# Kaiaua School

Full Primary · State · Kaiaua

https://www.chch.live/school/1323-kaiaua-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 533

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

## The record
- 1061 East Coast Road, Kaiaua, 2473
- Roll: 40 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1883
- Isolation index 1.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 17 · Pacific 2
- Phone: 09-2322723
- Email: admin@kaiaua.school.nz
- Contact: Carrie Taipari-Thorn

## Other schools near here
- [Mangatangi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1344-mangatangi-school), decile 7 · EQI 477
- [Orere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1405-orere-school), decile 3 · EQI 473
- [Paparimu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1425-paparimu-school), decile 10 · EQI 454
- [Waitakaruru School](https://www.chch.live/school/2069-waitakaruru-school), decile 6 · EQI 493
- [Maramarua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1358-maramarua-school), decile 5 · EQI 499
- [Hunua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1321-hunua-school), decile 9 · EQI 433
- [Mangatawhiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1345-mangatawhiri-school), decile 7 · EQI 436
- [Te Puru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1912-te-puru-school), decile 4 · EQI 456

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.09972&lon=175.298105

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 533, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Kaiaua School?**

1061 East Coast Road, , Kaiaua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1323 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026