# Piopio Primary School

Contributing · State · Piopio

https://www.chch.live/school/1895-piopio-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 460

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

## The record
- 14 Aria Road, Piopio, 3912
- Roll: 130 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1974
- Isolation index 1.79, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 98 · Pacific 7 · Asian 12 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8778103
- Email: office@ppp.school.nz
- Contact: Sue Coyle
- Website: http://www.schoolground.co.nz/piopioprim

## Other schools near here
- [Piopio College](https://www.chch.live/school/162-piopio-college), decile 5 · EQI 499
- [Āria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1687-aria-school), decile 5 · EQI 461
- [Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)](https://www.chch.live/school/1906-pukenui-school-te-kuiti), decile 3 · EQI 540
- [Te Wharekura o Maniapoto](https://www.chch.live/school/1865-te-wharekura-o-maniapoto), decile 3 · EQI 527
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Te Kuiti)](https://www.chch.live/school/1953-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-te-kuiti), decile 4 · EQI 449
- [Te Kuiti High School](https://www.chch.live/school/160-te-kuiti-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Te Kuiti Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2008-te-kuiti-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 489
- [Centennial Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1705-centennial-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 540

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.47155&lon=175.014754

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 460, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Piopio Primary School?**

14 Aria Road, , Piopio. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1895 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026