# Kaingaroa Forest School

Full Primary · State · Kaingaroa Forest

https://www.chch.live/school/1759-kaingaroa-forest-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 560

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

## The record
- Dun Road, Kaingaroa Forest, 3073
- Roll: 28 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 1.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 2 · Pacific 3
- Phone: 07-3669845
- Email: office@kaingaroaforest.school.nz
- Contact: Marylouise Macpherson-Hall
- Website: http://www.kaingaroaforest.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Lake Rerewhakaaitu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1787-lake-rerewhakaaitu-school), decile 7 · EQI 479
- [Murupara Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/658-murupara-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [TKK Motuhake o Tawhiuau](https://www.chch.live/school/463-tkk-motuhake-o-tawhiuau), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Galatea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1722-galatea-school), decile 5 · EQI 493
- [Reporoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/164-reporoa-college), decile 6 · EQI 519
- [Reporoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1923-reporoa-school), decile 4 · EQI 487
- [Broadlands School](https://www.chch.live/school/1698-broadlands-school), decile 8 · EQI 462
- [Mihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1826-mihi-school), decile 5 · EQI 539

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.407687&lon=176.569432

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kaingaroa Forest School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Kaingaroa Forest School have?**

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

**What is Kaingaroa Forest School's Equity Index?**

EQI 560, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Kaingaroa Forest School?**

Dun Road, , Kaingaroa Forest. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1759 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026