Romahapa School
Full Primary · State · Balclutha
66 students on the roll · EQI 438 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. 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
- School Road, Balclutha, 9271
- Roll: 66 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.81, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 03-4128849
- Email: principal@romahapa.school.nz
- Contact: Deborah Keach
- Website: sites.google.com/romahapa.school.nz/romahapa-school/welcome
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Romahapa School, in force from 2017-07-03 · 152 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Warepa School, decile 7 · EQI 433 · 10.8 km
- Rosebank School (Balclutha), decile 6 · EQI 465 · 11.1 km
- South Otago High School, decile 6 · EQI 475 · 11.1 km
- St Joseph's School (Balclutha), decile 5 · EQI 410 · 11.8 km
- Balclutha School, decile 5 · EQI 481 · 12.0 km
- Stirling School, decile 6 · EQI 469 · 12.1 km
- The Catlins Area School, decile 7 · EQI 470 · 12.5 km
- Kaitangata School, decile 4 · EQI 496 · 13.2 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
66 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 438, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.