# Okoia School

Full Primary · State · Okoia, Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/2412-okoia-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 537

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

## The record
- 645 No 3 Line, Okoia, Whanganui, 4582
- Roll: 53 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1868
- Isolation index 0.46, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 43 · Pacific 5 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-3424828
- Email: office@okoia.school.nz
- Contact: Maria Johnstone (Acting)

## Other schools near here
- [Kaitoke School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2372-kaitoke-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 453
- [Durie Hill School](https://www.chch.live/school/2355-durie-hill-school), decile 5 · EQI 463
- [St Anne's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2447-st-anne-s-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Churton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2348-churton-school), decile 3 · EQI 516
- [Whanganui East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2476-whanganui-east-school), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [Whanganui Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/188-whanganui-girls-college), decile 3 · EQI 493
- [Upokongaro School](https://www.chch.live/school/2469-upokongaro-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [St Mary's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2454-st-mary-s-school-wanganui), decile 3 · EQI 469

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.924427&lon=175.12551

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Okoia.

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

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

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

EQI 537, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Okoia School?**

645 No 3 Line, Okoia, Whanganui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2412 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026