# Ongaonga School

Full Primary · State · Ongaonga

https://www.chch.live/school/2629-ongaonga-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 453

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

## The record
- 51 Mill St, Ongaonga, 4244
- Roll: 31 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1875
- Isolation index 1.11, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 19 · Pacific 2 · Asian 7
- Phone: 06-8566840
- Email: office@ongaonga.school.nz
- Contact: Sam Brinkworth
- Website: http://www.ongaonga.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Sherwood School (Hawkes Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/2673-sherwood-school-hawkes-bay), decile 8 · EQI 460
- [Tikokino School](https://www.chch.live/school/2704-tikokino-school), decile 6 · EQI 438
- [Argyll East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2542-argyll-east-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [TKKM o Takapau](https://www.chch.live/school/1142-tkkm-o-takapau), decile 3 · EQI 549
- [Takapau School](https://www.chch.live/school/2684-takapau-school), decile 4 · EQI 496
- [Waipukurau School](https://www.chch.live/school/2725-waipukurau-school), decile 5 · EQI 467
- [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
- [Waipawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2723-waipawa-school), decile 5 · EQI 482

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.915092&lon=176.418537

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 453, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Ongaonga School?**

51 Mill St, , Ongaonga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2629 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026