# Awakeri School

Full Primary · State · Whakatane

https://www.chch.live/school/1691-awakeri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 447

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

## The record
- 974 State Highway 30, Whakatane, 3192
- Roll: 337 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1913
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.09, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 258 · Pacific 7 · Asian 23 · MELAA 6
- Phone: 07-3049506
- Email: admin@awakeri.school.nz
- Contact: Louise Howard (Acting)
- Website: https://www.awakeri.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Awakeri School, in force from 1999-12-20 · 104 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Te Paroa](https://www.chch.live/school/1888-te-kura-o-te-paroa), decile 2 · EQI 520
- [Edgecumbe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1711-edgecumbe-school), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Whakatane Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/717-whakatane-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Rangitaiki College – Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitaiki](https://www.chch.live/school/145-rangitaiki-college-te-kura-tuarua-o-rangitaiki), decile 3 · EQI 530
- [Trident High School](https://www.chch.live/school/143-trident-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 496
- [Whakatane Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2082-whakatane-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 486
- [James Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/1755-james-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [Whakatane S D A School](https://www.chch.live/school/1170-whakatane-s-d-a-school), decile 4 · EQI 470

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.995011&lon=176.897386

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 447, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Awakeri 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=1691 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026