# Kaponga School

Full Primary · State · Kaponga

https://www.chch.live/school/2095-kaponga-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 505

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

## The record
- 30 Egmont Street, Kaponga, 4642
- Roll: 45 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 1.39, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 43
- Phone: 06-7646693
- Email: admin@kaponga.school.nz
- Contact: Shane Downs
- Website: http://www.kaponga.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [St Patrick's School (Kaponga)](https://www.chch.live/school/2240-st-patrick-s-school-kaponga), decile 5 · EQI 437
- [Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/589-te-kura-o-nga-ruahine-rangi), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [Matapu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2098-matapu-school), decile 6 · EQI 467
- [Auroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2152-auroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 473
- [Eltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/2165-eltham-school), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Pembroke School](https://www.chch.live/school/2220-pembroke-school), decile 6 · EQI 480
- [Ngaere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2205-ngaere-school), decile 7 · EQI 471
- [Manaia School (Taranaki)](https://www.chch.live/school/2097-manaia-school-taranaki), decile 3 · EQI 553

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.426204&lon=174.149432

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 505, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Kaponga School?**

30 Egmont Street, , Kaponga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2095 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026