# Omakere School

Full Primary · State · Waipawa

https://www.chch.live/school/2627-omakere-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 437

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

## The record
- 46 Long Range Road, Waipawa, 4271
- Roll: 79 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1912
- Isolation index 1.24, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 75 · Pacific 2 · Asian 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8573887
- Email: office@omakere.school.nz
- Contact: Claire Bancks
- Website: http://www.omakere.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Elsthorpe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2556-elsthorpe-school), decile 6 · EQI 446
- [Central Hawkes Bay College](https://www.chch.live/school/233-central-hawkes-bay-college), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [St Joseph's School (Central Hawke's Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/2678-st-joseph-s-school-central-hawke-s-bay), decile 6 · EQI 436
- [Waipukurau School](https://www.chch.live/school/2725-waipukurau-school), decile 5 · EQI 467
- [The Terrace School (Waipukurau)](https://www.chch.live/school/2702-the-terrace-school-waipukurau), decile 3 · EQI 536
- [Waipawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2723-waipawa-school), decile 5 · EQI 482
- [Otane School](https://www.chch.live/school/2634-otane-school), decile 1 · EQI 487
- [Pukehou School](https://www.chch.live/school/2652-pukehou-school), decile 6 · EQI 452

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.050987&lon=176.754079

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 437, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Omakere School?**

46 Long Range Road, , Waipawa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2627 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026