Hiwinui School
Full Primary · State · Palmerston North
132 students on the roll · EQI 415 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 415. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Watershed Road, Palmerston North, 4470
- Roll: 132 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1891
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.33, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 06-3268078
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Anna Hagan
- Website: hiwinui.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Hiwinui School, in force from 2018-04-30 · 33 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Ashhurst School, decile 7 · EQI 459 · 4.9 km
- Bunnythorpe School, decile 4 · EQI 525 · 6.0 km
- Whakarongo School, decile 9 · EQI 424 · 6.5 km
- Colyton School, decile 9 · EQI 433 · 6.8 km
- TKKM o Manawatu, decile 5 · EQI 506 · 7.9 km
- Cornerstone Christian School, decile 7 · EQI 417 · 8.0 km
- Roslyn School, decile 3 · EQI 518 · 8.8 km
- Taonui School, decile 5 · EQI 462 · 8.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
132 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 415, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.