# Tarras School

Full Primary · State · Tarras

https://www.chch.live/school/3843-tarras-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 443

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

## The record
- 2812 Tarras-Cromwell Road, Tarras, 9383
- Roll: 31 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1885
- Isolation index 3.29, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 31
- Phone: 03-4452817
- Email: office@tarras.school.nz
- Contact: Alice Casey
- Website: http://www.tarras.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Hāwea Flat School](https://www.chch.live/school/3747-hawea-flat-school), decile 10 · EQI 412
- [Te Kura O Take Kārara](https://www.chch.live/school/747-te-kura-o-take-karara), EQI 405
- [Mt Aspiring College](https://www.chch.live/school/533-mt-aspiring-college), decile 10 · EQI 412
- [Wanaka Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1167-wanaka-primary-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Holy Family School (Wanaka)](https://www.chch.live/school/557-holy-family-school-wanaka), decile 10 · EQI 387
- [Cromwell Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3729-cromwell-primary-school), decile 9 · EQI 426
- [Cromwell College](https://www.chch.live/school/373-cromwell-college), decile 8 · EQI 445
- [Goldfields School (Cromwell)](https://www.chch.live/school/3741-goldfields-school-cromwell), decile 8 · EQI 431

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.837524&lon=169.412277

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tarras School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Tarras School have?**

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

**What is Tarras School's Equity Index?**

EQI 443, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Tarras School?**

2812 Tarras-Cromwell Road, , Tarras. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3843 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026