# Kakatahi School

Full Primary · State · Kakatahi

https://www.chch.live/school/2375-kakatahi-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 526

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

## The record
- 4315 Parapara Road, Kakatahi, 4573
- Roll: 14 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1912
- Isolation index 1.37, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 13 · Asian 2
- Phone: 06-3428821
- Email: office@kakatahi.school.nz
- Contact: Matthew Gill
- Website: https://www.kakatahi.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Aberfeldy School](https://www.chch.live/school/2330-aberfeldy-school), decile 2 · EQI 568
- [Mangamahu Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2391-mangamahu-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 553
- [Papanui Junction School](https://www.chch.live/school/2420-papanui-junction-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [Te Kura o Te Wainui-ā-Rua](https://www.chch.live/school/559-te-kura-o-te-wainui-a-rua), decile 2 · EQI 536
- [Upokongaro School](https://www.chch.live/school/2469-upokongaro-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Raetihi Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2429-raetihi-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [TKKM o Ngati Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1617-tkkm-o-ngati-rangi), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Churton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2348-churton-school), decile 3 · EQI 516

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.690565&lon=175.335335

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 526, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Kakatahi School?**

4315 Parapara Road, , Kakatahi. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2375 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026