# Ahipara School

Full Primary · State · Ahipara

https://www.chch.live/school/1000-ahipara-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 509

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

## The record
- Main Road, Ahipara, 449
- Roll: 203 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1872
- Isolation index 2.82, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 64 · Pacific 14 · Asian 1 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 09-4094702
- Email: office@ahipara.school.nz
- Contact: Andrea Panther
- Website: http://www.ahipara.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Pukepoto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1087-pukepoto-school), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [TKKM o Pukemiro](https://www.chch.live/school/3114-tkkm-o-pukemiro), decile 1 · EQI 537
- [Kaitaia College](https://www.chch.live/school/3-kaitaia-college), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Herekino School](https://www.chch.live/school/1013-herekino-school), decile 2 · EQI 532
- [Pompallier Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1082-pompallier-catholic-school), decile 3 · EQI 462
- [Kaitaia Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1025-kaitaia-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Kaitaia School](https://www.chch.live/school/1026-kaitaia-school), decile 1 · EQI 544
- [TKKM o Tūtūtarakihi](https://www.chch.live/school/960-tkkm-o-tututarakihi), EQI 540

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.171776&lon=173.153602

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ahipara School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Ahipara School have?**

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

**What is Ahipara School's Equity Index?**

EQI 509, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Ahipara School?**

Main Road, , Ahipara. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1000 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026