# Potaka School

Full Primary · State · Hicks Bay

https://www.chch.live/school/2649-potaka-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 523

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

## The record
- 7164 Te Aararoa Road, Hicks Bay, 3199
- Roll: 45 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1929
- Isolation index 3.99, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9 · Pacific 2
- Phone: 06-8644436
- Email: potaka@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Tina Poi

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/2084-te-kura-mana-maori-o-whangaparaoa), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti](https://www.chch.live/school/3119-tkkm-o-kawakawa-mai-tawhiti), decile 1 · EQI 523
- [Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/550-te-waha-o-rerekohu-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 555
- [Tikitiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2703-tikitiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga](https://www.chch.live/school/2659-tkkm-o-tapere-nui-a-whatonga), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou](https://www.chch.live/school/1673-tkkm-o-te-waiu-o-ngati-porou), decile 1 · EQI 516
- [Ngata Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/206-ngata-memorial-college), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [Hiruharama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school), decile 2 · EQI 543

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.57326&lon=178.142356

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 523, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Potaka School?**

7164 Te Aararoa Road, , Hicks Bay. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2649 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026