# Turakina School

Full Primary · State · Turakina

https://www.chch.live/school/2468-turakina-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 508

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

## The record
- State Highway 3, Turakina, 4581
- Roll: 33 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.52, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 16 · Pacific 5 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3273864
- Email: admin@turakina.school.nz
- Contact: Leigh McKay
- Website: https://sites.google.com/turakina.school.nz/turakinaprimaryschool/home

## Other schools near here
- [Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana](https://www.chch.live/school/2436-whare-kura-morehu-o-ratana), decile 2 · EQI 534
- [Whangaehu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2482-whangaehu-school), decile 3 · EQI 530
- [South Makirikiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2446-south-makirikiri-school), decile 7 · EQI 444
- [Fordell School](https://www.chch.live/school/2357-fordell-school), decile 7 · EQI 455
- [Huntley School (Marton)](https://www.chch.live/school/4111-huntley-school-marton), private, not rated
- [James Cook School](https://www.chch.live/school/2368-james-cook-school), decile 2 · EQI 499
- [Kaitoke School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2372-kaitoke-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 453
- [St Matthew's School (Marton)](https://www.chch.live/school/2456-st-matthew-s-school-marton), decile 2 · EQI 484

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.049299&lon=175.216025

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 508, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Turakina School?**

State Highway 3, , Turakina. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2468 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026