# Kakanui School

Full Primary · State · Kakanui

https://www.chch.live/school/3755-kakanui-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 450

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

## The record
- Fyfe Place, Kakanui, 9495
- Roll: 38 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1870
- Isolation index 1.37, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 34 · Māori 7 · Pacific 1 · Asian 4 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 03-4395837
- Email: office@kakanui.school.nz
- Contact: Ann Roughan
- Website: http://www.principal1851.wic.com/kakanui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Maheno School](https://www.chch.live/school/3765-maheno-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [Totara School](https://www.chch.live/school/3847-totara-school), decile 6 · EQI 450
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Weston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3864-weston-school), decile 8 · EQI 434
- [Te Pākihi o Maru](https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru), decile 4 · EQI 502
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Pembroke School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3737-pembroke-school-oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Kakanui Memorial Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/851-kakanui-memorial-reserve), Reserve · 98 m to its edge
- [Kakanui Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/838-kakanui-esplanade-reserve), Reserve · 140 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Kakanui Esplanade Toilets](https://www.chch.live/facility/public-toilet-94), Public toilet · 374 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.187258&lon=170.892819

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 450, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**What is near Kakanui School?**

Kakanui Memorial Reserve, Kakanui Esplanade Reserve, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3755 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026