# Otaika Valley School

Full Primary · State · Otaika Valley, Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/1068-otaika-valley-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 470

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

## The record
- 11 Valley View Road, Otaika Valley, Whangarei, 170
- Roll: 157 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1880
- Isolation index 0.68, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 142 · Pacific 7 · Asian 5 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 09-4322731
- Email: admin@otaika.school.nz
- Contact: Rick Sayer
- Website: https://otaika.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1084-portland-school-te-kura-o-tikorangi), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Manaia View School](https://www.chch.live/school/1648-manaia-view-school), decile 1 · EQI 565
- [He Mataariki School for Teen Parents](https://www.chch.live/school/2757-he-mataariki-school-for-teen-parents), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Pompallier Catholic College](https://www.chch.live/school/17-pompallier-catholic-college), decile 7 · EQI 424
- [Maunu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1050-maunu-school), decile 8 · EQI 409
- [Hora Hora School (Te Mai)](https://www.chch.live/school/1015-hora-hora-school-te-mai), decile 2 · EQI 534
- [Morningside School](https://www.chch.live/school/1052-morningside-school), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Raurimu Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1092-raurimu-avenue-school), decile 3 · EQI 569

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.787003&lon=174.300066

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Otaika Valley School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Otaika Valley.

**How many students does Otaika Valley School have?**

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

**What is Otaika Valley School's Equity Index?**

EQI 470, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Otaika Valley School?**

11 Valley View Road, Otaika Valley, Whangarei. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1068 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026