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Aquinas College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Pyes Pa, Tauranga

822 students on the roll in Pyes Pa · EQI 402.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 402. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 183 Pyes Pa Road, Pyes Pa, Tauranga, 3173
  • Roll: 822 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations may be requested
  • Opened 2003
  • Isolation index 0.22, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 07-5432400
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Contact: Matt Dalton
  • Website: aquinas.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 629 · 77%
Pacific 28 · 3%
Asian 179 · 22%
MELAA 29 · 4%
Other 6 · 1%
International 23 · 3%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Aquinas College?

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Co-Educational, in Pyes Pa.

How many students does Aquinas College have?

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

What is Aquinas College's Equity Index?

EQI 402, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

Where is Aquinas College?

183 Pyes Pa Road, Pyes Pa, Tauranga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.