# Owhata School

Contributing · State · Owhata, Rotorua

https://www.chch.live/school/1881-owhata-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 536

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

## The record
- 31 Brent Road, Owhata, Rotorua, 3010
- Roll: 232 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1965
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.41, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 53 · Pacific 27 · Asian 11
- Phone: 07-3456051
- Email: owhata@owhata.school.nz
- Contact: Robert Stiles
- Website: http://www.owhata.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Ohwata School, in force from 2023-01-01 · 12 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Mokoia Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1832-mokoia-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Rotorua Lakes High School](https://www.chch.live/school/154-rotorua-lakes-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Lynmore Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1791-lynmore-primary-school), decile 9 · EQI 411
- [Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai](https://www.chch.live/school/878-te-wharekura-o-ngati-rongomai), EQI 500
- [Whakarewarewa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2081-whakarewarewa-school), decile 2 · EQI 557
- [Rotokawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1931-rotokawa-school), decile 4 · EQI 498
- [Rotorua S D A School](https://www.chch.live/school/4129-rotorua-s-d-a-school), decile 4 · EQI 508
- [Rotorua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1934-rotorua-school), decile 3 · EQI 522

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.138107&lon=176.298637

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Owhata.

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

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

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

EQI 536, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Owhata School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1881 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026