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Te Rerenga School

1229 Whangapoua Road, Te Rerenga · Waikato

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Total roll 127
EQI 428
Founded 1906
82

Composite score

Strong

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Top 25% in NZ

Rank #313 of scored NZ schools

Top 25% in Fewer stand-downs

Best suited for

Students aged 5-11 in Te Rerenga looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Te Rerenga School a good school?

Te Rerenga School scores 82/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Board attested to compliance across all regulatory and legislative requirement areas

Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.

Score breakdown

6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.

How this is computed
Wellbeing
35%
standdowns 0.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · top 10% of band (n=518) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=518).
100
Trajectory
25%
+5.4% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · above band median (n=515) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: above band median (n=515).
57
ERO review
40%
83/100 from ERO review 2024-07 · above band median (n=520) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: above band median (n=520).
83

⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.

Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 83/100.

Latest ERO review

2024-07-25 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • Board has attested to compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements across all key areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets
  • One area of non-compliance identified: failure to renew police vets for non-teaching staff every three years
  • Board has since addressed the identified non-compliance
"renew police vets for non-teaching staff every three years"
— ERO, 2024-07-25 (safety)

Composite score across reviews

3 ERO reviews on file, 2016–2024. Click a point to read that review.

latest 83
0 25 50 75 100 201620192024 2016-11-11 · 75/100 2019-07-29 · 82/100 2024-07-25 · 83/100

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

Stand-downs · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Government funding

Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$1.06M

Per-student funding · 2022

$8,330

2018

$0.6M

2019

$0.7M

2020

$0.9M

2021

$0.9M

2022

$1.1M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    6
  • Year 02
    21
  • Year 03
    12
  • Year 04
    17
  • Year 05
    15
  • Year 06
    14
  • Year 07
    17
  • Year 08
    16

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    90.6%
  • Māori
    25.2%
  • Pacific
    4.7%
  • Asian
    3.9%
  • Other / MELAA
    2.4%

Location

1229 Whangapoua Road, Te Rerenga. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Rerenga School a good school?

Te Rerenga School scores 82/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2024-07 review identified 3 key findings. Board has attested to compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements across all key areas: Board Administration, Curriculum, Health/Safety/Welfare, Personnel Management, Finance, and Assets

How do I enrol my child at Te Rerenga School?

Contact the school directly on 07-8664096, email admin@tererenga.school.nz, or visit www.tererenga.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Te Rerenga School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Rerenga School has 127 students, with an EQI of 428 (mid-range socio-economic context).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Te Rerenga School in 2024-07, signed by Shelley Booysen. 4 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

Data transparency

Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.

Last updated

25 Jul 2024

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