# Whangara School

Full Primary · State · Whangara, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2736-whangara-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 479

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

## The record
- 44 Pa Road, Whangara, Gisborne, 4073
- Roll: 83 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.37, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 15 · Pacific 6
- Phone: 06-8622806
- Email: whangara@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Lisa Maniapoto
- Website: http://www.whangara.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Whangara School, in force from 2007-04-13 · 304 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Wainui Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/2721-wainui-beach-school), decile 7 · EQI 401
- [Waikirikiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2715-waikirikiri-school), decile 1 · EQI 559
- [Ilminster Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2581-ilminster-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 508
- [Gisborne Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2564-gisborne-central-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [Te Wharau School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2701-te-wharau-school-gisborne), decile 2 · EQI 514
- [Mangapapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2597-mangapapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 478
- [Kaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/2584-kaiti-school), decile 1 · EQI 535
- [Turanganui-A-Kiwa Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6125-turanganui-a-kiwa-activity-centre), EQI 569

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.556338&lon=178.21547

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Whangara.

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

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

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

EQI 479, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Does Whangara School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2736 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026