# Kai Iwi School

Full Primary · State · Kai Iwi, Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/2369-kai-iwi-school

## 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
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 84 · Pacific 2 · Asian 3
- Phone: 06-3429823
- Email: office@kaiiwi.school.nz
- Contact: Ross Harvey
- Website: http://www.kaiiwi.school.nz/

## 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.*

## Other schools near here
- [Westmere School - Whanganui](https://www.chch.live/school/2480-westmere-school-whanganui), decile 8 · EQI 427
- [Brunswick School](https://www.chch.live/school/2342-brunswick-school), decile 7 · EQI 474
- [Aranui School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2336-aranui-school-wanganui), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Mosston School](https://www.chch.live/school/2403-mosston-school), decile 4 · EQI 444
- [Faith City School](https://www.chch.live/school/422-faith-city-school), decile 3 · EQI 441
- [St Johns Hill School](https://www.chch.live/school/2450-st-johns-hill-school), decile 9 · EQI 416
- [Castlecliff School](https://www.chch.live/school/2346-castlecliff-school), decile 1 · EQI 535
- [TKKM o Tupoho](https://www.chch.live/school/2377-tkkm-o-tupoho), decile 1 · EQI 549

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.851056&lon=174.931957

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kai Iwi School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Kai Iwi.

**How many students does Kai Iwi School have?**

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

**What is Kai Iwi School's Equity Index?**

EQI 483, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Kai Iwi School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2369 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026