# Tirau Primary School

Contributing · State · Tirau

https://www.chch.live/school/2031-tirau-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- 69 Main Road, Tirau, 3410
- Roll: 130 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1888
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.83, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 104 · Pacific 11 · Asian 8 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8831653
- Email: office@tirau.school.nz
- Contact: Siobhan Patterson
- Website: http://www.tirau.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Tirau School, in force from 2014-01-29 · 127 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Putāruru College](https://www.chch.live/school/494-putaruru-college), decile 3 · EQI 518
- [Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere](https://www.chch.live/school/567-te-wharekura-o-te-kaokaoroa-o-patetere), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Kuranui Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1858-kuranui-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 472
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru)](https://www.chch.live/school/1957-st-mary-s-catholic-school-putaruru), decile 5 · EQI 455
- [Putāruru Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1658-putaruru-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 539
- [Hinuera School](https://www.chch.live/school/1741-hinuera-school), decile 7 · EQI 435
- [Horahora School (Cambridge)](https://www.chch.live/school/1744-horahora-school-cambridge), decile 7 · EQI 441
- [Te Poi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2014-te-poi-school), decile 7 · EQI 486

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.975561&lon=175.75529

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tirau Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Tirau Primary School have?**

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

**What is Tirau Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Does Tirau Primary 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=2031 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026