Last updated October 2026
Mangorei School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 502 Mangorei Road, Highlands Park, New Plymouth. It opened in 1926 and had 290 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Korito, Burgess Park and Mangorei, and parts of Highlands Park, Merrilands, Welbourn, Kaimiro and Egmont Village; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site lists kapa haka, a choir, a school band, brass, ukulele and guitar lessons, and chess and debating, along with school teams in hockey, touch, cricket, basketball and netball. YMCA Taranaki runs after school care in the school hall.
At a glance
- Principal
- Gary Poulgrain (Acting)
- Address
- 502 Mangorei Road, Highlands Park, New Plymouth
- Phone
- 06 758 7860
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Korito, Mangorei and Burgess Park.
Parts of Highlands Park New Plymouth, Merrilands, Welbourn, Kaimiro and Egmont Village: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 290 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from August 2026. ERO rated the school Excelling, its highest judgement, for engagement and belonging and for curriculum, and Doing well in the other areas it judged.
In reading and writing a large majority of learners are at or above what is expected for their year level, and in mathematics most are. ERO described effective, consistent teaching, a curriculum that reflects the community’s values and identity, good support for learners with additional needs, and a board that keeps a clear focus on student outcomes.
Boys’ writing is behind girls’, although the gap is closing, and attendance, while improving, is still short of the Government target. ERO’s next steps are to keep lifting regular attendance, use evidence to measure whether initiatives are speeding up progress for groups of learners, and bring the school’s literacy and mathematics assessment into line with the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum.
Read the ERO reports for Mangorei School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone are entitled to enrol, and new families provide proof of address. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. The scheme document, with the zone map, is linked from the enrolments page.
Parents of children starting school for the first time are invited to an orientation meeting the term before, and children can join classroom visits before they start.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Highlands Park New Plymouth
Mangorei School is in Highlands Park New Plymouth. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Highlands Park New Plymouth guide →Questions parents ask
Is Mangorei School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Korito, Mangorei and Burgess Park and parts of Highlands Park New Plymouth, Merrilands, Welbourn, Kaimiro and Egmont Village.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
290 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
412. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).