# Poolburn School

Full Primary · State · Oturehua

https://www.chch.live/school/3802-poolburn-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 431

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

## The record
- 1017 Ida Valley-Omakau Road, Oturehua, 9387
- Roll: 30 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1897
- Isolation index 2.49, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 28 · Māori 3
- Phone: 03-4474866
- Email: office@poolburn.school.nz
- Contact: Melissa Gare
- Website: http://www.sporty.co.nz/poolburn

## Other schools near here
- [Omakau School](https://www.chch.live/school/3788-omakau-school), decile 9 · EQI 449
- [St Gerard's School (Alexandra)](https://www.chch.live/school/3823-st-gerard-s-school-alexandra), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [The Terrace School (Alexandra)](https://www.chch.live/school/3844-the-terrace-school-alexandra), decile 8 · EQI 445
- [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
- [St John's School (Ranfurly)](https://www.chch.live/school/3824-st-john-s-school-ranfurly), decile 8 · EQI 395
- [Maniototo Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/370-maniototo-area-school), decile 8 · EQI 470

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.137217&lon=169.696295

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 431, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Where is Poolburn School?**

1017 Ida Valley-Omakau Road, , Oturehua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3802 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026