# Okains Bay School

Full Primary · State · Okains Bay

https://www.chch.live/school/3452-okains-bay-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 545

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

## The record
- 1163 Okains Bay Road, Okains Bay, 7583
- Roll: 10 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1873
- Isolation index 1.71 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Māori 4 · Pacific 2
- Phone: 027-3048629
- Email: office@okainsbay.school.nz
- Contact: Colin Hammond
- Website: https://hail.to/okains-bay-school
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/okains-bay/okains-bay-road
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/okains-bay

## Other schools near here
- [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school) — decile 6 · EQI 420
- [Akaroa Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/350-akaroa-area-school) — decile 8 · EQI 455
- [Little River School](https://www.chch.live/school/3418-little-river-school) — decile 9 · EQI 423
- [Diamond Harbour School](https://www.chch.live/school/3327-diamond-harbour-school) — decile 10 · EQI 412
- [Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/school/903-ko-taku-reo-deaf-education-new-zealand) — EQI 516
- [Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3544-our-lady-star-of-the-sea-school-christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 401
- [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school) — decile 10 · EQI 382
- [Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school) — decile 9 · EQI 424

## The reports nearby
16 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8725218) — 1158 Okains Bay Road, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8523694) — 1163 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8478846) — 1163 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8411968) — 1147 Okains Bay Road, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7632249) — 1162 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7540919) — 1162 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7521596) — 1162 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7244428) — 1147 Okains Bay Road, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7243947) — 1163 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7169261) — 1158–1176 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6748311) — 1147 Okains Bay Rd, Canterbury, Okains Bay 7583, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6204578) — Okains Bay Hall, Okains Bay Canterbury , New Zealand

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.708872&lon=173.042737

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

10 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 545 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Okains Bay School?**

1163 Okains Bay Road — , Okains Bay. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3452 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026