# Te Hapara School

Contributing · State · Te Hapara, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2692-te-hapara-school

## 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
- 31 Mill Road, Te Hapara, Gisborne, 4010
- Roll: 205 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1911
- Isolation index 0.84, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in a Pacific language
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 40 · Pacific 36 · Asian 18 · MELAA 4 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8674333
- Email: office@tehapara.school.nz
- Contact: Linda Savage

## Other schools near here
- [Gisborne Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/210-gisborne-girls-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 488
- [Elgin School](https://www.chch.live/school/2555-elgin-school), decile 1 · EQI 562
- [Riverdale School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2667-riverdale-school-gisborne), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga](https://www.chch.live/school/737-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-horouta-wananga), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Lytton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/208-lytton-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 526
- [Te Whare Whai Hua Teenage Parent Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/2749-te-whare-whai-hua-teenage-parent-centre), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Gisborne Specialist School (Proposed opening date: 2028-01-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4586-gisborne-specialist-school-proposed-opening-date-2028-01-01), not rated
- [TKKM o Nga Uri A Maui](https://www.chch.live/school/1672-tkkm-o-nga-uri-a-maui), decile 3 · EQI 515

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.651399&lon=178.00129

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Hapara School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Te Hapara.

**How many students does Te Hapara School have?**

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

**What is Te Hapara School's Equity Index?**

EQI 524, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Hapara School?**

31 Mill Road, Te Hapara, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2692 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026