Tainui School
Contributing · State · Tainui, Dunedin
262 students on the roll in Tainui · EQI 441 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 441. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 41 Tahuna Road, Tainui, Dunedin, 9013
- Roll: 262 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1929
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-4550566
- Email: office@tainui.school.nz
- Contact: Susan Dennison
- Website: tainui.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Tainui School, in force from 2012-01-27 · 4 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Tahuna Normal Intermediate, decile 8 · EQI 442 · 560 m
- St Brigids School (Tainui), decile 10 · EQI 399 · 620 m
- Musselburgh School, decile 5 · EQI 500 · 771 m
- Bayfield High School, decile 7 · EQI 463 · 816 m
- Andersons Bay School, decile 10 · EQI 409 · 1.2 km
- Grants Braes School, decile 10 · EQI 395 · 2.2 km
- Kings High School (Dunedin), decile 7 · EQI 453 · 2.4 km
- St Clair School, decile 8 · EQI 422 · 2.5 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Tainui.
262 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 441, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.