# Piopio College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Piopio

https://www.chch.live/school/162-piopio-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 499

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 18 Aria Road, Piopio, 3912
- Roll: 152 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1975
- Isolation index 1.79, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 104 · Pacific 12 · Asian 11
- Phone: 07-8778173
- Email: principal@piopio.school.nz
- Contact: Ben Draper
- Website: http://www.piopio.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Piopio Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1895-piopio-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 460
- [Āria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1687-aria-school), decile 5 · EQI 461
- [Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)](https://www.chch.live/school/1906-pukenui-school-te-kuiti), decile 3 · EQI 540
- [Te Wharekura o Maniapoto](https://www.chch.live/school/1865-te-wharekura-o-maniapoto), decile 3 · EQI 527
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Te Kuiti)](https://www.chch.live/school/1953-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-te-kuiti), decile 4 · EQI 449
- [Te Kuiti High School](https://www.chch.live/school/160-te-kuiti-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Te Kuiti Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2008-te-kuiti-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 489
- [Centennial Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1705-centennial-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 540

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.472653&lon=175.014155

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Piopio College?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Piopio College have?**

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

**What is Piopio College's Equity Index?**

EQI 499, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Piopio College?**

18 Aria Road, , Piopio. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=162 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026