# Tarawera High School

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Kawerau

https://www.chch.live/school/661-tarawera-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · 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
- 58-122 River Road, Kawerau, 3169
- Roll: 435 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2013
- Isolation index 0.88, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 81 · Pacific 22 · Asian 14 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 07-3236553
- Email: office@tarawera.school.nz
- Contact: Marissa Peters
- Website: http://www.tarawera.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Whata Tau o Putauaki](https://www.chch.live/school/651-te-whata-tau-o-putauaki), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/2758-te-tari-ako-matua-taiohi-education-centre), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Kawerau South School](https://www.chch.live/school/1770-kawerau-south-school), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Kawerau Putauaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/655-kawerau-putauaki-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Te Mahoe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2009-te-mahoe-school), decile 1 · EQI 556
- [Te Kura O Te Teko](https://www.chch.live/school/2023-te-kura-o-te-teko), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Otakiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1871-otakiri-school), decile 5 · EQI 466
- [Lake Rotoma School](https://www.chch.live/school/1788-lake-rotoma-school), decile 1 · EQI 541

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.087207&lon=176.709393

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tarawera High School?**

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

**How many students does Tarawera High School have?**

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

**What is Tarawera High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 545, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Tarawera High School?**

58-122 River Road, , Kawerau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=661 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026