# Kaihu Valley School

Full Primary · State · Dargaville

https://www.chch.live/school/1020-kaihu-valley-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 563

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

## The record
- 66 Maropiu Road, Dargaville, 373
- Roll: 12 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1904
- Isolation index 2.07, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 5 · Pacific 3 · Asian 1
- Phone: 09-4390852
- Email: admin@kaihu.school.nz
- Contact: Te Paea Adams

## Other schools near here
- [Aranga School](https://www.chch.live/school/1001-aranga-school), decile 4 · EQI 534
- [Dargaville High School](https://www.chch.live/school/19-dargaville-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 515
- [Dargaville Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1008-dargaville-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Dargaville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1098-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-dargaville), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Pakotai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1075-pakotai-school), decile 2 · EQI 562
- [Tangowahine School](https://www.chch.live/school/1105-tangowahine-school), decile 4 · EQI 513
- [Selwyn Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1097-selwyn-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Dargaville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1009-dargaville-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 492

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.799333&lon=173.738754

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kaihu Valley School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Kaihu Valley School have?**

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

**What is Kaihu Valley School's Equity Index?**

EQI 563, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Kaihu Valley School?**

66 Maropiu Road, , Dargaville. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1020 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026