# The Catlins Area School

Composite · State · Owaka

https://www.chch.live/school/394-the-catlins-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 470

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

## The record
- 1 Stuart Street, Owaka, 9535
- Roll: 127 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 2.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 107 · Māori 27 · Pacific 11 · Asian 5
- Phone: 03-4158036
- Email: learn@catlins.school.nz
- Contact: Glenys Hanley
- Website: http://www.catlins.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Romahapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3811-romahapa-school), decile 9 · EQI 438
- [Warepa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3861-warepa-school), decile 7 · EQI 433
- [Rosebank School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3812-rosebank-school-balclutha), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [South Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/393-south-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 475
- [Kaitangata School](https://www.chch.live/school/3754-kaitangata-school), decile 4 · EQI 496
- [St Joseph's School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3826-st-joseph-s-school-balclutha), decile 5 · EQI 410
- [Balclutha School](https://www.chch.live/school/3710-balclutha-school), decile 5 · EQI 481
- [Stirling School](https://www.chch.live/school/3836-stirling-school), decile 6 · EQI 469

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-46.45314&lon=169.661394

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is The Catlins Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does The Catlins Area School have?**

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

**What is The Catlins Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 470, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is The Catlins Area School?**

1 Stuart Street, , Owaka. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=394 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026