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Tawhai School

Contributing · State · Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt

345 students on the roll in Stokes Valley · EQI 438.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 438. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 69 Glen Road, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, 5019
  • Roll: 345 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1970
  • Isolation index 0.29, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 04-5636329
  • Email: admin@tawhai.school.nz
  • Contact: Karen Poole
  • Website: tawhai.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 222 · 64%
Māori 30 · 9%
Pacific 45 · 13%
Asian 68 · 20%
MELAA 7 · 2%
Other 3 · 1%

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 Tawhai School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Stokes Valley.

How many students does Tawhai School have?

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

What is Tawhai School's Equity Index?

EQI 438, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

Where is Tawhai School?

69 Glen Road, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.