Ardgowan School
Full Primary · State · Oamaru
131 students on the roll · EQI 453 · an enrolment scheme in place.
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
- Ardgowan Road, Oamaru, 9492
- Roll: 131 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1903
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.25, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 03-4331366
- Email: office@ardgowan.school.nz
- Contact: Adelle Banks
- Website: ardgowan.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Ardgowan School, in force from 2019-01-28 · 36 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- St Kevins College (Oamaru), decile 7 · EQI 447 · 1.3 km
- Oamaru Intermediate, decile 5 · EQI 477 · 2.1 km
- Pembroke School (Oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496 · 2.2 km
- Waitaki Boys' High School, decile 6 · EQI 477 · 2.7 km
- Waitaki Girls' High School, decile 6 · EQI 478 · 3.1 km
- Te Pākihi o Maru, decile 4 · EQI 502 · 3.4 km
- St Joseph's School (Oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437 · 3.5 km
- Weston School, decile 8 · EQI 434 · 4.3 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
131 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 453, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.