# Hikutaia School

Full Primary · State · Hikutaia, Paeroa

https://www.chch.live/school/1738-hikutaia-school

## 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
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 112 · Pacific 10 · Asian 6
- Phone: 07-8624708
- Email: office@hikutaia.school.nz
- Contact: Olivia Robinson (Acting)
- Website: http://hikutaia.ultranet.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Hikutaia School, in force from 2022-10-17 · 166 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Netherton School](https://www.chch.live/school/1842-netherton-school), decile 5 · EQI 465
- [Puriri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1911-puriri-school), decile 8 · EQI 475
- [Paeroa Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1169-paeroa-christian-school), decile 3 · EQI 459
- [Goldfields School (Paeroa)](https://www.chch.live/school/1726-goldfields-school-paeroa), decile 3 · EQI 518
- [Miller Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1827-miller-avenue-school), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Turua Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2043-turua-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [Paeroa Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/1883-paeroa-central-school), decile 1 · EQI 545
- [Paeroa College](https://www.chch.live/school/113-paeroa-college), decile 2 · EQI 507

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.295504&lon=175.656921

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 481, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Hikutaia 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=1738 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026