# Muritai School

Full Primary · State · Eastbourne, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/2920-muritai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 375

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

## The record
- Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, 5013
- Roll: 336 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1897
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.33, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 311 · Pacific 5 · Asian 2 · MELAA 6 · Other 3
- Phone: 04-5628409
- Email: principal@muritai.school.nz
- Contact: Stu Devenport
- Website: http://www.muritai.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Muritai School, in force from 2013-11-02 · 11 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Wellesley College](https://www.chch.live/school/4149-wellesley-college), private, not rated
- [Fernlea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2842-fernlea-school), decile 4 · EQI 481
- [St Claudine Thevenet School](https://www.chch.live/school/3018-st-claudine-thevenet-school), decile 3 · EQI 447
- [Wainuiomata Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3059-wainuiomata-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1647-konini-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Wainuiomata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1646-wainuiomata-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 502
- [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

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.291865&lon=174.89712

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Eastbourne.

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

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

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

EQI 375, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Does Muritai 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=2920 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026