# Owhiro Bay School

Contributing · State · Owhiro Bay, Wellington

https://www.chch.live/school/2942-owhiro-bay-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 398

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

## The record
- Happy Valley Road, Owhiro Bay, Wellington, 6023
- Roll: 89 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.19, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Roll by ethnicity: European 63 · Māori 22 · Pacific 12 · Asian 10 · MELAA 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 04-3837189
- Email: office@owhiro.school.nz
- Contact: Vikki Martin (Acting)
- Website: http://www.owhiro.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Francis De Sales School (Is Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/3006-st-francis-de-sales-school-is-bay), decile 10 · EQI 395
- [Island Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/2865-island-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 371
- [Berhampore School](https://www.chch.live/school/2808-berhampore-school), decile 7 · EQI 392
- [Houghton Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2861-houghton-valley-school), decile 10 · EQI 366
- [Te Kura o Tawatawa - Ridgway School](https://www.chch.live/school/2980-te-kura-o-tawatawa-ridgway-school), decile 9 · EQI 380
- [South Wellington Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2994-south-wellington-intermediate), decile 8 · EQI 400
- [Lyall Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/2892-lyall-bay-school), decile 7 · EQI 402
- [Newtown School](https://www.chch.live/school/2926-newtown-school), decile 5 · EQI 417

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.337797&lon=174.759738

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Owhiro Bay School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Owhiro Bay.

**How many students does Owhiro Bay School have?**

89 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Owhiro Bay School's Equity Index?**

EQI 398, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Owhiro Bay School?**

Happy Valley Road, Owhiro Bay, Wellington. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2942 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026