# Kimi Ora School

Specialist School · State · Naenae, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/514-kimi-ora-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 467

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

## The record
- 100 Walters Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt, 5041
- Roll: 137 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1951
- Isolation index 0.11, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 81 · Māori 52 · Pacific 17 · Asian 28 · MELAA 8
- Phone: 04-5675834
- Email: admin@kimiora.school.nz
- Contact: Shirley Jones
- Website: http://kimiora.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Naenae Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2921-naenae-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [Naenae College](https://www.chch.live/school/259-naenae-college), decile 3 · EQI 500
- [Avalon School](https://www.chch.live/school/2803-avalon-school), decile 2 · EQI 487
- [Dyer Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2833-dyer-street-school), decile 4 · EQI 460
- [Naenae School](https://www.chch.live/school/2922-naenae-school), decile 1 · EQI 529
- [St Bernadette's School (Naenae)](https://www.chch.live/school/3001-st-bernadette-s-school-naenae), decile 3 · EQI 488
- [Rata Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2973-rata-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [Avalon Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3031-avalon-intermediate), decile 2 · EQI 509

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.197646&lon=174.94265

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Kimi Ora School?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Naenae.

**How many students does Kimi Ora School have?**

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

**What is Kimi Ora School's Equity Index?**

EQI 467, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Kimi Ora School?**

100 Walters Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=514 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026