# Pūrākaunui School

Full Primary · State · Purakaunui

https://www.chch.live/school/3807-purakaunui-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 443

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

## The record
- 8 Mihiwaka Station Road, Purakaunui, 9081
- Roll: 9 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1874
- Isolation index 0.48, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9 · Pacific 1
- Phone: 022-4146351
- Email: office@purakaunui.school.nz
- Contact: Mikaela Wilson
- Website: http://www.purakaunui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Waitati School](https://www.chch.live/school/3857-waitati-school), decile 9 · EQI 421
- [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
- [Portobello School](https://www.chch.live/school/3805-portobello-school), decile 8 · EQI 450
- [Warrington School](https://www.chch.live/school/3862-warrington-school), decile 8 · EQI 397
- [Broad Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3718-broad-bay-school), decile 9 · EQI 432
- [St Leonard's School (Dunedin)](https://www.chch.live/school/3829-st-leonard-s-school-dunedin), decile 10 · EQI 414
- [Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School](https://www.chch.live/school/1192-dunedin-rudolf-steiner-school), decile 9 · EQI 418

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.772776&lon=170.631812

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 443, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Where is Pūrākaunui School?**

8 Mihiwaka Station Road, , Purakaunui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3807 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026