# Te Paina School

Full Primary · State · Mercer

https://www.chch.live/school/1372-te-paina-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · 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
- 15 Glass Road, Mercer, 2474
- Roll: 62 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1876
- Isolation index 0.53, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 32 · Pacific 9 · Asian 1 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 09-2326817
- Email: office@tepaina.school.nz
- Contact: Haley Christopher (Acting)
- Website: http://www.tepaina.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Meremere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1373-meremere-school), decile 1 · EQI 522
- [Pokeno School](https://www.chch.live/school/1442-pokeno-school), decile 4 · EQI 429
- [Mangatawhiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1345-mangatawhiri-school), decile 7 · EQI 436
- [Pukekawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1449-pukekawa-school), decile 8 · EQI 452
- [Harrisville School](https://www.chch.live/school/1303-harrisville-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Tuakau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1539-tuakau-school), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [Tuakau College](https://www.chch.live/school/106-tuakau-college), decile 4 · EQI 485
- [Bombay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1234-bombay-school), decile 9 · EQI 407

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.27622&lon=175.057211

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 513, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Te Paina School?**

15 Glass Road, , Mercer. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1372 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026