Last updated November 2026
Mount Maunganui Primary School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Orkney Road, Mount Maunganui. It opened in 1913 and had 408 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Mount Maunganui; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site describes an enrichment programme of dance, drama, music, visual art, health and STEM, daily te reo Māori and tikanga with kapa haka and optional extension reo lessons, and sport including basketball, netball, hockey, touch, rippa rugby and volleyball.
Mounties Club offers before and after school care and a holiday programme, the school takes international students, and there is no school uniform, though house tees and hats are sold.
At a glance
- Principal
- Damien Harris
- Address
- Orkney Road, Mount Maunganui
- Phone
- 07 575 3960
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Mount Maunganui: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 408 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
12 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from April 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well teacher inquiry is shaping teaching that lifts student progress and achievement.
The school hopes to see better progress in reading, writing and maths and smaller gaps between groups of learners, with Māori students and boys as priorities. ERO noted committed, supportive teachers in a school culture focused on wellbeing and achievement, and solid systems that help teams work together and help leaders lead learning.
From here the school plans to make teacher inquiry a school-wide focus backed by regular professional learning, keep up ongoing conversations about learning design so teachers can adapt their practice, and use strategies that close achievement gaps for individuals and groups.
Read the ERO reports for Mount Maunganui Primary School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and the school’s enrolment page describes the zone boundary and links to an online enrolment form.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places; the school says it offers out-of-zone places at times and asks families to contact it for details.
Before starting, new entrants are invited to a school visit on a set Friday to meet their teacher and classmates.
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 Mount Maunganui
Mount Maunganui Primary School is in Mount Maunganui. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Mount Maunganui guide →Questions parents ask
Is Mount Maunganui Primary School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Mount Maunganui.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
408 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
399. 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, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (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).