# Bainesse School

Full Primary · State · Palmerston North

https://www.chch.live/school/2341-bainesse-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 485

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

## The record
- 576 State Highway 56, Palmerston North, 4477
- Roll: 80 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1913
- Isolation index 0.49, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 70 · Asian 3
- Phone: 06-3296856
- Email: admin@bainesse.school.nz
- Contact: Anna Cullen
- Website: http://www.bainesse.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Oroua Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/2414-oroua-downs-school), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Opiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2937-opiki-school), decile 6 · EQI 435
- [Glen Oroua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2360-glen-oroua-school), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Coley Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2352-coley-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [Foxton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2359-foxton-school), decile 1 · EQI 547
- [Manawatū College](https://www.chch.live/school/205-manawatu-college), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [St Mary's School (Foxton)](https://www.chch.live/school/2455-st-mary-s-school-foxton), decile 3 · EQI 509
- [Rongotea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2438-rongotea-school), decile 8 · EQI 470

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.408715&lon=175.377492

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 485, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Bainesse School?**

576 State Highway 56, , 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=2341 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026