# Karitane School

Contributing · State · Karitane

https://www.chch.live/school/3756-karitane-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 463

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

## The record
- 1260 Coast Road, Karitane, 9471
- Roll: 28 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1873
- Isolation index 0.77, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 23 · Māori 9 · Pacific 1 · Asian 2
- Phone: 03-465 7475
- Email: office@karitaneschool.co.nz
- Contact: Nicola Philip
- Website: https://www.karitaneschool.co.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Waikouaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3852-waikouaiti-school), decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Warrington School](https://www.chch.live/school/3862-warrington-school), decile 8 · EQI 397
- [Waitati School](https://www.chch.live/school/3857-waitati-school), decile 9 · EQI 421
- [Pūrākaunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3807-purakaunui-school), decile 10 · EQI 443
- [Palmerston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3797-palmerston-school), decile 6 · EQI 461
- [East Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/371-east-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 488
- [Port Chalmers School](https://www.chch.live/school/3803-port-chalmers-school), decile 6 · EQI 448
- [Sawyers Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3817-sawyers-bay-school), decile 6 · EQI 432

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.64439&lon=170.655816

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 463, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Karitane School?**

1260 Coast Road, , Karitane. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3756 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026