# Kaipaki School

Full Primary · State · Ohaupo

https://www.chch.live/school/1760-kaipaki-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 417

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

## The record
- 687 Kaipaki Road, Ohaupo, 3495
- Roll: 137 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1876
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.38, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 127 · Pacific 7 · Asian 10 · MELAA 5
- Phone: 07-8236653
- Email: office@kaipaki.school.nz
- Contact: Kim Budd
- Website: http://www.kaipaki.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Kaipaki Schol, in force from 2016-05-02 · 52 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [St Peter's School (Cambridge)](https://www.chch.live/school/141-st-peter-s-school-cambridge), private, not rated
- [Hautapu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1735-hautapu-school), decile 10 · EQI 420
- [Ohaupo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1855-ohaupo-school), decile 8 · EQI 421
- [Cambridge Middle School](https://www.chch.live/school/1701-cambridge-middle-school), decile 9 · EQI 431
- [Cambridge School](https://www.chch.live/school/1702-cambridge-school), decile 9 · EQI 403
- [Tamahere Model Country School](https://www.chch.live/school/1976-tamahere-model-country-school), decile 10 · EQI 372
- [Cambridge East School](https://www.chch.live/school/1700-cambridge-east-school), decile 10 · EQI 419
- [Cambridge High School](https://www.chch.live/school/142-cambridge-high-school), decile 9 · EQI 447

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.887657&lon=175.385957

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 417, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Does Kaipaki 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=1760 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026