Papakowhai School
Full Primary · State · Papakowhai, Porirua
476 students on the roll in Papakowhai · EQI 387 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 387. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Spey Place, Papakowhai, Porirua, 5024
- Roll: 476 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1976
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 04-2338321
- Email: office@papakowhai.school.nz
- Contact: MARK SMITH
- Website: papakowhai.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Papakowhai School, in force from 2019-01-01 · 2 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Rangikura School, decile 2 · EQI 503 · 600 m
- Paremata School, decile 9 · EQI 408 · 717 m
- Postgate School, decile 3 · EQI 461 · 1.1 km
- Te Kura Māori o Porirua, decile 3 · EQI 506 · 1.3 km
- Tairangi School, decile 1 · EQI 512 · 1.5 km
- Porirua Montessori Primary School, private, not rated · 1.6 km
- Aotea College, decile 5 · EQI 441 · 1.7 km
- Discovery School, decile 10 · EQI 393 · 1.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Papakowhai.
476 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 387, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.