# Patutahi School

Full Primary · State · Patutahi, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2643-patutahi-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 526

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

## The record
- 29 Atkins Street, Patutahi, Gisborne, 4072
- Roll: 71 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1878
- Isolation index 1.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 3
- Phone: 06-8627628
- Email: office@patutahi.school.nz
- Contact: Ana Te Kani

## Other schools near here
- [Makauri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2595-makauri-school), decile 8 · EQI 438
- [Manutuke School](https://www.chch.live/school/2602-manutuke-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Makaraka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2593-makaraka-school), decile 5 · EQI 444
- [Ormond School](https://www.chch.live/school/2631-ormond-school), decile 7 · EQI 460
- [Campion College](https://www.chch.live/school/211-campion-college), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2680-st-mary-s-catholic-school-gisborne), decile 5 · EQI 423
- [Sonrise Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1149-sonrise-christian-school), decile 5 · EQI 480
- [Ngatapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2621-ngatapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 456

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.62585&lon=177.888196

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Patutahi.

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

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

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

EQI 526, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Patutahi School?**

29 Atkins Street, Patutahi, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2643 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026