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Pomare School

Contributing · State · Taita, Lower Hutt

106 students on the roll in Taita · EQI 515.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 515. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • Partridge Street, Taita, Lower Hutt, 5011
  • Roll: 106 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1947
  • Isolation index 0.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 04-9397421
  • Email: office@pomare.school.nz
  • Contact: Sherilyn Hall

Who the roll is

European 25 · 24%
Māori 44 · 42%
Pacific 47 · 44%
Asian 17 · 16%
MELAA 3 · 3%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Pomare School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Taita.

How many students does Pomare School have?

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

What is Pomare School's Equity Index?

EQI 515, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

Where is Pomare School?

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