# Karapiro School

Contributing · State · Karapiro, Cambridge

https://www.chch.live/school/1764-karapiro-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 499

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

## The record
- Tirau Road, Karapiro, Cambridge, 3496
- Roll: 26 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.47, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 26 · Asian 1
- Phone: 07-8277642
- Email: office@karapiro.school.nz
- Contact: Alana Thompson
- Website: http://www.karapiro.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Leamington School](https://www.chch.live/school/1789-leamington-school), decile 7 · EQI 444
- [St Peter's Catholic School (Cambridge)](https://www.chch.live/school/1965-st-peter-s-catholic-school-cambridge), decile 9 · EQI 399
- [Cambridge School](https://www.chch.live/school/1702-cambridge-school), decile 9 · EQI 403
- [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
- [Cambridge Middle School](https://www.chch.live/school/1701-cambridge-middle-school), decile 9 · EQI 431
- [Horahora School (Cambridge)](https://www.chch.live/school/1744-horahora-school-cambridge), decile 7 · EQI 441
- [Roto-O-Rangi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1927-roto-o-rangi-school), decile 9 · EQI 468

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.915616&lon=175.55361

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Karapiro.

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

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

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

EQI 499, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Karapiro School?**

Tirau Road, Karapiro, Cambridge. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1764 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026