# Purua School

Full Primary · State · Purua, Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/1089-purua-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 513

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

## The record
- 20 Irvine Road, Purua, Whangarei, 176
- Roll: 29 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1892
- Isolation index 1.19, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 13 · Pacific 4 · Asian 2 · MELAA 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-4335841
- Email: admin@purua.school.nz
- Contact: Autumn Ede

## Other schools near here
- [Te Horo School (Whangarei)](https://www.chch.live/school/1110-te-horo-school-whangarei), decile 2 · EQI 562
- [Kokopu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1036-kokopu-school), decile 8 · EQI 461
- [Matarau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1043-matarau-school), decile 8 · EQI 440
- [Mangakahia Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/18-mangakahia-area-school), decile 3 · EQI 560
- [Poroti School](https://www.chch.live/school/1083-poroti-school), decile 3 · EQI 501
- [Hukerenui School Years 1-8](https://www.chch.live/school/1017-hukerenui-school-years-1-8), decile 5 · EQI 476
- [Maromaku School](https://www.chch.live/school/2102-maromaku-school), decile 3 · EQI 485
- [Maungatapere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1048-maungatapere-school), decile 9 · EQI 430

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.632312&lon=174.108323

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 513, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Purua School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1089 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026