# Te Kopuru School

Full Primary · State · Te Kopuru

https://www.chch.live/school/1111-te-kopuru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 519

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

## The record
- Norton Street, Te Kopuru, 341
- Roll: 83 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1872
- Isolation index 1.84, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 34 · Pacific 14 · Asian 2 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-4391802
- Email: office@tekopuru.school.nz
- Contact: Murray Hawke
- Website: http://www.tekopuru.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Arapohue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1002-arapohue-school), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [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
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Dargaville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1098-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-dargaville), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Dargaville Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1008-dargaville-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [Dargaville High School](https://www.chch.live/school/19-dargaville-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 515
- [Ruawai Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1095-ruawai-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 501
- [Ruawai College](https://www.chch.live/school/22-ruawai-college), decile 4 · EQI 526

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.029759&lon=173.922792

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kopuru School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Kopuru School have?**

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

**What is Te Kopuru School's Equity Index?**

EQI 519, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Kopuru School?**

Norton Street, , Te Kopuru. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1111 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026