# Te Kura o Te Kao

Composite · State · Te Kao

https://www.chch.live/school/1-te-kura-o-te-kao

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 533

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

## The record
- 6603 Far North Road, Te Kao, 484
- Roll: 87 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1881
- Isolation index 3.83, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 8 · Pacific 5 · Asian 2
- Phone: 09-4097813
- Email: office@tekao.school.nz
- Contact: Hemi Takawe
- Website: http://www.tekuraotekao.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Ngataki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1055-ngataki-school), decile 1 · EQI 551
- [Te Hapua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1109-te-hapua-school), decile 1 · EQI 550
- [Pukenui School (Kaitaia)](https://www.chch.live/school/1086-pukenui-school-kaitaia), decile 3 · EQI 484
- [Te Kura o Waihārara](https://www.chch.live/school/1120-te-kura-o-waiharara), decile 1 · EQI 561
- [Paparore School](https://www.chch.live/school/1078-paparore-school), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [Tumanako Christian College](https://www.chch.live/school/4552-tumanako-christian-college), private, not rated
- [Awanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1004-awanui-school), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)](https://www.chch.live/school/1024-kaingaroa-school-kaitaia), decile 3 · EQI 490

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-34.654712&lon=172.965948

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura o Te Kao?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Kura o Te Kao have?**

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

**What is Te Kura o Te Kao's Equity Index?**

EQI 533, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Kura o Te Kao?**

6603 Far North Road, , Te Kao. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026