Kihikihi School
Full Primary · State · Kihikihi
168 students on the roll · EQI 524 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 524. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 71 Whitmore Street, Kihikihi, 3800
- Roll: 168 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1873
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.54, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 07-8716152
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Sunny West
- Website: kihikihi.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Kihikihi School, in force from 2024-10-14 · 77 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Waipa Christian School, decile 7 · EQI 421 · 3.1 km
- Te Awamutu Intermediate, decile 5 · EQI 479 · 3.2 km
- Pekapekarau School, decile 4 · EQI 493 · 4.4 km
- Te Awamutu Primary School, decile 5 · EQI 461 · 4.5 km
- St Patrick's Catholic School (Te Awamutu), decile 7 · EQI 427 · 4.7 km
- Puahue School, decile 8 · EQI 425 · 4.8 km
- Te Awamutu College, decile 5 · EQI 481 · 5.2 km
- Te Wharekura o Nga Purapura o Te Aroha, decile 3 · EQI 505 · 5.4 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
168 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 524, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.