Patea Area School
Composite · State · Patea
184 students on the roll · EQI 541.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 541. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Kent Street, Patea, 4545
- Roll: 184 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1967
- Isolation index 1.29, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 06-2738099
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: James Davidson
- Website: pateaarea.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.
Other schools near here
- St Joseph's School (Patea), decile 2 · EQI 544 · 367 m
- Whenuakura School, decile 4 · EQI 455 · 3.3 km
- Kakaramea School, decile 5 · EQI 457 · 6.8 km
- Waverley Primary School, decile 3 · EQI 487 · 12.7 km
- Mokoia School, decile 5 · EQI 478 · 20.4 km
- Waitotara School, decile 3 · EQI 496 · 22.3 km
- Ramanui School, decile 2 · EQI 556 · 24.9 km
- TKKM o Ngati Ruanui, decile 2 · EQI 531 · 25.5 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
Composite · State · Co-Educational.
184 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 541, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.
Kent Street, , Patea. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.