# Eketāhuna School

Full Primary · State · Eketahuna

https://www.chch.live/school/2835-eketahuna-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 487

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

## The record
- Albert Street, Eketahuna, 4900
- Roll: 100 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1879
- Isolation index 0.98, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 81 · Pacific 2 · Asian 8 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 06-3758191
- Email: office@eketahuna.school.nz
- Contact: Melinda Cowe
- Website: http://www.eketahuna.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Alfredton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2801-alfredton-school), decile 10 · EQI 434
- [Mauriceville School](https://www.chch.live/school/2911-mauriceville-school), decile 1 · EQI 505
- [Tararua College](https://www.chch.live/school/235-tararua-college), decile 3 · EQI 510
- [Pahiatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2945-pahiatua-school), decile 4 · EQI 478
- [St Anthony's School (Pahiatua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2998-st-anthony-s-school-pahiatua), decile 5 · EQI 441
- [Tokomaru School](https://www.chch.live/school/3046-tokomaru-school), decile 6 · EQI 490
- [Shannon School](https://www.chch.live/school/2989-shannon-school), decile 1 · EQI 517
- [Ōpaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2936-opaki-school), decile 9 · EQI 422

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.64923&lon=175.709131

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 487, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Eketāhuna School?**

Albert Street, , Eketahuna. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2835 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026