# Opunake High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Opunake

https://www.chch.live/school/181-opunake-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 503

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

## The record
- Tasman Street, Opunake, 4645
- Roll: 305 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1925
- Isolation index 1.65, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 237 · Pacific 11 · Asian 29 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 06-7618723
- Email: admin@opunake.school.nz
- Contact: Andrea Hooper Carr
- Website: http://www.opunake.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Tamarongo](https://www.chch.live/school/4223-tkkm-o-tamarongo), decile 3 · EQI 562
- [Opunake School](https://www.chch.live/school/2216-opunake-school), decile 6 · EQI 499
- [St Joseph's School (Opunake)](https://www.chch.live/school/2237-st-joseph-s-school-opunake), decile 6 · EQI 441
- [Rahotu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1679-rahotu-school), decile 5 · EQI 503
- [Auroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2152-auroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 473
- [Manaia School (Taranaki)](https://www.chch.live/school/2097-manaia-school-taranaki), decile 3 · EQI 553
- [Kaponga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2095-kaponga-school), decile 6 · EQI 505
- [St Patrick's School (Kaponga)](https://www.chch.live/school/2240-st-patrick-s-school-kaponga), decile 5 · EQI 437

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.45064&lon=173.851541

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Opunake High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Opunake High School have?**

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

**What is Opunake High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 503, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Opunake High School?**

Tasman Street, , Opunake. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=181 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026