# Whenuakura School

Contributing · State · Patea

https://www.chch.live/school/2483-whenuakura-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 455

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

## The record
- 52 Kaharoa Road, Patea, 4597
- Roll: 31 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1878
- Isolation index 1.26, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 22 · Pacific 3 · Asian 6
- Phone: 06-2738029
- Email: admin@whenuakura.school.nz
- Contact: Raylene Harris
- Website: https://whenuakura.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Patea Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/185-patea-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [St Joseph's School (Patea)](https://www.chch.live/school/2452-st-joseph-s-school-patea), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Kakaramea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2374-kakaramea-school), decile 5 · EQI 457
- [Waverley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2478-waverley-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 487
- [Waitotara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2474-waitotara-school), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Mokoia School](https://www.chch.live/school/2201-mokoia-school), decile 5 · EQI 478
- [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

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.743739&lon=174.512585

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 455, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Whenuakura School?**

52 Kaharoa 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=2483 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026