# Kawhia School

Full Primary · State · Kawhia

https://www.chch.live/school/1771-kawhia-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 556

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

## The record
- 318 Rosamond Terrace, Kawhia, 3843
- Roll: 57 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1895
- Isolation index 1.56, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 8 · Pacific 4 · Asian 1 · Other 2
- Phone: 07-8710725
- Email: office@kawhia.school.nz
- Contact: Leanne Lim-Apiti
- Website: http://www.kawhia.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Hauturu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1736-hauturu-school), decile 2 · EQI 529
- [Kinohaku School](https://www.chch.live/school/1778-kinohaku-school), decile 4 · EQI 526
- [Te Kura o Tahaaroa](https://www.chch.live/school/1971-te-kura-o-tahaaroa), decile 5 · EQI 510
- [Te Mata School (Raglan)](https://www.chch.live/school/2010-te-mata-school-raglan), decile 6 · EQI 413
- [Piripiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1896-piripiri-school), decile 5 · EQI 490
- [Ngutunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1853-ngutunui-school), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [Raglan Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/125-raglan-area-school), decile 4 · EQI 453
- [Te Uku School](https://www.chch.live/school/2024-te-uku-school), decile 5 · EQI 428

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.062017&lon=174.820083

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 556, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Kawhia School?**

318 Rosamond Terrace, , Kawhia. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1771 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026