# Awanui School

Contributing · State · Awanui

https://www.chch.live/school/1004-awanui-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 544

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

## The record
- 172 State Highway 1, Awanui, 451
- Roll: 43 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1875
- Isolation index 2.7, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Pacific 1 · Asian 1
- Phone: 09-4067309
- Email: admin@awanui.school.nz
- Contact: Danielle Thomson
- Website: http://www.awanui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Tumanako Christian College](https://www.chch.live/school/4552-tumanako-christian-college), private, not rated
- [Te Rangi Aniwaniwa](https://www.chch.live/school/1147-te-rangi-aniwaniwa), decile 1 · EQI 519
- [Paparore School](https://www.chch.live/school/1078-paparore-school), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [TKKM o Tūtūtarakihi](https://www.chch.live/school/960-tkkm-o-tututarakihi), EQI 540
- [Oturu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1071-oturu-school), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)](https://www.chch.live/school/1024-kaingaroa-school-kaitaia), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Kaitaia Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1025-kaitaia-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Pompallier Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1082-pompallier-catholic-school), decile 3 · EQI 462

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.03969&lon=173.254099

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 544, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Awanui School?**

172 State Highway 1, , Awanui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1004 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026