# Whitikahu School

Full Primary · State · Whitikahu, Taupiri

https://www.chch.live/school/2090-whitikahu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 458

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

## The record
- 763 Whitikahu Road, Whitikahu, Taupiri, 3792
- Roll: 57 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1912
- Isolation index 0.53, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 51 · Asian 5 · MELAA 4
- Phone: 07-8244859
- Email: office@whitikahu.school.nz
- Contact: Rebecca Foster
- Website: http://www.whitikahu.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Orini Combined School](https://www.chch.live/school/1869-orini-combined-school), decile 8 · EQI 460
- [Gordonton School](https://www.chch.live/school/1728-gordonton-school), decile 9 · EQI 420
- [Tauhei Combined School](https://www.chch.live/school/1985-tauhei-combined-school), decile 8 · EQI 456
- [Puketaha School](https://www.chch.live/school/1907-puketaha-school), decile 7 · EQI 421
- [Horsham Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/1747-horsham-downs-school), decile 10 · EQI 397
- [Rototuna Junior High School](https://www.chch.live/school/708-rototuna-junior-high-school), decile 10 · EQI 428
- [Rototuna Senior High School](https://www.chch.live/school/615-rototuna-senior-high-school), decile 10 · EQI 451
- [Motumaoho School](https://www.chch.live/school/1835-motumaoho-school), decile 6 · EQI 488

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.611213&lon=175.345927

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whitikahu School?**

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

**How many students does Whitikahu School have?**

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

**What is Whitikahu School's Equity Index?**

EQI 458, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Whitikahu School?**

763 Whitikahu Road, Whitikahu, Taupiri. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2090 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026