# Pakotai School

Full Primary · State · Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/1075-pakotai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 562

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

## The record
- Mangakahia Road, Whangarei, 172
- Roll: 31 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1905
- Isolation index 1.45, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9 · Pacific 4
- Phone: 09-4331727
- Email: office@pakotai.school.nz
- Contact: James Duke

## Other schools near here
- [Te Horo School (Whangarei)](https://www.chch.live/school/1110-te-horo-school-whangarei), decile 2 · EQI 562
- [Mangakahia Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/18-mangakahia-area-school), decile 3 · EQI 560
- [Kaihu Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1020-kaihu-valley-school), decile 2 · EQI 563
- [Purua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1089-purua-school), decile 7 · EQI 513
- [Tangowahine School](https://www.chch.live/school/1105-tangowahine-school), decile 4 · EQI 513
- [Tangiteroria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1104-tangiteroria-school), decile 7 · EQI 485
- [Kokopu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1036-kokopu-school), decile 8 · EQI 461
- [Poroti School](https://www.chch.live/school/1083-poroti-school), decile 3 · EQI 501

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.688408&lon=173.900725

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 562, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Pakotai School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1075 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026