# Awahou School

Full Primary · State · Ashhurst

https://www.chch.live/school/2338-awahou-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 461

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

## The record
- 518 Pohangina Valley East Rd, Ashhurst, 4884
- Roll: 37 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.61, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 37 · Pacific 1 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 06-3294844
- Email: awahouoffice@awahou.school.nz
- Contact: Trudi Blinkhorne
- Website: http://www.awahou.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Kiwitea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2382-kiwitea-school), decile 9 · EQI 455
- [Hato Paora College](https://www.chch.live/school/199-hato-paora-college), decile 4 · EQI 516
- [Ashhurst School](https://www.chch.live/school/2337-ashhurst-school), decile 7 · EQI 459
- [Hiwinui School](https://www.chch.live/school/2364-hiwinui-school), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Kimbolton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2379-kimbolton-school), decile 5 · EQI 453
- [Te Kura aa Iwi o Ngaati Kauwhata](https://www.chch.live/school/3618-te-kura-aa-iwi-o-ngaati-kauwhata), EQI 540
- [Colyton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2354-colyton-school), decile 9 · EQI 433
- [Ruahine School](https://www.chch.live/school/2669-ruahine-school), decile 7 · EQI 451

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.177357&lon=175.811742

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 461, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Awahou School?**

518 Pohangina Valley East Rd, , Ashhurst. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2338 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026