Owhiro Bay School

Owhiro Bay School is a co-educational contributing school in Wellington, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 89 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 398. The school has been open since 1858.

With 89 students on roll, Owhiro Bay School is a small school — larger than about 23% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 398, 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 65 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 70.8%, with a meaningful Pasifika community at 13.5% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.19 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.