# Kaitaia School

Contributing · State · Kaitaia

https://www.chch.live/school/1026-kaitaia-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · 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
- Church Road, Kaitaia, 410
- Roll: 308 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1875
- Isolation index 2.54, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 48 · Pacific 49 · Asian 7 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 09-4080228
- Email: kaitaiaps@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Brendon Morrissey
- Website: http://www.kaitaiaprimary.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Pompallier Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1082-pompallier-catholic-school), decile 3 · EQI 462
- [Kaitaia College](https://www.chch.live/school/3-kaitaia-college), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [TKKM o Pukemiro](https://www.chch.live/school/3114-tkkm-o-pukemiro), decile 1 · EQI 537
- [Kaitaia Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1025-kaitaia-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Oturu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1071-oturu-school), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [TKKM o Tūtūtarakihi](https://www.chch.live/school/960-tkkm-o-tututarakihi), EQI 540
- [Te Rangi Aniwaniwa](https://www.chch.live/school/1147-te-rangi-aniwaniwa), decile 1 · EQI 519
- [Pukepoto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1087-pukepoto-school), decile 1 · EQI 560

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.116436&lon=173.270974

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 544, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Kaitaia School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1026 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026