# Ōtewā School

Full Primary · State · Otorohanga

https://www.chch.live/school/1874-otewa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 483

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

## The record
- 916 Otewa Road, Otorohanga, 3975
- Roll: 56 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1916
- Isolation index 1.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 51 · Pacific 3 · Asian 1
- Phone: 07-8730859
- Email: office@otewa.school.nz
- Contact: Carolyn Pilton
- Website: https://www.otewaschool.com/

## Other schools near here
- [Ōtorohanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/1876-otorohanga-school), decile 2 · EQI 538
- [Kio Kio School](https://www.chch.live/school/1779-kio-kio-school), decile 8 · EQI 464
- [Maihiihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1793-maihiihi-school), decile 9 · EQI 465
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Otorohanga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1880-st-mary-s-catholic-school-otorohanga), decile 4 · EQI 488
- [Otorohanga South School](https://www.chch.live/school/1877-otorohanga-south-school), decile 4 · EQI 481
- [Ōtorohanga College](https://www.chch.live/school/157-otorohanga-college), decile 4 · EQI 515
- [Rangitoto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1920-rangitoto-school), decile 6 · EQI 426
- [Korakonui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1783-korakonui-school), decile 8 · EQI 461

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.228415&lon=175.289319

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 483, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Ōtewā School?**

916 Otewa Road, , Otorohanga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1874 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026