# Hikuai School

Full Primary · State · Hikuai

https://www.chch.live/school/1737-hikuai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 446

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

## The record
- 24 Hikuai School Road, Hikuai, 3579
- Roll: 43 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1897
- Isolation index 1.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 37 · Asian 3
- Phone: 07-8647818
- Email: office@hikuai.school.nz
- Contact: Rachel Leitch
- Website: http://www.hikuai.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Ōpoutere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1867-opoutere-school), decile 4 · EQI 459
- [Tairua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1975-tairua-school), decile 7 · EQI 440
- [Whenuakite School](https://www.chch.live/school/2088-whenuakite-school), decile 7 · EQI 428
- [Coroglen School](https://www.chch.live/school/1707-coroglen-school), decile 5 · EQI 490
- [Whangamata Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/428-whangamata-area-school), decile 4 · EQI 460
- [Pārāwai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1886-parawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Puriri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1911-puriri-school), decile 8 · EQI 475
- [Matatoki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1819-matatoki-school), decile 5 · EQI 459

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.071598&lon=175.773375

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 446, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Hikuai School?**

24 Hikuai School Road, , Hikuai. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1737 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026