# Pongakawa School

Full Primary · State · Pongakawa

https://www.chch.live/school/1899-pongakawa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 448

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

## The record
- 956 Old Coach Road, Pongakawa, 3186
- Roll: 321 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1892
- Isolation index 0.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 278 · Pacific 5 · Asian 19 · MELAA 10
- Phone: 07-5333731
- Email: office@pongakawa.school.nz
- Contact: Michael Cunliffe
- Website: http://www.pongakawa.school.nz

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- [Paengaroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1882-paengaroa-school), decile 4 · EQI 468
- [Pukehina School](https://www.chch.live/school/1904-pukehina-school), decile 1 · EQI 555
- [Maketu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1794-maketu-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Otamarakau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1872-otamarakau-school), decile 7 · EQI 466
- [Rangiuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1921-rangiuru-school), decile 4 · EQI 493
- [TKKM o Te Matai](https://www.chch.live/school/2011-tkkm-o-te-matai), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [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

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.837505&lon=176.476931

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Pongakawa School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1899 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026