Last updated October 2026
Mountview School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 31 Rangatira Street, Taupo. It opened in 1970 and had 328 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Rotokawa, Taupō Central and Tauhara; the zone map below shows the full boundary. Mountview, also known as Te Kura o Te Maunga i Kitea, runs an English-medium pathway alongside Rūmaki, a full te reo Māori immersion pathway from new entrants to Year 8. Its website describes inquiry-based learning, digital technologies in every classroom and the school’s WHAIA values.
At a glance
- Principal
- Anna Norris
- Address
- 31 Rangatira Street, Taupo
- Phone
- 07 378 8488
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Rotokawa, Taupō Central and Tauhara: 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 328 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.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from December 2023. It set out how ERO and the school would look at how well the school’s curriculum supports hauora, engagement and fair outcomes for every learner.
ERO pointed to the WHAIA values, which guide learning and hauora across the school and community, close working relationships with whānau, hapū and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, culturally responsive relationships that are well embedded, and leaders and staff who work together on improving outcomes. The school had Level 1 Rūmaki classes at the time.
The school’s priority is targeted leadership to make its curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment consistent across the school, along with strategies and systems that support hauora, engagement and better attendance. ERO said its next public report would be a School Evaluation Report.
Read the ERO reports for Mountview School
Enrolling
Children who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of address is needed. Out-of-zone places are offered under the enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. Each year the board decides how many out-of-zone places are likely to be available and advertises how to apply. Enrolment is through an online form.
Rūmaki has its own criteria. New entrants ideally have time at kōhanga reo or a fluent speaker at home, and every child needs a good understanding of spoken Māori, checked with an oral language assessment.
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 Taupō Central
Mountview School is in Taupō Central. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Taupō Central guide →Questions parents ask
Is Mountview School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Rotokawa, Taupō Central and Tauhara.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
328 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
516. 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.
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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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