# Taita Central School

Contributing · State · Taita, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/3030-taita-central-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 504

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

## The record
- 33A Churton Crescent, Taita, Lower Hutt, 5011
- Roll: 118 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1948
- Isolation index 0.16, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 29 · Māori 46 · Pacific 65 · Asian 12 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 04-5677214
- Email: admin@taitacentral.school.nz
- Contact: Michelle Picard
- Website: http://www.taitacentral.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
- [Avalon Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3031-avalon-intermediate), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Taita College](https://www.chch.live/school/258-taita-college), decile 2 · EQI 520
- [Pomare School](https://www.chch.live/school/2961-pomare-school), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Avalon School](https://www.chch.live/school/2803-avalon-school), decile 2 · EQI 487
- [Kelson School](https://www.chch.live/school/2877-kelson-school), decile 9 · EQI 386
- [Naenae Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2921-naenae-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [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=-41.180931&lon=174.955351

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Taita Central School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Taita.

**How many students does Taita Central School have?**

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

**What is Taita Central School's Equity Index?**

EQI 504, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Taita Central School?**

33A Churton Crescent, 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=3030 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026