# Peria School

Full Primary · State · Kaitaia

https://www.chch.live/school/1081-peria-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 498

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

## The record
- 1430 Oruru Road, Kaitaia, 482
- Roll: 72 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1873
- Isolation index 2.72, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 56 · Pacific 4 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-4085834
- Email: office@peria.school.nz
- Contact: Ariana Williams
- Website: http://www.peria.school.nz/index.html

## Other schools near here
- [Taipa Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/2-taipa-area-school), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Mangonui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1039-mangonui-school), decile 3 · EQI 495
- [Pamapuria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1076-pamapuria-school), decile 2 · EQI 546
- [Te Rito - Te Kura Taiao](https://www.chch.live/school/3683-te-rito-te-kura-taiao), EQI 523
- [Mangamuka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1037-mangamuka-school), decile 1 · EQI 556
- [Oruaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/1066-oruaiti-school), decile 2 · EQI 467
- [Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)](https://www.chch.live/school/1024-kaingaroa-school-kaitaia), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Te Rangi Aniwaniwa](https://www.chch.live/school/1147-te-rangi-aniwaniwa), decile 1 · EQI 519

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.098683&lon=173.487626

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Peria School?**

1430 Oruru 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=1081 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026