# Aquinas College

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

https://www.chch.live/school/482-aquinas-college

## 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
- Roll by ethnicity: European 629 · Pacific 28 · Asian 179 · MELAA 29 · Other 6 · International 23
- Phone: 07-5432400
- Email: admin@aquinas.school.nz
- Contact: Matt Dalton
- Website: http://www.aquinas.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Taumata School](https://www.chch.live/school/485-taumata-school), EQI 415
- [Greenpark School (Tauranga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1729-greenpark-school-tauranga), decile 5 · EQI 443
- [ACG Tauranga](https://www.chch.live/school/707-acg-tauranga), private, not rated
- [Tauriko School](https://www.chch.live/school/1994-tauriko-school), decile 9 · EQI 440
- [Greerton Village School - Te Kura o Maarawaewae](https://www.chch.live/school/1730-greerton-village-school-te-kura-o-maarawaewae), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [Te Whakatipuranga (Otumoetai TPU)](https://www.chch.live/school/2751-te-whakatipuranga-otumoetai-tpu), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Merivale School](https://www.chch.live/school/1825-merivale-school), decile 1 · EQI 548
- [Tauranga Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/4144-tauranga-adventist-school), decile 6 · EQI 429

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.750885&lon=176.121982

## 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.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=482 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026