# Ballance School

Full Primary · State · Pahiatua

https://www.chch.live/school/2805-ballance-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 504

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

## The record
- 15 Post Office Road, Pahiatua, 4983
- Roll: 23 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1880
- Isolation index 0.54, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 19 · Pacific 1 · Asian 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3767826
- Email: office@ballance.school.nz
- Contact: Brenda Sutton
- Website: http://www.ballance.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Mangatainoka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2900-mangatainoka-school), decile 4 · EQI 509
- [Pahiatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2945-pahiatua-school), decile 4 · EQI 478
- [Tararua College](https://www.chch.live/school/235-tararua-college), decile 3 · EQI 510
- [St Anthony's School (Pahiatua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2998-st-anthony-s-school-pahiatua), decile 5 · EQI 441
- [Woodville School](https://www.chch.live/school/2742-woodville-school), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [Aokautere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2332-aokautere-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Ashhurst School](https://www.chch.live/school/2337-ashhurst-school), decile 7 · EQI 459
- [Whakarongo School](https://www.chch.live/school/2481-whakarongo-school), decile 9 · EQI 424

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.402007&lon=175.798758

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 504, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Ballance School?**

15 Post Office Road, , Pahiatua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2805 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026