# Ruakituri School

Full Primary · State · Ruakituri, Wairoa

https://www.chch.live/school/1675-ruakituri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 494

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

## The record
- 1607 Ruakituri Valley Road, Ruakituri, Wairoa, 4195
- Roll: 9 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 2.14, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 8
- Phone: 06-8387140
- Email: ruakituri.sch@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Joanne Larsen

## Other schools near here
- [Ohuka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2625-ohuka-school), decile 8 · EQI 523
- [Tiniroto School](https://www.chch.live/school/2705-tiniroto-school), decile 3 · EQI 470
- [Frasertown School](https://www.chch.live/school/2562-frasertown-school), decile 2 · EQI 479
- [Te Kura o Waikaremoana](https://www.chch.live/school/1678-te-kura-o-waikaremoana), decile 1 · EQI 511
- [Te Whare Kounga](https://www.chch.live/school/4559-te-whare-kounga), EQI 533
- [St Joseph's School (Wairoa)](https://www.chch.live/school/2679-st-joseph-s-school-wairoa), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [Wairoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/214-wairoa-college), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Wairoa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1668-wairoa-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 542

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.770748&lon=177.411364

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Ruakituri.

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

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

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

EQI 494, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Ruakituri School?**

1607 Ruakituri Valley Road, Ruakituri, Wairoa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1675 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026