Otautau School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 129
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Elles Road, Otautau
- Territorial authority
- Southland District
- Phone
- 03-225 8320
- office@otautau.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.otautau.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Southland
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 111
- Māori
- 17
- Pacific
- 2
- Asian
- 14
- MELAA
- 1
- Other
- 0
- International
- 0
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 01 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 02 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 03 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 05 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 21 |
| Year 08 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 26 |
| Total | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 149 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 06 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 21 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 149 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
10.5%
| Otautau School | 10.5% |
|---|---|
| Southland Region | 61.8% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 17.2% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 12.4% |
| Total | 10.5% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
30.6%
| Otautau School | 30.6% |
|---|---|
| Southland Region | 6.3% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 48.3% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 35.8% |
| Total | 30.6% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
15.7%
| Otautau School | 15.7% |
|---|---|
| Southland Region | 2.8% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 24.9% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 18.4% |
| Total | 15.7% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 461
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 25 January 1880
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 3
- Last reviewed
- 4 August 2026
- Latest report
- School Report August 2026
- Report type
- Review report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (28 September 2022)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The board assurance report of 28 September 2022 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
ERO published this report as a PDF attachment rather than as text on its page, so there is nothing here for us to quote from it. The report itself is at the link below.
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 3 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).