# Tainui School

Contributing · State · Tainui, Dunedin

https://www.chch.live/school/3841-tainui-school

## 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
- Roll by ethnicity: European 225 · Māori 40 · Pacific 26 · Asian 17 · MELAA 7 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-4550566
- Email: office@tainui.school.nz
- Contact: Susan Dennison
- Website: http://www.tainui.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Tainui School, in force from 2012-01-27 · 4 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Tahuna Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3839-tahuna-normal-intermediate), decile 8 · EQI 442
- [St Brigids School (Tainui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3820-st-brigids-school-tainui), decile 10 · EQI 399
- [Musselburgh School](https://www.chch.live/school/3779-musselburgh-school), decile 5 · EQI 500
- [Bayfield High School](https://www.chch.live/school/382-bayfield-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 463
- [Andersons Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3703-andersons-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 409
- [Grants Braes School](https://www.chch.live/school/3742-grants-braes-school), decile 10 · EQI 395
- [Kings High School (Dunedin)](https://www.chch.live/school/383-kings-high-school-dunedin), decile 7 · EQI 453
- [St Clair School](https://www.chch.live/school/3835-st-clair-school), decile 8 · EQI 422

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.903233&lon=170.524692

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Tainui.

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

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

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

EQI 441, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Does Tainui School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3841 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026