# Pirinoa School

Full Primary · State · Pirinoa

https://www.chch.live/school/2958-pirinoa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 493

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

## The record
- 2782 Lake Ferry Road, Pirinoa, 5772
- Roll: 32 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1887
- Isolation index 1.25, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 25
- Phone: 06-3077829
- Email: office@pirinoa.school.nz
- Contact: Toby Funnell
- Website: http://www.pirinoa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Kahutara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2868-kahutara-school), decile 8 · EQI 456
- [Wainuiomata Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3059-wainuiomata-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Pukeatua Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/2846-pukeatua-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 2 · EQI 525
- [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
- [Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1647-konini-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Arakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2802-arakura-school), decile 2 · EQI 500
- [Wainuiomata High School](https://www.chch.live/school/478-wainuiomata-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 509

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.353011&lon=175.20479

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 493, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Pirinoa School?**

2782 Lake Ferry Road, , Pirinoa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2958 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026