# St Patrick's School (Kaponga)

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Kaponga

https://www.chch.live/school/2240-st-patrick-s-school-kaponga

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 437

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

## The record
- 71 Victoria Street, Kaponga, 4642
- Roll: 27 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1921
- Isolation index 1.39, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 18 · Asian 7 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 06-7646563
- Email: office@stpatskaponga.school.nz
- Contact: Rose Kelbrick

## Other schools near here
- [Kaponga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2095-kaponga-school), decile 6 · EQI 505
- [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
- [Manaia School (Taranaki)](https://www.chch.live/school/2097-manaia-school-taranaki), decile 3 · EQI 553
- [Ngaere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2205-ngaere-school), decile 7 · EQI 471
- [Pembroke School](https://www.chch.live/school/2220-pembroke-school), decile 6 · EQI 480

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.429392&lon=174.151078

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is St Patrick's School (Kaponga)?**

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.

**How many students does St Patrick's School (Kaponga) have?**

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

**What is St Patrick's School (Kaponga)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 437, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is St Patrick's School (Kaponga)?**

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


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