# TKKM o Otepou

Full Primary · State · Tauranga Central, Tauranga

https://www.chch.live/school/1873-tkkm-o-otepou

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 546

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

## The record
- 759 Welcome Bay Road, Tauranga Central, Tauranga, 3112
- Roll: 80 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1993
- Isolation index 0.33, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 2 · Pacific 2 · Asian 1
- Phone: 07-5442525
- Email: otepoutumuaki@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Reg Blake
- Website: http://www.otepou.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Tahatai Coast School](https://www.chch.live/school/6742-tahatai-coast-school), decile 7 · EQI 428
- [Tauranga Waldorf School](https://www.chch.live/school/1187-tauranga-waldorf-school), decile 7 · EQI 413
- [TKKM o Te Kura Kokiri](https://www.chch.live/school/558-tkkm-o-te-kura-kokiri), decile 2 · EQI 551
- [Welcome Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/2076-welcome-bay-school), decile 4 · EQI 469
- [Te Akau ki Papamoa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/6940-te-akau-ki-papamoa-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 448
- [Te Kura o Matapihi](https://www.chch.live/school/1815-te-kura-o-matapihi), decile 3 · EQI 503
- [St Thomas More Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1636-st-thomas-more-catholic-school), decile 7 · EQI 432
- [Arataki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1686-arataki-school), decile 3 · EQI 465

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.718298&lon=176.241569

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is TKKM o Otepou?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Tauranga Central.

**How many students does TKKM o Otepou have?**

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

**What is TKKM o Otepou's Equity Index?**

EQI 546, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is TKKM o Otepou?**

759 Welcome Bay Road, Tauranga Central, Tauranga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1873 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026