Karetu School
Full Primary · State · Kawakawa
81 students on the roll · EQI 497 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 497. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 40 Kura Road, Kawakawa, 283
- Roll: 81 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1886
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 09-4040273
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Kenneth Timperley
- Website: schoolground.co.nz/karetu
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Karetu School, in force from 2023-01-01 · 105 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Bay of Islands College, decile 2 · EQI 530 · 7.0 km
- Opua School, decile 5 · EQI 447 · 7.3 km
- Kawakawa Primary School, decile 2 · EQI 531 · 7.9 km
- Te Kura o Waikare, decile 1 · EQI 537 · 8.3 km
- Paihia School, decile 4 · EQI 497 · 11.5 km
- TKKM o Taumarere, decile 2 · EQI 523 · 12.0 km
- Russell School (Bay Of Islands), decile 5 · EQI 465 · 12.7 km
- Moerewa School, decile 1 · EQI 552 · 13.2 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
81 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 497, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.