# Puketaha School

Full Primary · State · Puketaha, Hamilton

https://www.chch.live/school/1907-puketaha-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 421

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

## The record
- 395 Puketaha Road, Puketaha, Hamilton, 3281
- Roll: 304 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1916
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.27, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 277 · Pacific 8 · Asian 19 · MELAA 11 · Other 3 · International 1
- Phone: 07-824 3870
- Email: office@puketaha.school.nz
- Contact: Nyree Olliver
- Website: http://www.puketaha.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Puketaha School, in force from 2023-06-27 · 90 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Waikato Waldorf School ( Rudolf Steiner)](https://www.chch.live/school/539-waikato-waldorf-school-rudolf-steiner), decile 7 · EQI 424
- [Rototuna Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/6976-rototuna-primary-school), decile 10 · EQI 400
- [Hukanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1749-hukanui-school), decile 10 · EQI 395
- [Te Totara Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/577-te-totara-primary-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Insoll Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1753-insoll-avenue-school), decile 1 · EQI 537
- [Rototuna Junior High School](https://www.chch.live/school/708-rototuna-junior-high-school), decile 10 · EQI 428
- [Rototuna Senior High School](https://www.chch.live/school/615-rototuna-senior-high-school), decile 10 · EQI 451
- [Hamilton Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/451-hamilton-christian-school), decile 9 · EQI 413

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.720063&lon=175.327519

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 421, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Does Puketaha School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1907 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026