# Sherenden and Districts School

Full Primary · State · Hastings

https://www.chch.live/school/2672-sherenden-and-districts-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 441

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

## The record
- 2129 Taihape Road, Hastings, 4179
- Roll: 52 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1917
- Isolation index 0.71, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 47 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8743738
- Email: office@sherenden.school.nz
- Contact: Haisley Robson
- Website: http://www.sherenden.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Pukehamoamoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2651-pukehamoamoa-school), decile 7 · EQI 437
- [Maraekakaho School](https://www.chch.live/school/566-maraekakaho-school), decile 8 · EQI 402
- [Patoka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2642-patoka-school), decile 9 · EQI 469
- [Omahu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2626-omahu-school), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/2654-puketapu-school-hawkes-bay), decile 10 · EQI 421
- [Te Kura o Kimi Ora](https://www.chch.live/school/2746-te-kura-o-kimi-ora), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Twyford School](https://www.chch.live/school/2711-twyford-school), decile 4 · EQI 445
- [Kereru School](https://www.chch.live/school/2585-kereru-school), decile 5 · EQI 444

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.505728&lon=176.575118

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Sherenden and Districts School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Sherenden and Districts School have?**

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

**What is Sherenden and Districts School's Equity Index?**

EQI 441, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Sherenden and Districts School?**

2129 Taihape Road, , Hastings. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2672 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026