# Omakau School

Full Primary · State · Omakau

https://www.chch.live/school/3788-omakau-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 449

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

## The record
- Deaker Street, Omakau, 9352
- Roll: 88 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1935
- Isolation index 2.57, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 79 · Māori 13 · Asian 1 · MELAA 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-4473837
- Email: office@omakau.school.nz
- Contact: Trina Armstrong (Acting)
- Website: http://www.omakau.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Poolburn School](https://www.chch.live/school/3802-poolburn-school), decile 10 · EQI 431
- [The Terrace School (Alexandra)](https://www.chch.live/school/3844-the-terrace-school-alexandra), decile 8 · EQI 445
- [St Gerard's School (Alexandra)](https://www.chch.live/school/3823-st-gerard-s-school-alexandra), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Dunstan High School](https://www.chch.live/school/372-dunstan-high-school), decile 8 · EQI 445
- [Alexandra Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3701-alexandra-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 447
- [Clyde School](https://www.chch.live/school/3725-clyde-school), decile 9 · EQI 420
- [Cromwell Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3729-cromwell-primary-school), decile 9 · EQI 426
- [Tarras School](https://www.chch.live/school/3843-tarras-school), decile 6 · EQI 443

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.090941&lon=169.60271

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Omakau School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Omakau School have?**

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

**What is Omakau School's Equity Index?**

EQI 449, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Omakau School?**

Deaker Street, , Omakau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3788 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026