# Te Kuiti Primary School

Full Primary · State · Te Kuiti

https://www.chch.live/school/2008-te-kuiti-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 489

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

## The record
- Rora Street, Te Kuiti, 3941
- Roll: 325 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1897
- Isolation index 1.35, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 186 · Pacific 33 · Asian 35 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 07-8787746
- Email: admin@tekuiti.school.nz
- Contact: Paula Gilford
- Website: http://www.tekuiti.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kuiti High School](https://www.chch.live/school/160-te-kuiti-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Te Kuiti)](https://www.chch.live/school/1953-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-te-kuiti), decile 4 · EQI 449
- [Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)](https://www.chch.live/school/1906-pukenui-school-te-kuiti), decile 3 · EQI 540
- [Centennial Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1705-centennial-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 540
- [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=-38.329334&lon=175.159609

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kuiti Primary School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Kuiti Primary School have?**

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

**What is Te Kuiti Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 489, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Te Kuiti Primary School?**

Rora Street, , 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=2008 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026