# Kairanga School

Full Primary · State · Palmerston North

https://www.chch.live/school/2370-kairanga-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 449

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

## The record
- 1099 Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road, Palmerston North, 4475
- Roll: 153 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1888
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.23, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 139 · Pacific 2 · Asian 8 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3290824
- Email: office@kairanga.school.nz
- Contact: Richard Lawton
- Website: http://www.kairanga.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Kairanga School, in force from 2016-11-30 · 55 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Longburn School](https://www.chch.live/school/2388-longburn-school), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [Cloverlea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2350-cloverlea-school), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Te Kura o Wairau](https://www.chch.live/school/2363-te-kura-o-wairau), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Newbury School](https://www.chch.live/school/2406-newbury-school), decile 8 · EQI 445
- [Longburn Adventist College](https://www.chch.live/school/191-longburn-adventist-college), decile 5 · EQI 474
- [Takaro School](https://www.chch.live/school/2460-takaro-school), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Monrad - Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga](https://www.chch.live/school/2402-monrad-te-kura-waenga-o-tirohanga), decile 3 · EQI 517
- [Awapuni School (P North)](https://www.chch.live/school/2339-awapuni-school-p-north), decile 2 · EQI 531

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.347704&lon=175.533651

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 449, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Does Kairanga 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=2370 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026