# Arakura School

Contributing · State · Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/2802-arakura-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 500

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

## The record
- 209 Wellington Road, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, 5048
- Roll: 149 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1964
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.28, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 99 · Pacific 29 · Asian 12 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 04-564-6920
- Email: office@arakura.school.nz
- Contact: Seletute Mila
- Website: http://www.arakura.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Arakura School, in force from 2025-01-23 · 3 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Wainuiomata High School](https://www.chch.live/school/478-wainuiomata-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 509
- [Pukeatua Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/2846-pukeatua-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 2 · EQI 525
- [Wainuiomata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1646-wainuiomata-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 502
- [Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1647-konini-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [St Claudine Thevenet School](https://www.chch.live/school/3018-st-claudine-thevenet-school), decile 3 · EQI 447
- [Fernlea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2842-fernlea-school), decile 4 · EQI 481
- [Gracefield School](https://www.chch.live/school/2848-gracefield-school), decile 5 · EQI 437
- [Our Lady of the Rosary School (Waiwhetu)](https://www.chch.live/school/2941-our-lady-of-the-rosary-school-waiwhetu), decile 5 · EQI 428

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.24196&lon=174.944295

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wainuiomata.

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

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

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

EQI 500, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Arakura School 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=2802 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026