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Kaitangata School

Full Primary · State · Kaitangata

101 students on the roll · EQI 496.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 496. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 108 Salcombe Street, Kaitangata, 9210
  • Roll: 101 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1866
  • Isolation index 1.64, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Setting: Rural settlement
  • Phone: 03-4139783
  • Email: office@kaitangata.school.nz
  • Contact: Janelle Shaw

Who the roll is

European 65 · 64%
Māori 16 · 16%
Pacific 1 · 1%
Asian 4 · 4%
MELAA 3 · 3%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

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

What kind of school is Kaitangata School?

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

How many students does Kaitangata School have?

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

What is Kaitangata School's Equity Index?

EQI 496, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

Where is Kaitangata School?

108 Salcombe Street, , Kaitangata. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.