# Patea Area School

Composite · State · Patea

https://www.chch.live/school/185-patea-area-school

## 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
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 57 · Pacific 18 · Asian 13 · MELAA 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-2738099
- Email: pas@pateaarea.school.nz
- Contact: James Davidson
- Website: http://www.pateaarea.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Patea)](https://www.chch.live/school/2452-st-joseph-s-school-patea), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Whenuakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2483-whenuakura-school), decile 4 · EQI 455
- [Kakaramea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2374-kakaramea-school), decile 5 · EQI 457
- [Waverley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2478-waverley-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 487
- [Mokoia School](https://www.chch.live/school/2201-mokoia-school), decile 5 · EQI 478
- [Waitotara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2474-waitotara-school), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Ramanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/2226-ramanui-school), decile 2 · EQI 556
- [TKKM o Ngati Ruanui](https://www.chch.live/school/2383-tkkm-o-ngati-ruanui), decile 2 · EQI 531

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.76142&lon=174.481481

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Patea Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Patea Area School have?**

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

**What is Patea Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 541, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Patea Area School?**

Kent Street, , Patea. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=185 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026