# Turua Primary School

Full Primary · State · Turua, Thames

https://www.chch.live/school/2043-turua-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 470

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

## The record
- Hauraki Road, Turua, Thames, 3574
- Roll: 98 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1877
- Isolation index 1.07, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 84 · Pacific 4 · Asian 3 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 07-8675003
- Email: admin@turua.school.nz
- Contact: Karen Houghton
- Website: http://www.turua.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Matatoki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1819-matatoki-school), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Kopuarahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1782-kopuarahi-school), decile 4 · EQI 524
- [Puriri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1911-puriri-school), decile 8 · EQI 475
- [Kerepehi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1775-kerepehi-school), decile 2 · EQI 514
- [Hauraki Plains College](https://www.chch.live/school/112-hauraki-plains-college), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Ngatea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1850-ngatea-school), decile 6 · EQI 452
- [Pārāwai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1886-parawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Hikutaia School](https://www.chch.live/school/1738-hikutaia-school), decile 5 · EQI 481

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.242176&lon=175.568916

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 470, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Turua Primary School?**

Hauraki Road, Turua, Thames. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2043 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026