# Kuranui Primary School

Contributing · State · Tirau

https://www.chch.live/school/1858-kuranui-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 472

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

## The record
- 66 Waiomou Road, Tirau, 3485
- Roll: 50 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1914
- Isolation index 0.73, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 46 · Asian 1
- Phone: 07-8834866
- Email: office@kuranui.school.nz
- Contact: Michael Thornley
- Website: http://www.kuranui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Poi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2014-te-poi-school), decile 7 · EQI 486
- [Tirau Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2031-tirau-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 477
- [Hinuera School](https://www.chch.live/school/1741-hinuera-school), decile 7 · EQI 435
- [Putāruru College](https://www.chch.live/school/494-putaruru-college), decile 3 · EQI 518
- [Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere](https://www.chch.live/school/567-te-wharekura-o-te-kaokaoroa-o-patetere), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru)](https://www.chch.live/school/1957-st-mary-s-catholic-school-putaruru), decile 5 · EQI 455
- [Putāruru Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1658-putaruru-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 539
- [Matamata College](https://www.chch.live/school/124-matamata-college), decile 6 · EQI 479

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.94061&lon=175.838375

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kuranui Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Kuranui Primary School have?**

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

**What is Kuranui Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 472, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Kuranui Primary School?**

66 Waiomou Road, , Tirau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1858 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026