# Pukehou School

Full Primary · State · Pukehou

https://www.chch.live/school/2652-pukehou-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 452

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

## The record
- 174 S H 2 South Of Hastings, Pukehou, 4276
- Roll: 36 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1920
- Isolation index 0.59, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 31 · Asian 1 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 06-8568169
- Email: office@pukehou.school.nz
- Contact: Rob Pratt
- Website: http://www.pukehou.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Aute College](https://www.chch.live/school/232-te-aute-college), decile 3 · EQI 541
- [Otane School](https://www.chch.live/school/2634-otane-school), decile 1 · EQI 487
- [Argyll East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2542-argyll-east-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Poukawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2650-poukawa-school), decile 6 · EQI 476
- [Waipawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2723-waipawa-school), decile 5 · EQI 482
- [Tikokino School](https://www.chch.live/school/2704-tikokino-school), decile 6 · EQI 438
- [Elsthorpe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2556-elsthorpe-school), decile 6 · EQI 446
- [St Joseph's School (Central Hawke's Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/2678-st-joseph-s-school-central-hawke-s-bay), decile 6 · EQI 436

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.834399&lon=176.634291

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 452, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Pukehou School?**

174 S H 2 South Of Hastings, , Pukehou. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2652 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026