# Paengaroa School

Contributing · State · Paengaroa

https://www.chch.live/school/1882-paengaroa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 468

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

## The record
- 33 Old Coach Road, Paengaroa, 3189
- Roll: 197 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1906
- Isolation index 0.58, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 104 · Pacific 12 · Asian 11
- Phone: 07-5331227
- Email: office@paengaroa.school.nz
- Contact: Bruce Lendrem
- Website: http://www.paengaroa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Rangiuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1921-rangiuru-school), decile 4 · EQI 493
- [Pongakawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1899-pongakawa-school), decile 6 · EQI 448
- [TKKM o Te Matai](https://www.chch.live/school/2011-tkkm-o-te-matai), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Maketu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1794-maketu-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Fairhaven School](https://www.chch.live/school/1717-fairhaven-school), decile 3 · EQI 454
- [Te Puke Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2015-te-puke-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 473
- [Te Puke High School](https://www.chch.live/school/123-te-puke-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 492
- [Te Puke Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2016-te-puke-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 469

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.824916&lon=176.414688

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 468, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Paengaroa School?**

33 Old Coach Road, , Paengaroa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1882 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026