# Oroua Downs School

Full Primary · State · Foxton

https://www.chch.live/school/2414-oroua-downs-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 473

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

## The record
- State Highway 1, Foxton, 4891
- Roll: 84 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1903
- Isolation index 0.64, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 62 · Pacific 2 · Asian 21
- Phone: 06-3299730
- Email: office@orouadowns.school.nz
- Contact: Tanya Zander
- Website: http://www.orouadowns.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Bainesse School](https://www.chch.live/school/2341-bainesse-school), decile 5 · EQI 485
- [Glen Oroua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2360-glen-oroua-school), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Tangimoana School](https://www.chch.live/school/2461-tangimoana-school), decile 2 · EQI 535
- [Manawatū College](https://www.chch.live/school/205-manawatu-college), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Foxton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2359-foxton-school), decile 1 · EQI 547
- [Coley Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2352-coley-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [St Mary's School (Foxton)](https://www.chch.live/school/2455-st-mary-s-school-foxton), decile 3 · EQI 509
- [Foxton Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/2358-foxton-beach-school), decile 5 · EQI 507

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.374304&lon=175.319996

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Oroua Downs School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Oroua Downs School have?**

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

**What is Oroua Downs School's Equity Index?**

EQI 473, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Oroua Downs School?**

State Highway 1, , Foxton. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2414 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026