# Huiakama School

Full Primary · State · Stratford

https://www.chch.live/school/2173-huiakama-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 498

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

## The record
- State Highway 43, Stratford, 4395
- Roll: 8 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1896
- Isolation index 1.71, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 6
- Phone: 06-7623871
- Email: office@huiakama.school.nz
- Contact: Shelley Gardner
- Website: http://huiakama.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Makahu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2185-makahu-school), decile 8 · EQI 472
- [Toko School](https://www.chch.live/school/2254-toko-school), decile 7 · EQI 461
- [Ratapiko School](https://www.chch.live/school/2227-ratapiko-school), decile 7 · EQI 463
- [Marco School](https://www.chch.live/school/2191-marco-school), decile 8 · EQI 458
- [Stratford High School](https://www.chch.live/school/179-stratford-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 500
- [Stratford High School Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/2754-stratford-high-school-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Rawhitiroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2228-rawhitiroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 475
- [Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls](https://www.chch.live/school/180-taranaki-diocesan-school-for-girls), decile 5 · EQI 461

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.261338&lon=174.568249

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Huiakama School?**

State Highway 43, , Stratford. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2173 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026