# Porritt School

Contributing · State · Tamatea, Napier

https://www.chch.live/school/2647-porritt-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 493

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

## The record
- 36 Lyttelton Crescent, Tamatea, Napier, 4112
- Roll: 329 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1975
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.2, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 203 · Pacific 38 · Asian 17 · MELAA 6 · Other 2
- Phone: 06-8444620
- Email: admin@porritt.school.nz
- Contact: Maaka Papuni
- Website: http://www.porritt.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Porritt School, in force from 2017-08-14 · 18 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Tamatea High School](https://www.chch.live/school/218-tamatea-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 532
- [Tamatea Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2685-tamatea-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 498
- [Tamatea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2686-tamatea-school), decile 3 · EQI 535
- [Parkside Christian S D A School](https://www.chch.live/school/4107-parkside-christian-s-d-a-school), decile 3 · EQI 471
- [St Joseph's Maori Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/222-st-joseph-s-maori-girls-college), decile 2 · EQI 515
- [Greenmeadows School](https://www.chch.live/school/2567-greenmeadows-school), decile 7 · EQI 436
- [Reignier Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/2663-reignier-catholic-school), decile 9 · EQI 404
- [Henry Hill School](https://www.chch.live/school/2574-henry-hill-school), decile 1 · EQI 539

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.516268&lon=176.865427

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Tamatea.

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

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

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

EQI 493, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Does Porritt School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2647 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026