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Pukekawa School

Contributing · State · Tuakau

82 students on the roll · EQI 452.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 452. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 803 Highway 22, Tuakau, 2696
  • Roll: 82 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations may be requested
  • Opened 1895
  • Isolation index 0.6, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Setting: Rural other
  • Phone: 09-2334784
  • Email: office@pukekawa.school.nz
  • Contact: Josie Redmond
  • Website: pukekawa.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 75 · 91%
Pacific 3 · 4%
Asian 2 · 2%
MELAA 3 · 4%
Other 2 · 2%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Pukekawa School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

How many students does Pukekawa School have?

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

What is Pukekawa School's Equity Index?

EQI 452, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

Where is Pukekawa School?

803 Highway 22, , Tuakau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.