# Elsthorpe School

Full Primary · State · Elsthorpe

https://www.chch.live/school/2556-elsthorpe-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 446

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

## The record
- 25 Kenderdine Road, Elsthorpe, 4277
- Roll: 37 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1898
- Isolation index 0.97, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 31 · Asian 1
- Phone: 06-8584228
- Email: office@elsthorpe.school.nz
- Contact: Luke Rosvall
- Website: http://www.elsthorpe.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Otane School](https://www.chch.live/school/2634-otane-school), decile 1 · EQI 487
- [Omakere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2627-omakere-school), decile 7 · EQI 437
- [Pukehou School](https://www.chch.live/school/2652-pukehou-school), decile 6 · EQI 452
- [Te Aute College](https://www.chch.live/school/232-te-aute-college), decile 3 · EQI 541
- [Poukawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2650-poukawa-school), decile 6 · EQI 476
- [Waipawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2723-waipawa-school), decile 5 · EQI 482
- [Waimarama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2718-waimarama-school), decile 1 · EQI 504
- [St Joseph's School (Central Hawke's Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/2678-st-joseph-s-school-central-hawke-s-bay), decile 6 · EQI 436

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.914918&lon=176.812565

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 446, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Elsthorpe School?**

25 Kenderdine Road, , Elsthorpe. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2556 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026