# Opotiki School

Full Primary · State · Opotiki

https://www.chch.live/school/1866-opotiki-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 555

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

## The record
- 80-88 Church Street, Opotiki, 3122
- Roll: 318 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1873
- Isolation index 2.05, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 55 · Pacific 23 · Asian 5
- Phone: 07-3156362
- Email: opotikiprimary@opotiki.school.nz
- Contact: Tony Howe
- Website: https://www.opotiki.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Opotiki College](https://www.chch.live/school/148-opotiki-college), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Opotiki)](https://www.chch.live/school/1950-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-opotiki), decile 3 · EQI 467
- [Ashbrook School](https://www.chch.live/school/1689-ashbrook-school), decile 1 · EQI 563
- [Woodlands School (Opotiki)](https://www.chch.live/school/2092-woodlands-school-opotiki), decile 3 · EQI 516
- [Te Kura o Waioweka](https://www.chch.live/school/2061-te-kura-o-waioweka), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Waiotahe Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2063-waiotahe-valley-school), decile 3 · EQI 505
- [Te Kura o Ōmarumutu](https://www.chch.live/school/1861-te-kura-o-omarumutu), decile 1 · EQI 519
- [Kutarere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1786-kutarere-school), decile 1 · EQI 536

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.009236&lon=177.284973

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 555, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Opotiki School?**

80-88 Church Street, , Opotiki. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1866 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026