# Ohaeawai School

Contributing · State · Ohaeawai, Kaikohe

https://www.chch.live/school/1058-ohaeawai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 491

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

## The record
- 22 Tennyson Street, Ohaeawai, Kaikohe, 472
- Roll: 162 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1898
- Isolation index 1.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 73 · Pacific 12 · Asian 13 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 09-4059812
- Email: maureen@ohaeawaiprimary.co.nz
- Contact: Michelle Edwards
- Website: http://www.ohaeawaiprimary.co.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura ā Iwi o Te Waimate (Proposed opening date: 2027-04-27)](https://www.chch.live/school/3659-te-kura-a-iwi-o-te-waimate-proposed-opening-date-2027-04-27), not rated
- [Pakaraka School](https://www.chch.live/school/4587-pakaraka-school), not rated
- [Oromahoe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1065-oromahoe-school), decile 6 · EQI 450
- [TKKM o Kaikohe](https://www.chch.live/school/4227-tkkm-o-kaikohe), decile 1 · EQI 521
- [Northland College Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/729-northland-college-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Kaikohe East School](https://www.chch.live/school/1021-kaikohe-east-school), decile 1 · EQI 549
- [Northland College](https://www.chch.live/school/9-northland-college), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Kaikohe Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1175-kaikohe-christian-school), decile 2 · EQI 516

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.35262&lon=173.883892

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ohaeawai School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Ohaeawai.

**How many students does Ohaeawai School have?**

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

**What is Ohaeawai School's Equity Index?**

EQI 491, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Ohaeawai School?**

22 Tennyson Street, Ohaeawai, Kaikohe. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1058 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026