Kio Kio School is a rural, full primary (Year 0–8) co-educational school sited 8 km north of Otorohanga on State Highway 3, and was established in 1905. The school is located 23 km south of Te Awamutu and 51 km south of Hamilton.

Kio Kio School aims to provide a learning environment that is inclusive, physically and emotionally safe, and highly focused on encouraging and enabling all students to be their best. It is a school at which students are challenged; where leadership, problem-solving and risk-taking are promoted; and where learning and success are celebrated in a variety of ways, including website, assemblies, newsletters, blogs and displays.

Kio Kio School is focussed on being culturally responsive and inclusive, with particular emphasis on embracing diversity and catering for learners with special education needs and abilities.

The school is actively upgrading all classrooms and learning support areas into “innovative learning environments”. The computer network has been upgraded to high-speed broadband, and all classrooms are being enhanced to provide e-learning opportunities for all students. The school provides a range of networked digital devices for all learning areas including laptops, Ipads, workstations, digital cameras, video cameras, data projectors and mobile TVs. Older students are able to bring their own electronic devices to school for learning purposes.