# Kahutara School

Full Primary · State · Featherston

https://www.chch.live/school/2868-kahutara-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 456

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

## The record
- 990 Kahutara Road, Featherston, 5771
- Roll: 92 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1898
- Isolation index 0.84, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 76 · Pacific 7 · Asian 3 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 06-3088427
- Email: office@kahutara.school.nz
- Contact: Ariana Te Whetu
- Website: https://kahutara.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Martinborough School](https://www.chch.live/school/2906-martinborough-school), decile 8 · EQI 433
- [South Featherston School](https://www.chch.live/school/2993-south-featherston-school), decile 6 · EQI 457
- [Featherston School Te Kura o Paetūmokai](https://www.chch.live/school/2840-featherston-school-te-kura-o-paetumokai), decile 4 · EQI 497
- [St Teresa's School (Featherston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3023-st-teresa-s-school-featherston), decile 5 · EQI 453
- [Kuranui College](https://www.chch.live/school/249-kuranui-college), decile 6 · EQI 468
- [Pirinoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2958-pirinoa-school), decile 7 · EQI 493
- [Greytown School](https://www.chch.live/school/2850-greytown-school), decile 8 · EQI 414
- [Mangaroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2899-mangaroa-school), decile 10 · EQI 416

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.227188&lon=175.340717

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 456, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Kahutara School?**

990 Kahutara Road, , Featherston. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2868 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026