# Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)

Full Primary · State · Kaingaroa, Kaitaia

https://www.chch.live/school/1024-kaingaroa-school-kaitaia

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 490

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

## The record
- State Highway 10, Kaingaroa, Kaitaia, 483
- Roll: 108 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1903
- Isolation index 2.77, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 79 · Pacific 5 · Asian 5 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 09-4087030
- Email: office@kaingaroa.co.nz
- Contact: Sally Potter

## Other schools near here
- [Te Rangi Aniwaniwa](https://www.chch.live/school/1147-te-rangi-aniwaniwa), decile 1 · EQI 519
- [Awanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1004-awanui-school), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Oturu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1071-oturu-school), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Te Rito - Te Kura Taiao](https://www.chch.live/school/3683-te-rito-te-kura-taiao), EQI 523
- [Tumanako Christian College](https://www.chch.live/school/4552-tumanako-christian-college), private, not rated
- [TKKM o Tūtūtarakihi](https://www.chch.live/school/960-tkkm-o-tututarakihi), EQI 540
- [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

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.024674&lon=173.330695

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Kaingaroa.

**How many students does Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia) have?**

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

**What is Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 490, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)?**

State Highway 10, Kaingaroa, Kaitaia. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1024 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026