Kai Iwi School
Full Primary · State · Kai Iwi, Whanganui
96 students on the roll in Kai Iwi · EQI 483 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 483. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 908 State Highway 3, Kai Iwi, Whanganui, 4574
- Roll: 96 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1876
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.61, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 06-3429823
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Ross Harvey
- Website: kaiiwi.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
- Kai Iwi School, in force from 2024-09-30 · 471 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
- Westmere School - Whanganui, decile 8 · EQI 427 · 7.4 km
- Brunswick School, decile 7 · EQI 474 · 7.9 km
- Aranui School (Wanganui), decile 1 · EQI 536 · 9.7 km
- Mosston School, decile 4 · EQI 444 · 10.3 km
- Faith City School, decile 3 · EQI 441 · 10.8 km
- St Johns Hill School, decile 9 · EQI 416 · 11.2 km
- Castlecliff School, decile 1 · EQI 535 · 11.2 km
- TKKM o Tupoho, decile 1 · EQI 549 · 11.4 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, in Kai Iwi.
96 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 483, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.