Pukeatua Primary School (Wainuiomata)

Pukeatua Primary School (Wainuiomata) is a co-educational full primary school in Lower Hutt, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 157 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 525. The school has been open since 1958.

With 157 students on roll, Pukeatua Primary School (Wainuiomata) is a medium-sized school — larger than about 39% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 525, 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 gap of 62 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with Pasifika at 48.8% and European at 36.3%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.25 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.