# Putorino School

Full Primary · State · Putorino

https://www.chch.live/school/2658-putorino-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 492

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

## The record
- 27 Waikare Road, Putorino, 4188
- Roll: 19 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1916
- Isolation index 1.22, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 11 · Pacific 2
- Phone: 06-8397336
- Email: admin@putorino.school.nz
- Contact: Anna Drinkrow

## Other schools near here
- [Kotemaori School](https://www.chch.live/school/2587-kotemaori-school), decile 8 · EQI 535
- [Tutira School](https://www.chch.live/school/2710-tutira-school), decile 5 · EQI 505
- [Mohaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1677-mohaka-school), decile 1 · EQI 544
- [Putere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2657-putere-school), decile 2 · EQI 484
- [Te Pohue School](https://www.chch.live/school/2698-te-pohue-school), decile 2 · EQI 473
- [Eskdale School](https://www.chch.live/school/2557-eskdale-school), decile 8 · EQI 423
- [Te Kura o Waikaremoana](https://www.chch.live/school/1678-te-kura-o-waikaremoana), decile 1 · EQI 511
- [Wairoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/214-wairoa-college), decile 1 · EQI 533

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.134348&lon=177.00688

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 492, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Putorino School?**

27 Waikare Road, , Putorino. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2658 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026