# Kotemaori School

Full Primary · State · Kotemaori

https://www.chch.live/school/2587-kotemaori-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 535

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

## The record
- 4778 State Highway 2, Kotemaori, 4188
- Roll: 14 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 1.42, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 4 · Asian 2
- Phone: 06-8376880
- Email: office@kotemaori.school.nz
- Contact: Tara O'Neill

## Other schools near here
- [Putorino School](https://www.chch.live/school/2658-putorino-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Putere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2657-putere-school), decile 2 · EQI 484
- [Mohaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1677-mohaka-school), decile 1 · EQI 544
- [Tutira School](https://www.chch.live/school/2710-tutira-school), decile 5 · EQI 505
- [Te Kura o Waikaremoana](https://www.chch.live/school/1678-te-kura-o-waikaremoana), decile 1 · EQI 511
- [Wairoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/214-wairoa-college), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [TKKM o Ngati Kahungunu o Te Wairoa](https://www.chch.live/school/1616-tkkm-o-ngati-kahungunu-o-te-wairoa), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Tiaho Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1669-tiaho-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 558

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.062472&lon=177.03526

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 535, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Kotemaori School?**

4778 State Highway 2, , Kotemaori. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2587 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026