Orewa Primary School

Orewa Primary School is a co-educational contributing school in Orewa, within the Auckland Region, operating in the state sector, with 393 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 390. The school has been open since 1956.

With 393 students on roll, Orewa Primary School is a large school — larger than about 72% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 390, which is well below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm. The gap of 73 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 61%, with a meaningful Asian community at 26.2% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.53 (moderate isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.