# Kopuarahi School

Full Primary · State · Thames

https://www.chch.live/school/1782-kopuarahi-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · 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
- Bush Road, Thames, 3574
- Roll: 7 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1917
- Isolation index 0.99, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Asian 2
- Phone: 07-8675048
- Email: office@kopuarahi.school.nz
- Contact: Christine Patel
- Website: http://www.kopuarahi.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Turua Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2043-turua-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [Ngatea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1850-ngatea-school), decile 6 · EQI 452
- [Hauraki Plains College](https://www.chch.live/school/112-hauraki-plains-college), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Pārāwai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1886-parawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Matatoki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1819-matatoki-school), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Kerepehi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1775-kerepehi-school), decile 2 · EQI 514
- [Thames South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2027-thames-south-school), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [St Francis School (Thames)](https://www.chch.live/school/1945-st-francis-school-thames), decile 5 · EQI 409

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.220224&lon=175.50648

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 524, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Kopuarahi School?**

Bush Road, , Thames. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1782 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026