Last updated November 2026
Okoia School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 645 No 3 Line, Okoia, Whanganui. It opened in 1868 and had 53 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply.
At a glance
- Principal
- Maria Johnstone (Acting)
- Address
- 645 No 3 Line, Okoia, Whanganui
- Phone
- 06 342 4828
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
Who goes here
Share of the 53 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Profile Report from September 2023, written early in its Te Ara Huarau improvement work with the school, after an acting principal was appointed at the start of that year.
ERO found that the school identifies students with additional and complex needs and keeps track of them, with specialist programmes, in-class support and extra staff helping them engage and progress. Teachers and support staff learn together to meet students’ varied needs, and the board directs resources to where learners need them.
ERO and the school chose to look at how well the school meets individual learners’ needs, because the school’s own information showed many students needed extra support to engage and make faster progress in literacy and maths.
The school’s priorities are ongoing professional learning for staff, writing down its own local curriculum with shared expectations for teaching and culturally responsive practice, and putting a stronger professional growth cycle in place for teachers.
Read the ERO reports for Okoia School
Enrolling
Okoia School does not have a home zone, so any student can apply. Families can contact the school directly to ask about enrolling.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Okoia
Okoia School is in Okoia. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Okoia guide →Questions parents ask
Is Okoia School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
53 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
537. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 29 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).