Ōpoutere School
Full Primary · State · Whangamata
117 students on the roll · EQI 459 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 459. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 1203 Tairua Road, Whangamata, 3691
- Roll: 117 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1908
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.67, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 07-8659077
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Jethro Dyer
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Opoutere School, in force from 2012-01-01 · 86 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Hikuai School, decile 8 · EQI 446 · 9.1 km
- Whangamata Area School, decile 4 · EQI 460 · 9.7 km
- Tairua School, decile 7 · EQI 440 · 13.1 km
- Puriri School, decile 8 · EQI 475 · 21.4 km
- Matatoki School, decile 5 · EQI 459 · 23.1 km
- Whenuakite School, decile 7 · EQI 428 · 24.6 km
- Hikutaia School, decile 5 · EQI 481 · 24.9 km
- Pārāwai School, decile 5 · EQI 468 · 25.5 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
117 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 459, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.