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Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School

Full Primary · State · Opawa, Christchurch

376 students on the roll in Opawa · EQI 463 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School — from the school’s own website
From the school’s own website.
Ōpāwa learners have the willingness to wonder, the determination to succeed, the courage to be innovative, take risks, and be inclusive, in order to be lifelong learners. — opawa.school.nz

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 463. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • Ford Road, Opawa, Christchurch, 8023 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Opawa — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 376 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1872
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.14 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3326374
  • Email: admin@opawa.school.nz
  • Contact: Sally Ormandy
  • Website: opawa.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 307 · 82%
Māori 61 · 16%
Pacific 35 · 9%
Asian 33 · 9%
MELAA 12 · 3%
Other 1 · 0%

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

  • Opawa School — in force from 2017-06-12 · 4 km²

It covers: Opawa — and the fringes of Hillsborough, Saint Martins, Waltham, Woolston.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

  • Opawa — 223 m · route 8

The reports nearby

719 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 586 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School?

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in Opawa.

How many students does Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School have?

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

What is Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School's Equity Index?

EQI 463 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

Does Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Opawa (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.