# Awapuni School (P North)

Contributing · State · Awapuni, Palmerston North

https://www.chch.live/school/2339-awapuni-school-p-north

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 531

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

## The record
- 18 Rochester Street, Awapuni, Palmerston North, 4412
- Roll: 106 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1958
- Isolation index 0.09, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 40 · Pacific 17 · Asian 18 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-3581735
- Email: admin@awapuni-primary.school.nz
- Contact: Elaine Dyason
- Website: http://www.awapuni-primary.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Riverdale School (P North)](https://www.chch.live/school/2437-riverdale-school-p-north), decile 8 · EQI 426
- [Awatapu College](https://www.chch.live/school/198-awatapu-college), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [West End School (P North)](https://www.chch.live/school/2479-west-end-school-p-north), decile 5 · EQI 458
- [Monrad - Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga](https://www.chch.live/school/2402-monrad-te-kura-waenga-o-tirohanga), decile 3 · EQI 517
- [Our Lady of Lourdes School (P North)](https://www.chch.live/school/2416-our-lady-of-lourdes-school-p-north), decile 5 · EQI 422
- [Takaro School](https://www.chch.live/school/2460-takaro-school), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Manawatu Community High School - Manawatu Kura a Iwi](https://www.chch.live/school/6118-manawatu-community-high-school-manawatu-kura-a-iwi), EQI 569
- [Palmerston North Adventist Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/4126-palmerston-north-adventist-christian-school), decile 3 · EQI 433

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.372503&lon=175.587987

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Awapuni School (P North)?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Awapuni.

**How many students does Awapuni School (P North) have?**

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

**What is Awapuni School (P North)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 531, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Awapuni School (P North)?**

18 Rochester Street, Awapuni, Palmerston North. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2339 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026