# Oamaru Intermediate

Intermediate · State · Oamaru

https://www.chch.live/school/3784-oamaru-intermediate

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- Pembroke Street, Oamaru, 9400
- Roll: 291 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1963
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.22, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 194 · Māori 34 · Pacific 68 · Asian 21 · MELAA 4 · Other 2
- Phone: 03-4370822
- Email: office@oamaruint.school.nz
- Contact: Rebecca Meek
- Website: http://www.oamaruint.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Oamaru Intermediate, in force from 2021-08-04 · 41 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Pembroke School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3737-pembroke-school-oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Waitaki Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/365-waitaki-boys-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 477
- [St Kevins College (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/369-st-kevins-college-oamaru), decile 7 · EQI 447
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Te Pākihi o Maru](https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru), decile 4 · EQI 502
- [Ardgowan School](https://www.chch.live/school/3704-ardgowan-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Pembroke School](https://www.chch.live/park/852-pembroke-school), 214 m to its edge
- [Casa Nova Park](https://www.chch.live/park/798-casa-nova-park), 264 m to its edge
- [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/780-centennial-park), Sports ground · 296 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.075693&lon=170.984299

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Oamaru Intermediate?**

Intermediate · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Oamaru Intermediate have?**

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

**What is Oamaru Intermediate's Equity Index?**

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Oamaru Intermediate have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3784 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026