# Porirua School

Contributing · State · Elsdon, Porirua

https://www.chch.live/school/2964-porirua-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 509

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

## The record
- Awarua Street, Elsdon, Porirua, 5022
- Roll: 141 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1863
- Isolation index 0.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 52 · Māori 89 · Pacific 66 · Asian 13 · MELAA 6 · Other 1
- Phone: 04-2377460
- Email: office@porirua.school.nz
- Contact: Vanessa Hendry
- Website: http://www.porirua.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Mana College](https://www.chch.live/school/254-mana-college), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/2872-mahinawa-specialist-school-and-resource-centre), decile 5 · EQI 510
- [Kura Toa (Proposed opening date: 2027-02-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4569-kura-toa-proposed-opening-date-2027-02-01), not rated
- [Bishop Viard College](https://www.chch.live/school/256-bishop-viard-college), decile 1 · EQI 505
- [Ngati Toa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2928-ngati-toa-school), decile 3 · EQI 495
- [Porirua Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6127-porirua-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Porirua East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2963-porirua-east-school), decile 3 · EQI 500
- [Aotea College](https://www.chch.live/school/253-aotea-college), decile 5 · EQI 441

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.129838&lon=174.835301

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Elsdon.

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

141 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 509, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Porirua School?**

Awarua Street, Elsdon, Porirua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2964 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026