# Pakiri School

Full Primary · State · Pakiri, Wellsford

https://www.chch.live/school/1074-pakiri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 486

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

## The record
- 4 Bathgate Road, Pakiri, Wellsford, 972
- Roll: 8 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1877
- Isolation index 1.31, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 5 · Pacific 1
- Phone: 09-4226076
- Email: office@pakiri.school.nz
- Contact: Andrew Chambers
- Website: http://www.pakiri.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Leigh School](https://www.chch.live/school/1340-leigh-school), decile 7 · EQI 426
- [Tomarata School](https://www.chch.live/school/1115-tomarata-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Matakana School](https://www.chch.live/school/1364-matakana-school), decile 9 · EQI 394
- [Warkworth School](https://www.chch.live/school/1561-warkworth-school), decile 7 · EQI 433
- [Mahurangi College](https://www.chch.live/school/24-mahurangi-college), decile 7 · EQI 441
- [Horizon School](https://www.chch.live/school/1156-horizon-school), decile 6 · EQI 435
- [Snells Beach Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/6759-snells-beach-primary-school), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Rodney College](https://www.chch.live/school/23-rodney-college), decile 4 · EQI 489

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.264923&lon=174.727024

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 486, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Pakiri School?**

4 Bathgate Road, Pakiri, Wellsford. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1074 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026