# Kaitangata School

Full Primary · State · Kaitangata

https://www.chch.live/school/3754-kaitangata-school

## 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
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 65 · Māori 16 · Pacific 1 · Asian 4 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 03-4139783
- Email: office@kaitangata.school.nz
- Contact: Janelle Shaw

## Other schools near here
- [Stirling School](https://www.chch.live/school/3836-stirling-school), decile 6 · EQI 469
- [Balclutha School](https://www.chch.live/school/3710-balclutha-school), decile 5 · EQI 481
- [St Joseph's School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3826-st-joseph-s-school-balclutha), decile 5 · EQI 410
- [South Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/393-south-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 475
- [Rosebank School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3812-rosebank-school-balclutha), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [Romahapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3811-romahapa-school), decile 9 · EQI 438
- [Warepa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3861-warepa-school), decile 7 · EQI 433
- [Tokoiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3845-tokoiti-school), decile 4 · EQI 525

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-46.280569&lon=169.852561

## 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.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3754 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026