Te Kowhai School
Full Primary · State · Te Kowhai
315 students on the roll · EQI 414 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 414. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 605 Horotiu Road, Te Kowhai, 3288
- Roll: 315 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1890
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.37, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 07-8297860
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Juliet Dickinson
- Website: tekowhai.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Te Kowhai School, in force from 2023-06-27 · 54 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Rotokauri School, decile 8 · EQI 423 · 5.8 km
- Whatawhata School, decile 8 · EQI 446 · 5.9 km
- Horotiu School, decile 3 · EQI 464 · 6.2 km
- Waipa School, decile 2 · EQI 527 · 7.0 km
- Te Rapa School, decile 7 · EQI 443 · 7.3 km
- Te Kōpuku High, EQI 525 · 7.4 km
- St Paul's Catholic School (Ngaruawahia), decile 4 · EQI 456 · 7.4 km
- Ngā Taiātea Wharekura, decile 2 · EQI 504 · 7.5 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
315 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 414, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.