Hikutaia School
Full Primary · State · Hikutaia, Paeroa
138 students on the roll in Hikutaia · EQI 481 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 481. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 8062 State Highway 26, Hikutaia, Paeroa, 3674
- Roll: 138 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1879
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.25, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 07-8624708
- Email: office@hikutaia.school.nz
- Contact: Olivia Robinson (Acting)
- Website: hikutaia.ultranet.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Hikutaia School, in force from 2022-10-17 · 166 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Netherton School, decile 5 · EQI 465 · 6.5 km
- Puriri School, decile 8 · EQI 475 · 7.5 km
- Paeroa Christian School, decile 3 · EQI 459 · 7.9 km
- Goldfields School (Paeroa), decile 3 · EQI 518 · 8.5 km
- Miller Avenue School, decile 2 · EQI 530 · 8.6 km
- Turua Primary School, decile 5 · EQI 470 · 9.8 km
- Paeroa Central School, decile 1 · EQI 545 · 9.8 km
- Paeroa College, decile 2 · EQI 507 · 10.1 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Hikutaia.
138 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 481, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.