# Otakiri School

Full Primary · State · Whakatane

https://www.chch.live/school/1871-otakiri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 466

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

## The record
- 571 Otakiri Road, Whakatane, 3193
- Roll: 154 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1919
- Isolation index 1.02, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 93 · Pacific 4 · Asian 32 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-3048101
- Email: office@otakiri.school.nz
- Contact: Richard Gillespie
- Website: http://www.otakiri.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Edgecumbe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1711-edgecumbe-school), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Rangitaiki College – Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitaiki](https://www.chch.live/school/145-rangitaiki-college-te-kura-tuarua-o-rangitaiki), decile 3 · EQI 530
- [Te Kura O Te Teko](https://www.chch.live/school/2023-te-kura-o-te-teko), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Matata School](https://www.chch.live/school/1818-matata-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Matata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1948-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-matata), decile 2 · EQI 546
- [Thornton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2028-thornton-school), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [Awakeri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1691-awakeri-school), decile 6 · EQI 447
- [Te Whata Tau o Putauaki](https://www.chch.live/school/651-te-whata-tau-o-putauaki), decile 1 · EQI 541

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.986232&lon=176.762961

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 466, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Otakiri School?**

571 Otakiri Road, , Whakatane. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1871 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026