# Kereru School

Full Primary · State · Hastings

https://www.chch.live/school/2585-kereru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 444

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

## The record
- 2306 Kereru Road, Hastings, 4171
- Roll: 27 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1912
- Isolation index 0.87, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 26
- Phone: 06-8760923
- Email: office@kereru.school.nz
- Contact: Lynne Horrobin
- Website: http://www.kereru.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Maraekakaho School](https://www.chch.live/school/566-maraekakaho-school), decile 8 · EQI 402
- [Tikokino School](https://www.chch.live/school/2704-tikokino-school), decile 6 · EQI 438
- [Sherenden and Districts School](https://www.chch.live/school/2672-sherenden-and-districts-school), decile 9 · EQI 441
- [Argyll East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2542-argyll-east-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Pukehamoamoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2651-pukehamoamoa-school), decile 7 · EQI 437
- [Te Aute College](https://www.chch.live/school/232-te-aute-college), decile 3 · EQI 541
- [Pukehou School](https://www.chch.live/school/2652-pukehou-school), decile 6 · EQI 452
- [Ongaonga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2629-ongaonga-school), decile 6 · EQI 453

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.655869&lon=176.407528

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 444, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Kereru School?**

2306 Kereru Road, , Hastings. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2585 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026