# Totara School

Full Primary · State · Alma

https://www.chch.live/school/3847-totara-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 450

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

## The record
- 633 Fortification Road, Alma, 9495
- Roll: 19 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1883
- Isolation index 1.32, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 18 · Māori 2 · Asian 1
- Phone: 03-4345940
- Email: office@totara.school.nz
- Contact: Matthew Hannagan
- Website: http://www.totara.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Weston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3864-weston-school), decile 8 · EQI 434
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Te Pākihi o Maru](https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru), decile 4 · EQI 502
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Maheno School](https://www.chch.live/school/3765-maheno-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [Kakanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3755-kakanui-school), decile 1 · EQI 450
- [Pembroke School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3737-pembroke-school-oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Totara Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-64), Hall · 30 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.119587&lon=170.896877

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 450, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Totara School?**

633 Fortification Road, , Alma. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3847 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026