St Patrick's School (Kaiapoi)
Full Primary · State : Integrated · Kaiapoi
204 students on the roll · EQI 440 · an enrolment scheme in place.
We are proud to offer a primary catholic, value based education years 1-8 for boys and girls. We invite you to visit our remarkable school — stpatkai.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 440. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Fuller Street, Kaiapoi, 7630
- Roll: 204 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.38, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Phone: 03-3277700
- Email: office@stpatkai.school.nz
- Contact: Trish McKendry
- Website: stpatkai.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
- St Patrick's School (Kaiapoi), in force from 2026-01-01 · 137 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
- Kaiapoi Borough School, decile 5 · EQI 490 · 627 m
Kaiapoi High School, decile 7 · EQI 465 · 717 m- Karanga Mai Young Parents College, decile 1 · EQI 569 · 856 m
- Kaiapoi North School, decile 7 · EQI 461 · 1.2 km
Clarkville Te Kura ki Waimātao, decile 10 · EQI 429 · 3.5 km- Ōhoka School, decile 10 · EQI 406 · 5.4 km
- Te Kura o Tuahiwi, decile 6 · EQI 498 · 5.6 km
- Woodend School, decile 8 · EQI 453 · 6.7 km
The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- Fuller Street Reserve, Reserve · 84 m to its edge
- Railway Reserve West, Reserve · 153 m to its edge
- Mcallister Square · 264 m to its edge
- Kaiapoi Library / Service Centre · 269 m to its edge
- Kaiapoi Memorial Reserve · 293 m to its edge
- Kaiapoi Riverbank South-west Side · 300 m to its edge
Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point, libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.
- Heritage Ornamental Structure - West Of 2, Monument · 285 m
- Kaiapoi Library / Service Centre, 176 Williams Street, Council office · 287 m
- Kaiapoi Library / Service Centre, 176 Williams Street, Library · 287 m
- Heritage Ornamental Structure - East Of 2, Monument · 287 m
- Kaiapoi Library / Service Centre, 176 Williams Street, Service centre · 287 m
- Statue Memorial, Monument · 302 m
- War Memorial Pedestal, Monument · 302 m
- Public toilet, 90 Raven Quay, Public toilet · 309 m
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point, what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
- Methodist Parsonage (former), 53 Fuller Street Kaiapoi
- Methodist Church, 53 Fuller Street Kaiapoi
- Riverside Shopping Centre, 121 Raven Quay Kaiapoi (Cnr Raven Quay & Williams Street)
- Riverside Shopping Centre, 121 Raven Quay Kaiapoi (Cnr Raven Quay & Williams Street)
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.
204 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 440, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.