# Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay)

Full Primary · State · Puketapu, Napier

https://www.chch.live/school/2654-puketapu-school-hawkes-bay

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 421

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

## The record
- 708 Puketapu Road, Puketapu, Napier, 4141
- Roll: 241 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1864
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.34, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 210 · Pacific 4 · Asian 3
- Phone: 06-8447837
- Email: office@puketapuhb.school.nz
- Contact: Sam Hocking
- Website: http://www.puketapuhb.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay), in force from 2010-01-11 · 163 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Hōhepa School](https://www.chch.live/school/4109-hohepa-school), private, not rated
- [Taradale School](https://www.chch.live/school/2688-taradale-school), decile 9 · EQI 407
- [St Joseph's Maori Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/222-st-joseph-s-maori-girls-college), decile 2 · EQI 515
- [Te Kahu Amohia - Fairhaven School](https://www.chch.live/school/2558-te-kahu-amohia-fairhaven-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [Bledisloe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2546-bledisloe-school), decile 6 · EQI 474
- [Taradale Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2687-taradale-intermediate), decile 9 · EQI 440
- [Greenmeadows School](https://www.chch.live/school/2567-greenmeadows-school), decile 7 · EQI 436
- [Taradale High School](https://www.chch.live/school/215-taradale-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 448

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.506323&lon=176.791194

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay)?**

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

**How many students does Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay) have?**

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

**What is Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 421, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Does Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay) 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=2654 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026