Puhinui School
Contributing · State · Papatoetoe, Auckland
787 students on the roll in Papatoetoe · EQI 432 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 432. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 116 Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, 2241
- Roll: 787 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1953
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.06, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 09-2788703
- Email: finance@puhinui.school.nz
- Contact: Mark Elder
- Website: puhinui.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
- Puhinui School, in force from 2002-09-30 · 4 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
- South Auckland S D A School, decile 2 · EQI 474 · 753 m
- Holy Cross School (Papatoetoe), decile 2 · EQI 445 · 869 m
- Papatoetoe South School, decile 2 · EQI 480 · 1.2 km
- Papatoetoe High School, decile 3 · EQI 472 · 1.3 km
- Papatoetoe Central School, decile 4 · EQI 419 · 1.4 km
- Papatoetoe East School, decile 2 · EQI 463 · 1.6 km
- Papatoetoe West School, decile 2 · EQI 468 · 1.7 km
- Destiny School, private, not rated · 1.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Papatoetoe.
787 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 432, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.