# Hāwera Primary School

Contributing · State · Hāwera

https://www.chch.live/school/2171-hawera-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 521

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

## The record
- 261 South Road, Hāwera, 4610
- Roll: 164 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1875
- Isolation index 1.29, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 97 · Pacific 10 · Asian 13 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-2787709
- Email: admin@haweraprimary.school.nz
- Contact: Shevaun O'Brien
- Website: http://www.haweraprimary.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Hāwera Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1184-hawera-christian-school), decile 6 · EQI 470
- [TKKM o Ngati Ruanui](https://www.chch.live/school/2383-tkkm-o-ngati-ruanui), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [St Joseph's School (Hawera)](https://www.chch.live/school/2235-st-joseph-s-school-hawera), decile 6 · EQI 439
- [Ramanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/2226-ramanui-school), decile 2 · EQI 556
- [Te Paepae o Aotea](https://www.chch.live/school/961-te-paepae-o-aotea), EQI 509
- [Tawhiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/2248-tawhiti-school), decile 6 · EQI 473
- [Turuturu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2255-turuturu-school), decile 5 · EQI 466
- [Normanby School](https://www.chch.live/school/2207-normanby-school), decile 5 · EQI 503

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.592863&lon=174.275218

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 521, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Hāwera Primary School?**

261 South Road, , Hāwera. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2171 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026