# Tahatai Coast School

Contributing · State · Papamoa, Tauranga

https://www.chch.live/school/6742-tahatai-coast-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 428

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

## The record
- 45 Evans Road, Papamoa, Tauranga, 3118
- Roll: 801 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1996
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.38, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 620 · Pacific 17 · Asian 63 · MELAA 52 · Other 1 · International 20
- Phone: 07-5724600
- Email: traceyw@tahatai.school.nz
- Contact: Matthew Skilton
- Website: http://www.tahatai.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Tahatai Coast School, in force from 2022-01-01 · 4 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Te Akau ki Papamoa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/6940-te-akau-ki-papamoa-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 448
- [Arataki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1686-arataki-school), decile 3 · EQI 465
- [TKKM o Otepou](https://www.chch.live/school/1873-tkkm-o-otepou), decile 3 · EQI 546
- [St Thomas More Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1636-st-thomas-more-catholic-school), decile 7 · EQI 432
- [TKKM o Te Kura Kokiri](https://www.chch.live/school/558-tkkm-o-te-kura-kokiri), decile 2 · EQI 551
- [Papamoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/6963-papamoa-college), decile 6 · EQI 458
- [Pāpāmoa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1885-papamoa-primary-school), decile 6 · EQI 432
- [Mount Maunganui Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/1837-mount-maunganui-intermediate-school), decile 6 · EQI 444

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.692058&lon=176.259997

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tahatai Coast School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Papamoa.

**How many students does Tahatai Coast School have?**

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

**What is Tahatai Coast School's Equity Index?**

EQI 428, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Does Tahatai Coast School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=6742 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026