# Orakei School

Full Primary · State · Orakei, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1402-orakei-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 449

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

## The record
- Grace Street, Orakei, Auckland, 1745
- Roll: 253 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1938
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.2, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 99 · Māori 139 · Pacific 54 · Asian 27 · MELAA 23 · Other 1 · International 1
- Phone: 09-5210657
- Email: office@orakei.school.nz
- Contact: Shanthan Naidu
- Website: http://www.orakei.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Orakei School, in force from 2019-08-12 · 3 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Orakei)](https://www.chch.live/school/1495-st-joseph-s-school-orakei), decile 6 · EQI 394
- [Saint Kentigern Girls' School](https://www.chch.live/school/60-saint-kentigern-girls-school), private, not rated
- [Saint Kentigern Boys' School](https://www.chch.live/school/4133-saint-kentigern-boys-school), private, not rated
- [Baradene College](https://www.chch.live/school/61-baradene-college), decile 9 · EQI 370
- [Victoria Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1544-victoria-avenue-school), decile 10 · EQI 344
- [Meadowbank School](https://www.chch.live/school/1370-meadowbank-school), decile 10 · EQI 349
- [Mt Carmel School (Meadowbank)](https://www.chch.live/school/1382-mt-carmel-school-meadowbank), decile 8 · EQI 354
- [Kohimarama School](https://www.chch.live/school/1334-kohimarama-school), decile 10 · EQI 361

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.858376&lon=174.815043

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

253 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 449, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Does Orakei School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1402 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026