# Ruawai Primary School

Contributing · State · Ruawai

https://www.chch.live/school/1095-ruawai-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 501

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

## The record
- 4376 State Highway 12, Ruawai, 530
- Roll: 96 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1928
- Isolation index 1.86, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 67 · Pacific 8 · Asian 1 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-4392307
- Email: admin@ruawai.school.nz
- Contact: Glenn Davies
- Website: http://ruawai.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Ruawai College](https://www.chch.live/school/22-ruawai-college), decile 4 · EQI 526
- [Te Kopuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1111-te-kopuru-school), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Arapohue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1002-arapohue-school), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [Matakohe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1042-matakohe-school), decile 4 · EQI 515
- [Pouto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1085-pouto-school), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Paparoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1077-paparoa-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Dargaville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1009-dargaville-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Selwyn Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1097-selwyn-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 542

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.121583&lon=174.011042

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ruawai Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Ruawai Primary School have?**

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

**What is Ruawai Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 501, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Ruawai Primary School?**

4376 State Highway 12, , Ruawai. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1095 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026