# Omahu School

Full Primary · State · Hastings

https://www.chch.live/school/2626-omahu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 569

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

## The record
- 22 Taihape Road, Hastings, 4175
- Roll: 55 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1899
- Isolation index 0.31, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 5 · Pacific 6 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-8797974
- Email: admin@omahu.school.nz
- Contact: Kate Crawford

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Kimi Ora](https://www.chch.live/school/2746-te-kura-o-kimi-ora), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Twyford School](https://www.chch.live/school/2711-twyford-school), decile 4 · EQI 445
- [Te Tipu Whenua o Pa Harakeke](https://www.chch.live/school/705-te-tipu-whenua-o-pa-harakeke), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Flaxmere Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2560-flaxmere-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 539
- [Flaxmere College](https://www.chch.live/school/134-flaxmere-college), decile 1 · EQI 558
- [Irongate School](https://www.chch.live/school/2582-irongate-school), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Te Whai Hiringa](https://www.chch.live/school/2644-te-whai-hiringa), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Camberley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2548-camberley-school), decile 1 · EQI 556

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.581786&lon=176.759164

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 569, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Omahu School?**

22 Taihape Road, , Hastings. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2626 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026