# Puhinui School

Contributing · State · Papatoetoe, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1448-puhinui-school

## 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
- Roll by ethnicity: European 55 · Māori 62 · Pacific 209 · Asian 489 · MELAA 30 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-2788703
- Email: finance@puhinui.school.nz
- Contact: Mark Elder
- Website: http://www.puhinui.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Puhinui School, in force from 2002-09-30 · 4 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [South Auckland S D A School](https://www.chch.live/school/4140-south-auckland-s-d-a-school), decile 2 · EQI 474
- [Holy Cross School (Papatoetoe)](https://www.chch.live/school/1315-holy-cross-school-papatoetoe), decile 2 · EQI 445
- [Papatoetoe South School](https://www.chch.live/school/1430-papatoetoe-south-school), decile 2 · EQI 480
- [Papatoetoe High School](https://www.chch.live/school/95-papatoetoe-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 472
- [Papatoetoe Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/1426-papatoetoe-central-school), decile 4 · EQI 419
- [Papatoetoe East School](https://www.chch.live/school/1427-papatoetoe-east-school), decile 2 · EQI 463
- [Papatoetoe West School](https://www.chch.live/school/1431-papatoetoe-west-school), decile 2 · EQI 468
- [Destiny School](https://www.chch.live/school/1655-destiny-school), private, not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.985961&lon=174.866042

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Papatoetoe.

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

787 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 432, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Does Puhinui School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1448 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026