# Coastal Taranaki School

Composite · State · Okato

https://www.chch.live/school/551-coastal-taranaki-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 478

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

## The record
- 91 Carthew Street, Okato, 4348
- Roll: 243 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 1.32, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 219 · Pacific 3 · Asian 5 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 06-7524022
- Email: office@coastaltaranaki.school.nz
- Contact: Sonia Mau
- Website: http://www.coastaltaranaki.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Oakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2208-oakura-school), decile 10 · EQI 390
- [Green School New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/school/904-green-school-new-zealand), private, not rated
- [Rahotu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1679-rahotu-school), decile 5 · EQI 503
- [Ōmata School](https://www.chch.live/school/2214-omata-school), decile 10 · EQI 410
- [Spotswood Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2232-spotswood-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 507
- [Te Pi'ipi'inga Kakano Mai I Rangiatea](https://www.chch.live/school/4145-te-pi-ipi-inga-kakano-mai-i-rangiatea), decile 3 · EQI 514
- [Frankley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2168-frankley-school), decile 9 · EQI 422
- [Spotswood College](https://www.chch.live/school/173-spotswood-college), decile 5 · EQI 493

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.19286&lon=173.881545

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Coastal Taranaki School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Coastal Taranaki School have?**

243 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Coastal Taranaki School's Equity Index?**

EQI 478, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Coastal Taranaki School?**

91 Carthew Street, , Okato. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=551 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026