# Te Karaka Area School

Composite · State · Te Karaka, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/624-te-karaka-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 545

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

## The record
- 5 Kanakanaia Road, Te Karaka, Gisborne, 4042
- Roll: 104 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2011
- Isolation index 1.36, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 11 · Pacific 3 · Asian 1
- Phone: 06-8623097
- Email: office@tkas.school.nz
- Contact: Renae Savage
- Website: http://tkas.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu](https://www.chch.live/school/2739-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-whatatutu), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Ormond School](https://www.chch.live/school/2631-ormond-school), decile 7 · EQI 460
- [Ngatapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2621-ngatapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 456
- [Patutahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2643-patutahi-school), decile 1 · EQI 526
- [Makauri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2595-makauri-school), decile 8 · EQI 438
- [Makaraka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2593-makaraka-school), decile 5 · EQI 444
- [Sonrise Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1149-sonrise-christian-school), decile 5 · EQI 480
- [Rere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2664-rere-school), decile 8 · EQI 442

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.469047&lon=177.866317

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Karaka Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Te Karaka.

**How many students does Te Karaka Area School have?**

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

**What is Te Karaka Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 545, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Karaka Area School?**

5 Kanakanaia Road, Te Karaka, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=624 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026