Kaingaroa School (Chatham Islands)

Kaingaroa School (Chatham Islands) is a co-educational full primary school in Chatham Islands, within the Area Outside Region, operating in the state sector, with 6 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 501. The school has been open since 1928.

With 6 students on roll, Kaingaroa School (Chatham Islands) is a very small school — larger than about 3% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 501, which is above the national average of 463. A higher Equity Index signals greater socio-economic need in the school's community — schools in this band receive more targeted government funding and support.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 50% and Pasifika at 25%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 22 (very high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.