Paerata School
Full Primary · State · Paerata
182 students on the roll · EQI 465 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 465. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 32 Jonah Lomu Drive, Paerata, 2124
- Roll: 182 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.24, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 09-2387050
- Email: office@paerata.school.nz
- Contact: Andre Van Schalkwyk
- Website: paerata.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Paerata School, in force from 2020-01-28 · 16 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Wesley College, decile 1 · EQI 509 · 808 m
- Karaka School, decile 9 · EQI 403 · 2.3 km
- St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College, EQI 419 · 4.1 km
- Te Hihi School, decile 7 · EQI 450 · 5.6 km
- Pukekohe North School, decile 1 · EQI 558 · 6.1 km
- Drury Specialist School (Proposed opening date: 2028-02-08), not rated · 6.1 km
- Ngākōroa School, EQI 466 · 6.2 km
- St Joseph's School (Pukekohe), decile 4 · EQI 427 · 6.2 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
182 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 465, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.