# Te Kura O Otangarei

Full Primary · State · Otangarei, Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/1069-te-kura-o-otangarei

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 569

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

## The record
- William Jones Drive, Otangarei, Whangarei, 145
- Roll: 97 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1965
- Isolation index 0.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 16 · Pacific 2 · Other 3
- Phone: 09-437 0623
- Email: office@otangarei.school.nz
- Contact: Teahiaaria Mills-Barber (Acting)

## Other schools near here
- [Whau Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1131-whau-valley-school), decile 2 · EQI 537
- [St Francis Xavier Catholic School (Whangarei)](https://www.chch.live/school/1588-st-francis-xavier-catholic-school-whangarei), decile 6 · EQI 404
- [Tikipunga Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1113-tikipunga-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 548
- [Whangarei Adventist Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/4154-whangarei-adventist-christian-school), decile 3 · EQI 474
- [Tikipunga High School](https://www.chch.live/school/14-tikipunga-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 560
- [Te Kamo Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/1029-te-kamo-intermediate-school), decile 5 · EQI 482
- [Totara Grove School](https://www.chch.live/school/1028-totara-grove-school), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Te Kamo High School](https://www.chch.live/school/13-te-kamo-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 508

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.695145&lon=174.320624

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura O Otangarei?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Otangarei.

**How many students does Te Kura O Otangarei have?**

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

**What is Te Kura O Otangarei's Equity Index?**

EQI 569, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Kura O Otangarei?**

William Jones Drive, Otangarei, Whangarei. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1069 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026