# Totara College of Accelerated Learning

Composite · State : Integrated · Dannevirke

https://www.chch.live/school/439-totara-college-of-accelerated-learning

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 498

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

## The record
- 3 Ruahine Street, Dannevirke, 4942
- Roll: 75 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1978
- Isolation index 0.91, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 60 · Pacific 6 · Asian 4 · MELAA 6
- Phone: 06-3746165
- Email: office@totaracollege.school.nz
- Contact: Peter Ferrar
- Website: https://www.totaracollege.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Huia Range School](https://www.chch.live/school/1662-huia-range-school), decile 2 · EQI 529
- [Dannevirke High School](https://www.chch.live/school/234-dannevirke-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 501
- [St Joseph's School (Dannevirke)](https://www.chch.live/school/2676-st-joseph-s-school-dannevirke), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Dannevirke South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2553-dannevirke-south-school), decile 4 · EQI 504
- [TKKM o Tamaki Nui A Rua](https://www.chch.live/school/4226-tkkm-o-tamaki-nui-a-rua), decile 3 · EQI 535
- [Ruahine School](https://www.chch.live/school/2669-ruahine-school), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [Norsewood and Districts School](https://www.chch.live/school/2622-norsewood-and-districts-school), decile 5 · EQI 514
- [Kumeroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/601-kumeroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 461

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.190155&lon=176.111442

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Totara College of Accelerated Learning?**

Composite · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Totara College of Accelerated Learning have?**

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

**What is Totara College of Accelerated Learning's Equity Index?**

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Totara College of Accelerated Learning?**

3 Ruahine Street, , Dannevirke. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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