# Rongotai College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Kilbirnie, Wellington

https://www.chch.live/school/277-rongotai-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 428

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

## The record
- Coutts Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington, 6241
- Roll: 701 (September 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1928
- Isolation index 0.17, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 390 · Māori 134 · Pacific 119 · Asian 130 · MELAA 60 · Other 8 · International 24
- Phone: 04-9393050
- Email: the.principal@rongotai.school.nz
- Contact: Kevin Carter
- Website: http://www.rongotai.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Lyall Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/2892-lyall-bay-school), decile 7 · EQI 402
- [St Patrick's School (Kilbirnie)](https://www.chch.live/school/3019-st-patrick-s-school-kilbirnie), decile 5 · EQI 433
- [Evans Bay Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2837-evans-bay-intermediate), decile 7 · EQI 403
- [St Catherines College (Kilbirnie)](https://www.chch.live/school/284-st-catherines-college-kilbirnie), decile 6 · EQI 435
- [St Patrick's College (Kilbirnie)](https://www.chch.live/school/276-st-patrick-s-college-kilbirnie), decile 8 · EQI 417
- [Kilbirnie School](https://www.chch.live/school/2880-kilbirnie-school), decile 10 · EQI 377
- [Scots College](https://www.chch.live/school/281-scots-college), private, not rated
- [Holy Cross School (Miramar)](https://www.chch.live/school/2904-holy-cross-school-miramar), decile 5 · EQI 418

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.321848&lon=174.80066

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Boys School, in Kilbirnie.

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

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

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

EQI 428, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Rongotai College?**

Coutts Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=277 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026