: Linda Pye
- Website: http://www.taita.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [St Michael's School (Taita)](https://www.chch.live/school/3015-st-michael-s-school-taita), decile 2 · EQI 476
- [Pomare School](https://www.chch.live/school/2961-pomare-school), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Taita Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/3030-taita-central-school), decile 2 · EQI 504
- [Tui Glen School](https://www.chch.live/school/3051-tui-glen-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Koraunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/2100-koraunui-school), decile 3 · EQI 495
- [Tawhai School](https://www.chch.live/school/3036-tawhai-school), decile 5 · EQI 438
- [Avalon Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3031-avalon-intermediate), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Rata Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2973-rata-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 507

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.176079&lon=174.966401

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational, in Taita.

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

331 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 520, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Taita College?**

188 Eastern Hutt Road, Taita, Lower Hutt. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=258 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026