# Pārāwai School

Full Primary · State · Parawai, Thames

https://www.chch.live/school/1886-parawai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · 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
- 106 Lowe Avenue, Parawai, Thames, 3500
- Roll: 244 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1967
- Isolation index 1.1, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 162 · Pacific 13 · Asian 36 · MELAA 3 · Other 4 · International 4
- Phone: 07-8688117
- Email: administration@parawai.school.nz
- Contact: Jordan Palfrey
- Website: http://www.parawai.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Thames South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2027-thames-south-school), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [St Francis School (Thames)](https://www.chch.live/school/1945-st-francis-school-thames), decile 5 · EQI 409
- [Thames High School](https://www.chch.live/school/111-thames-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Moanataiari School](https://www.chch.live/school/1829-moanataiari-school), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Matatoki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1819-matatoki-school), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Kopuarahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1782-kopuarahi-school), decile 4 · EQI 524
- [Turua Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2043-turua-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [Puriri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1911-puriri-school), decile 8 · EQI 475

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.155474&lon=175.560611

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Parawai.

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

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

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

EQI 468, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Pārāwai School?**

106 Lowe Avenue, Parawai, Thames. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1886 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026