# Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)

Full Primary · State · Te Kuiti

https://www.chch.live/school/1906-pukenui-school-te-kuiti

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 540

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

## The record
- King Street West, Te Kuiti, 3910
- Roll: 140 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1964
- Isolation index 1.39, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 38 · Pacific 14 · Asian 2
- Phone: 07-8787727
- Email: office@pukenui.school.nz
- Contact: Dorothy Carr
- Website: http://www.pukenui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [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
- [Centennial Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1705-centennial-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 540
- [Te Kuiti Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2008-te-kuiti-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 489
- [Te Wharekura o Maniapoto](https://www.chch.live/school/1865-te-wharekura-o-maniapoto), decile 3 · EQI 527
- [Rangitoto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1920-rangitoto-school), decile 6 · EQI 426
- [Waitomo Caves School](https://www.chch.live/school/2073-waitomo-caves-school), decile 7 · EQI 526
- [Ōtewā School](https://www.chch.live/school/1874-otewa-school), decile 6 · EQI 483

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.341451&lon=175.160672

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Pukenui School (Te Kuiti) have?**

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

**What is Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 540, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)?**

King Street West, , Te Kuiti. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1906 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026