# Lichfield School

Contributing · State · Lichfield, Putaruru

https://www.chch.live/school/1790-lichfield-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 457

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

## The record
- 779 Lichfield Road, Lichfield, Putaruru, 3482
- Roll: 97 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1884
- Isolation index 0.94, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 92 · Pacific 2 · Asian 6 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8836816
- Email: office@lichfield.school.nz
- Contact: Karen Care
- Website: http://www.lichfield.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Putāruru Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1658-putaruru-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 539
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru)](https://www.chch.live/school/1957-st-mary-s-catholic-school-putaruru), decile 5 · EQI 455
- [Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere](https://www.chch.live/school/567-te-wharekura-o-te-kaokaoroa-o-patetere), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Putāruru College](https://www.chch.live/school/494-putaruru-college), decile 3 · EQI 518
- [Te Waotu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2025-te-waotu-school), decile 7 · EQI 448
- [Tokoroa North School](https://www.chch.live/school/2038-tokoroa-north-school), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Forest View High School](https://www.chch.live/school/159-forest-view-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 517
- [Tokoroa Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2035-tokoroa-central-school), decile 1 · EQI 538

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.106168&lon=175.811561

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Lichfield.

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

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

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

EQI 457, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Lichfield School?**

779 Lichfield Road, Lichfield, Putaruru. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1790 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026