# Kakaramea School

Contributing · State · Patea

https://www.chch.live/school/2374-kakaramea-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 457

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

## The record
- 2193 South Road, Patea, 4598
- Roll: 62 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1876
- Isolation index 1.32, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 50 · Pacific 1 · Asian 4 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 06-2738695
- Email: office@kakaramea.school.nz
- Contact: Shannon O'Brien

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Patea)](https://www.chch.live/school/2452-st-joseph-s-school-patea), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Patea Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/185-patea-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Whenuakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2483-whenuakura-school), decile 4 · EQI 455
- [Mokoia School](https://www.chch.live/school/2201-mokoia-school), decile 5 · EQI 478
- [Waverley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2478-waverley-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 487
- [Ramanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/2226-ramanui-school), decile 2 · EQI 556
- [TKKM o Ngati Ruanui](https://www.chch.live/school/2383-tkkm-o-ngati-ruanui), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [Hāwera Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1184-hawera-christian-school), decile 6 · EQI 470

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.706672&lon=174.446673

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 457, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Kakaramea School?**

2193 South Road, , Patea. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2374 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026