# Paihia School

Full Primary · State · Paihia

https://www.chch.live/school/1072-paihia-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · 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
- School Road, Paihia, 200
- Roll: 154 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1928
- Isolation index 1.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 68 · Pacific 20 · Asian 31 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 09-4027133
- Email: admin@paihia.school.nz
- Contact: Chris Bell
- Website: http://paihia.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Russell School (Bay Of Islands)](https://www.chch.live/school/1096-russell-school-bay-of-islands), decile 5 · EQI 465
- [Opua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1063-opua-school), decile 5 · EQI 447
- [Bay of Islands College](https://www.chch.live/school/8-bay-of-islands-college), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Kawakawa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1033-kawakawa-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [Oromahoe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1065-oromahoe-school), decile 6 · EQI 450
- [Karetu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1031-karetu-school), decile 2 · EQI 497
- [TKKM o Taumarere](https://www.chch.live/school/2104-tkkm-o-taumarere), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Kerikeri Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1034-kerikeri-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 462

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.283576&lon=174.090494

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 497, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Paihia School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1072 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026