# Te Aute College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated · Pukehou

https://www.chch.live/school/232-te-aute-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 541

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

## The record
- 100 State Highway 2, Pukehou, 4142
- Roll: 72 (October 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.57, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9 · Pacific 7
- Phone: 06-8568016
- Email: admin@teaute.school.nz
- Contact: Rachel Kingi
- Website: http://www.teaute.maori.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Pukehou School](https://www.chch.live/school/2652-pukehou-school), decile 6 · EQI 452
- [Otane School](https://www.chch.live/school/2634-otane-school), decile 1 · EQI 487
- [Argyll East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2542-argyll-east-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Poukawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2650-poukawa-school), decile 6 · EQI 476
- [Waipawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2723-waipawa-school), decile 5 · EQI 482
- [Tikokino School](https://www.chch.live/school/2704-tikokino-school), decile 6 · EQI 438
- [Elsthorpe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2556-elsthorpe-school), decile 6 · EQI 446
- [St Joseph's School (Central Hawke's Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/2678-st-joseph-s-school-central-hawke-s-bay), decile 6 · EQI 436

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.826457&lon=176.629411

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Aute College?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State : Integrated · Boys School.

**How many students does Te Aute College have?**

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

**What is Te Aute College's Equity Index?**

EQI 541, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Te Aute College?**

100 State Highway 2, , Pukehou. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=232 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026