# Te Puna School

Full Primary · State · Te Puna

https://www.chch.live/school/2017-te-puna-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 466

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

## The record
- 225 Te Puna Road, Te Puna, 3176
- Roll: 260 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1896
- Isolation index 0.29, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 185 · Pacific 19 · Asian 11 · MELAA 3 · Other 3
- Phone: 07-5525715
- Email: admin@tepuna.school.nz
- Contact: Neil Towersey
- Website: http://www.tepuna.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Bethlehem School](https://www.chch.live/school/1697-bethlehem-school), decile 8 · EQI 423
- [Te Wharekura o Mauao](https://www.chch.live/school/6962-te-wharekura-o-mauao), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Omokoroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1863-omokoroa-school), decile 10 · EQI 423
- [Bellevue School (Tauranga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1694-bellevue-school-tauranga), decile 6 · EQI 445
- [Bethlehem College](https://www.chch.live/school/77-bethlehem-college), decile 9 · EQI 409
- [Ōtūmoetai College](https://www.chch.live/school/120-otumoetai-college), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [Ōtūmoetai Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1878-otumoetai-intermediate), decile 7 · EQI 440
- [Matua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1820-matua-school), decile 9 · EQI 401

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.675658&lon=176.076681

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Puna School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Puna School have?**

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

**What is Te Puna School's Equity Index?**

EQI 466, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Te Puna School?**

225 Te Puna Road, , Te Puna. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2017 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026