# Pukeokahu School

Full Primary · State · Pukeokahu

https://www.chch.live/school/2428-pukeokahu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 500

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

## The record
- 84 Matawhero Road, Pukeokahu, 4792
- Roll: 5 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1903
- Isolation index 2.41, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 3
- Phone: 06-3880529
- Email: principal@pukeokahu.school.nz
- Contact: Stacey Buchanan
- Website: http://www.pukeokahu.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Taoroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2463-taoroa-school), decile 1 · EQI 518
- [Moawhango School](https://www.chch.live/school/2401-moawhango-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [St Joseph's School (Taihape)](https://www.chch.live/school/2453-st-joseph-s-school-taihape), decile 6 · EQI 435
- [Taihape Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/549-taihape-area-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [Mataroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2398-mataroa-school), decile 7 · EQI 467
- [Mangaweka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2392-mangaweka-school), decile 6 · EQI 458
- [Waiouru School](https://www.chch.live/school/2472-waiouru-school), decile 7 · EQI 484
- [Kereru School](https://www.chch.live/school/2585-kereru-school), decile 5 · EQI 444

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.615968&lon=176.00161

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 500, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Pukeokahu School?**

84 Matawhero Road, , Pukeokahu. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2428 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026