# List of schools in Otago

This is a list of schools in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island.

## Waitaki District

| Name | Years | Gender | Authority | Location | Territorial authority area | Decile (2015) | EQI (April 2023) | Roll (November 2024) | Website | School number | Opening year |
| Ardgowan School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Oamaru | Waitaki | 6 | 442 | 133 | | 3704 | 1903 |
| Duntroon School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Duntroon | Waitaki | 9 | 428 | 102 | | 3732 | 1879 |
| East Otago High School | 7–13 | Coed | State | Palmerston | Waitaki | 6 | 483 | 171 | | 371 | 1856 |
| Fenwick School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Oamaru | Waitaki | 6 | 457 | 312 | | 3707 | 2001 |
| Five Forks School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Kakanui Valley | Waitaki | 9 | 431 | 71 | | 3738 | 1912 |
| Flag Swamp School (closed 2020) | 1–8 | Coed | State | Waikouaiti | Waitaki | - | - | - | - | - | 1869 |
| Hampden School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Hampden | Waitaki | 4 | 482 | 50 | | 3746 | 1864 |
| Kakanui School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Kakanui | Waitaki | 5 | 457 | 52 | | 3755 | 1873 |
| Macraes Moonlight School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Macraes Flat | Waitaki | 10 | 425 | 17 | | 3764 | 1880 |
| Maheno School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Maheno | Waitaki | 6 | 450 | 89 | | 3765 | 1875 |
| Oamaru Intermediate | 7–8 | Coed | State | Oamaru | Waitaki | 5 | 475 | 295 | | 3784 | Unknown |
| Omarama School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Omarama | Waitaki | 7 | 442 | 37 | | 3789 | 1930s |
| Otepopo School (closed 2010) | 1–8 | Coed | State | Herbert | Waitaki | - | - | - | - | - | 1864 |
| Palmerston School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Palmerston | Waitaki | 6 | 461 | 108 | | 3797 | 1867 |
| Papakaio School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Papakaio | Waitaki | 9 | 436 | 124 | | 3798 | 1867 |
| Pembroke School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Oamaru | Waitaki | 3 | 493 | 268 | | 3737 | Unknown |
| St Joseph's School | 1–8 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Oamaru | Waitaki | 6 | 438 | 125 | | 3825 | 1884 |
| St Kevin's College | 9–13 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic, Boarding) | Oamaru | Waitaki | 7 | 444 | 476 | | 369 | 1927 |
| Te Pākihi o Maru / Oamaru North School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Oamaru | Waitaki | 4 | 515 | 134 | | 3785 | 1872 |
| Totara School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Alma | Waitaki | 6 | 429 | 34 | | 3847 | 1862 |
| Waitaki Boys' High School | 9–13 | Boys | State (Boarding) | Oamaru | Waitaki | 6 | 485 | 404 | | 365 | 1883 |
| Waitaki Girls' High School | 9–13 | Girls | State (Boarding) | Oamaru | Waitaki | 6 | 480 | 394 | | 366 | 1887 |
| Waitaki Valley School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Kurow | Waitaki | 8 | 437 | 114 | | 363 | 2010 |
| Weston School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Weston | Waitaki | 8 | 434 | 258 | | 3864 | 1869 |

## Central Otago District

| Name | Years | Gender | Area | Authority | Decile | Roll | Website | MOE |
| Alexandra School | 1–8 | Coed | Alexandra | State | 8 | 227 | | 3701 |
| Clyde School | 1–8 | Coed | Clyde | State | 9 | 170 | | 3725 |
| Cromwell College | 7–15 | Coed | Cromwell | State | 8 | 636 | | 373 |
| Cromwell Primary School | 1–6 | Coed | Cromwell | State | 8 | 423 | | 3729 |
| Dunstan High School | 9–13 | Coed | Alexandra | State | 9 | 574 | | 372 |
| Goldfields School | 1–6 | Coed | Cromwell | State | 7 | 327 | | 3741 |
| Maniototo Area School | 1–13 | Coed | Ranfurly | State | 7 | 150 | | 370 |
| Millers Flat School | 1–8 | Coed | Millers Flat | State | 7 | 30 | | 3771 |
| Omakau School | 1–8 | Coed | Omakau | State | 8 | 89 | | 3788 |
| Poolburn School | 1–8 | Coed | Oturehua | State | 10 | 39 | | 3802 |
| Roxburgh Area School | 1–13 | Coed | Roxburgh | State | 4 | 134 | | 375 |
| St Gerard's School | 1–8 | Coed | Alexandra | State integrated | 9 | 164 | - | 3823 |
| St John's School | 1–8 | Coed | Ranfurly | State integrated | 7 | 65 | - | 3824 |
| Tarras School | 1–8 | Coed | Tarras | State | 10 | 20 | | 3843 |
| The Terrace School | 1–8 | Coed | Alexandra | State | 8 | 297 | | 3844 |

## Queenstown-Lakes District

| Name | Years | Gender | Authority | Location | Territorial authority area | Roll | 2015 decile | Current EQI | Website | School number | Opened |
| Arrowtown School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Arrowtown | Queenstown-Lakes | 452 | 10 | 391 | | 3930 | 1863 |
| Glenorchy School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Glenorchy | Queenstown-Lakes | 28 | 7 | 400 | | 3955 | 1911 |
| Hāwea Flat School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Hāwea Flat | Queenstown-Lakes | 392 | 10 | 408 | | 3747 | 1882 |
| Holy Family School | 1–8 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Wānaka | Queenstown-Lakes | 206 | 10 | 386 | | 557 | 2006 |
| KingsView School | 1–8 | Coed | State integrated | Frankton | Queenstown-Lakes | 80 | 10 | 396 | | 633 | 1996 |
| Makarora Primary School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Makarora | Queenstown-Lakes | 11 | 7 | 401 | | 3767 | 1994 |
| Makarora Primary School (closed 1987) | 1–8 | Coed | State | Makarora | Queenstown-Lakes | - | - | - | - | - | 1969 |
| Makarora Primary School (closed 1946) | 1–8 | Coed | State | Makarora | Queenstown-Lakes | - | - | - | - | - | 1895 |
| Queenstown Primary School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Queenstown | Queenstown-Lakes | 633 | 10 | 403 | | 4005 | 1975 |
| Remarkables Primary School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Frankton | Queenstown-Lakes | 461 | 10 | 399 | | 6783 | 2010 |
| Shotover Primary School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Shotover Country | Queenstown-Lakes | 617 | - | 392 | | 586 | 2015 |
| St Joseph's School | 1–8 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Queenstown | Queenstown-Lakes | 150 | 10 | 389 | | 4016 | 1883 |
| Te Kura o Take Kārara | 1–6 | Coed | State | Wānaka | Queenstown-Lakes | 341 | - | 411 | | 747 | 2020 |
| Wakatipu High School | 9–13 | Coed | State | Frankton | Queenstown-Lakes | 1,433 | 10 | 412 | | 374 | 1937 |
| Wānaka Primary School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Wānaka | Queenstown-Lakes | 516 | 10 | 400 | | 1167 | 1979 |

## Dunedin City
### Primary and intermediate schools

| Name | Years | Gender | Authority | Location | Territorial authority area | Decile | Roll | Website | School number | Opened |
| Abbotsford School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Abbotsford | Dunedin City | 7 | 307 | | 3700 | 1953 |
| Amana Christian School | 1–8 | Coed | Private | Mosgiel | Dunedin City | 9 | 57 | | 1641 | 2001 |
| Andersons Bay School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Andersons Bay | Dunedin City | 10 | 300 | | 3703 | 1858 |
| Arthur Street School | 1–8 | Coed | State | City Rise | Dunedin City | 8 | 210 | | 3706 | 1864 |
| Balaclava School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Balaclava | Dunedin City | 8 | 262 | | 3709 | 1964 |
| Balmacewen Intermediate School | 7–8 | Coed | State | Wakari | Dunedin City | 9 | 485 | | 3711 | 1964 |
| Bathgate Park School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Forbury | Dunedin City | 3 | 139 | | 647 | 2011 |
| Big Rock Primary School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Brighton | Dunedin City | 5 | 116 | | 607 | 2008 |
| Bradford School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Bradford | Dunedin City | 4 | 89 | | 3716 | |
| Broad Bay School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Broad Bay | Dunedin City | 9 | 30 | | 3718 | 1877 |
| Brockville School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Brockville | Dunedin City | 2 | 141 | | 3719 | |
| Carisbrook School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Caversham | Dunedin City | 2 | 358 | | 648 | |
| Concord School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Concord | Dunedin City | 3 | 64 | | 3727 | |
| Dunedin North Intermediate | 7-8 | Coed | State | Dunedin North | Dunedin City | 6 | 300 | | 3731 | |
| Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated (Rudolf Steiner) | Maia | Dunedin City | 7 | 79 | | 1192 | |
| East Taieri School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Mosgiel | Dunedin City | 9 | 327 | | 3733 | |
| Elmgrove School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Mosgiel | Dunedin City | 6 | 293 | | 3778 | |
| Fairfield School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Fairfield | Dunedin City | 10 | 521 | | 3736 | |
| George Street Normal School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Dunedin North | Dunedin City | 0 | 433 | | 3740 | |
| Grants Braes School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Waverley | Dunedin City | 10 | 231 | | 3742 | |
| Green Island School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Green Island | Dunedin City | 4 | 185 | | 3743 | |
| Halfway Bush School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Halfway Bush | Dunedin City | 10 | 42 | | 3745 | |
| Kaikorai Primary School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Roslyn | Dunedin City | 9 | 323 | | 3753 | |
| Karitane School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Karitane | Dunedin City | 5 | 26 | | 3756 | |
| Lee Stream School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Lee Stream | Dunedin City | 8 | 12 | | 3761 | |
| Liberton Christian School | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated (Christian) | Pine Hill | Dunedin City | 8 | 115 | | 4117 | |
| Macandrew Bay School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Macandrew Bay | Dunedin City | 10 | 148 | | 3762 | |
| Maori Hill School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Maori Hill | Dunedin City | 10 | 266 | | 3768 | |
| Mornington School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Mornington | Dunedin City | 8 | 262 | | 3776 | |
| Musselburgh School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Musselburgh | Dunedin City | 5 | 157 | | 3779 | |
| North East Valley Normal School | 1-6 | Coed | State | North East Valley | Dunedin City | 6 | 228 | | 3783 | |
| Opoho School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Opoho | Dunedin City | 9 | 142 | | 3790 | |
| Outram School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Outram | Dunedin City | 9 | 202 | | 3795 | |
| Pine Hill School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Pine Hill | Dunedin City | 3 | 55 | | 3801 | |
| Port Chalmers School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Port Chalmers | Dunedin City | 5 | 94 | | 3803 | |
| Portobello School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Portobello | Dunedin City | 8 | 60 | | 3805 | |
| Pūrākaunui School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Pūrākaunui | Dunedin City | 6 | 18 | | 3807 | |
| Ravensbourne School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Ravensbourne | Dunedin City | 6 | 16 | | 3808 | |
| Sacred Heart School | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated | North East Valley | Dunedin City | 7 | 68 | | 3815 | |
| Sawyers Bay School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Sawyers Bay | Dunedin City | | 109 | 7 | 3817 | |
| Silverstream (South) Primary School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Mosgiel | Dunedin City | 4 | 323 | | 1657 | |
| St Bernadette's School | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated | Forbury | Dunedin City | 5 | 168 | | 3819 | |
| St Brigid's School | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated | Tainui | Dunedin City | 10 | 59 | | 3820 | 1939 |
| St Clair School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Saint Clair | Dunedin City | 6 | 404 | | 3835 | |
| St Francis Xavier School | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated | Maryhill | Dunedin City | 8 | 108 | | 3822 | |
| St Joseph's Cathedral School | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated | City Rise | Dunedin City | 8 | 157 | | 3827 | |
| St Leonards School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Saint Leonards | Dunedin City | 10 | 19 | | 3829 | |
| St Mary's School (Dunedin) | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated | Wakari | Dunedin City | 6 | 58 | | 3830 | |
| St Mary's School (Mosgiel) | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated | Mosgiel | Dunedin City | 8 | 148 | | 3832 | |
| St Peter Chanel School | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated | Green Island | Dunedin City | 8 | 59 | | 3834 | |
| Strath Taieri School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Middlemarch | Dunedin City | | 49 | | 3837 | |
| Tahuna Normal Intermediate School | 7-8 | Coed | State | Musselburgh | Dunedin City | 8 | 547 | | 3839 | |
| Tainui School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Tainui | Dunedin City | 8 | 265 | | 3841 | 1929 |
| Waikouaiti School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Waikouaiti | Dunedin City | 7 | 95 | | 3852 | 1860 |
| Waitati School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Waitati | Dunedin City | 9 | 69 | | 3857 | 1864 |
| Wakari School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Wakari | Dunedin City | 8 | 332 | | 3859 | 1858 |
| Warrington School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Warrington | Dunedin City | 9 | 53 | | 3862 | 1879 |

### Secondary and composite schools

| Name | School number | Years | Gender | Area | Authority | Opened | Roll | Notes |
| Bayfield High School | 382 | 9–13 | Coed | Musselburgh | State | 1961 | 577 | |
| Columba College | 386 | 1–13 | Coed/Girls | Roslyn | State integrated | 1915 | 590 | Presbyterian, boarding. Coeducational years 1–6, girls only years 7–13. |
| John McGlashan College | 387 | 7–13 | Boys | Maori Hill | State integrated | 1918 | 531 | Presbyterian, boarding |
| Kaikorai Valley College | 381 | 7–13 | Coed | Kaikorai | State | 1958 | 439 | |
| King's High School | 383 | 9–13 | Boys | Forbury | State | 1936 | 828 | |
| Logan Park High School | 376 | 9–13 | Coed | Dunedin North | State | 1975 | 662 | |
| Otago Boys' High School | 377 | 9–13 | Boys | City Rise | State | 1863 | 844 | Boarding |
| Otago Girls' High School | 378 | 9–13 | Girls | City Rise | State | 1871 | 686 | |
| Queen's High School | 384 | 9–13 | Girls | Forbury | State | 1955 | 521 | |
| Sara Cohen School | 3816 | – | Coed | Caversham | State | 1926 | 58 | Special needs |
| St Hilda's Collegiate School | 380 | 7–13 | Girls | City Rise | State integrated | 1896 | 460 | Anglican, boarding |
| Taieri College | 495 | 7–13 | Coed | Mosgiel | State | 2004 | 1,214 | |
| Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ōtepoti | 2351 | 1–13 | Coed | Fairfield | State | 1994 | 53 | Māori language school |
| Trinity Catholic College | 536 | 7–13 | Coed | City Rise | State integrated | 1989 | 740 | Catholic |

### Former schools

* Brighton School, Brighton, merged with Ocean View School to form Big Rock Primary School, July 2008.
* Calton Hill School, Caversham School, and College Street School, merged on the Caversham site, with a satellite campus at the Calton Hill site, in January 2012 to form Carisbrook School.
* Corstorphine School, closed July 2010 due to declining roll numbers.
* Forbury School and Macandrew Intermediate merged on the Macandrew Intermediate site in January 2012 to form Bathgate Park School.
* High Street School, Dunedin, closed February 2011 due to declining roll numbers.
* King Edward Technical College, closed 1974 and replaced with Logan Park High School.
* Momona School, Henley School merged with Outram School in 2004.
* Moreau College, merged with St Paul's High School in 1989 to form Kavanagh College.
* Ocean View School, Ocean View, closed and merged with Brighton School to form Big Rock Primary School, July 2008.
* Rotary Park School, Waverley – state contributing primary, closed 2012.
* St Joseph's School, Port Chalmers - state integrated primary, closed 2023
* St Patrick's School, closed April 2011 due to declining roll numbers.
* Tomahawk School, closed April 2010 due to declining roll numbers.
* Waldronville School, closed April 2010 due to declining roll numbers.

## Clutha District

| Name | Years | Gender | Area | Authority | Decile | Roll | Website | School number |
| Balclutha School | 1–8 | Coed | Balclutha | State | 5 | 231 | | 3710 |
| Blue Mountain College | 7–13 | Coed | Tapanui | State | 7 | 222 | | 391 |
| Clinton School | 1–8 | Coed | Clinton | State | 4 | 83 | | 3723 |
| Clutha Valley School | 1–8 | Coed | Clydevale | State | 9 | 104 | | 3724 |
| Heriot School | 1–6 | Coed | Heriot | State | 8 | 81 | | 3749 |
| Kaitangata School | 1–8 | Coed | Kaitangata | State | 4 | 105 | - | 3754 |
| Lawrence Area School | 1–13 | Coed | Lawrence | State | 6 | 131 | | 390 |
| Milton School | 1–6 | Coed | Milton | State | 4 | 106 | | 3772 |
| Romahapa School | 1–8 | Coed | Romahapa | State | 4 | 69 | | 3811 |
| Rosebank School | 1–8 | Coed | Balclutha | State | 6 | 232 | | 3812 |
| South Otago High School | 9–13 | Coed | Balclutha | State | 6 | 515 | | 393 |
| St Joseph's School | 1–8 | Coed | Balclutha | State integrated | 7 | 68 | - | 3826 |
| St Mary's School | 1–6 | Coed | Milton | State integrated | 4 | 64 | | 3831 |
| Stirling School | 1–8 | Coed | Stirling | State | 7 | 67 | | 3836 |
| Tahakopa School | 1–8 | Coed | Tahakopa | State | 9 | 2 | | 3838 |
| Taieri Beach School | 1–8 | Coed | Taieri Mouth | State | 5 | 5 | - | 3840 |
| Tapanui School | 1–6 | Coed | Tapanui | State | 7 | 75 | | 3842 |
| The Catlins Area School | 1–13 | Coed | Owaka | State | 6 | 123 | | 394 |
| Tokoiti School | 1–6 | Coed | Milton | State | 4 | 39 | | 3845 |
| Tokomairiro High School | 7–13 | Coed | Milton | State | 5 | 191 | | 392 |
| Waihola District School | 1–8 | Coed | Waihola | State | 6 | 27 | - | 3850 |
| Waikoikoi School | 1–6 | Coed | Waikoikoi | State | 8 | 11 | | 3851 |
| Waitahuna School | 1–6 | Coed | Waitahuna | State | 7 | 6 | - | 3855 |
| Waiwera South School | 1–8 | Coed | Waiwera South | State | 7 | 33 | | 3858 |
| Warepa School | 1–8 | Coed | Warepa | State | 9 | 64 | | 3861 |