# Whangaroa College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Kaeo

https://www.chch.live/school/4-whangaroa-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 540

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

## The record
- 4157 State Highway 10, Kaeo, 448
- Roll: 97 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- Isolation index 2.13, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 24 · Pacific 6 · Asian 2
- Phone: 09-4050199
- Email: office@whc.school.nz
- Contact: Jack Anderson
- Website: http://www.whangaroacollege.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Kaeo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1019-kaeo-school), decile 2 · EQI 526
- [Totara North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1116-totara-north-school), decile 2 · EQI 487
- [Matauri Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1044-matauri-bay-school), decile 2 · EQI 549
- [TKKM o Whangaroa](https://www.chch.live/school/3106-tkkm-o-whangaroa), decile 2 · EQI 540
- [Harvest Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/956-harvest-christian-school), EQI 447
- [Te Takarangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1112-te-takarangi), decile 6 · EQI 486
- [Springbank School](https://www.chch.live/school/436-springbank-school), private, not rated
- [Riverview School](https://www.chch.live/school/1594-riverview-school), decile 7 · EQI 436

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.100861&lon=173.78695

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whangaroa College?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Whangaroa College have?**

97 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Whangaroa College's Equity Index?**

EQI 540, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Whangaroa College?**

4157 State Highway 10, , Kaeo. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=4 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026