# Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere

Composite · State · Putaruru

https://www.chch.live/school/567-te-wharekura-o-te-kaokaoroa-o-patetere

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 523

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

## The record
- 117 Buckland Street, Putaruru, 3411
- Roll: 289 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2006
- Isolation index 0.91, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 42 · Pacific 37 · Asian 8 · MELAA 1 · Other 3
- Phone: 07-8833780
- Email: office@kaokaoroa.school.nz
- Contact: Keith Silveira
- Website: http://www.kaokaoroa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru)](https://www.chch.live/school/1957-st-mary-s-catholic-school-putaruru), decile 5 · EQI 455
- [Putāruru College](https://www.chch.live/school/494-putaruru-college), decile 3 · EQI 518
- [Putāruru Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1658-putaruru-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 539
- [Lichfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/1790-lichfield-school), decile 5 · EQI 457
- [Tirau Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2031-tirau-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 477
- [Kuranui Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1858-kuranui-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 472
- [Te Waotu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2025-te-waotu-school), decile 7 · EQI 448
- [Horahora School (Cambridge)](https://www.chch.live/school/1744-horahora-school-cambridge), decile 7 · EQI 441

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.044284&lon=175.774428

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere have?**

289 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere's Equity Index?**

EQI 523, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere?**

117 Buckland Street, , Putaruru. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=567 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026