Last updated November 2026
Omokoroa School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at Plummers Point Road, Whakamarama. It opened in 1900 and had 321 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Ōmokoroa, Whakamārama, Minden and Te Puna; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site says its learning programmes cater for academic, creative, artistic, cultural and sporting interests, gifted and talented students and student leadership, with a Year 7 and 8 programme, summer and winter sports codes, and class swimming in the school pool during the swimming season. International students are welcomed, with an on-site ESOL teacher.
At a glance
- Principal
- Craig Pentecost
- Address
- Plummers Point Road, Whakamarama
- Phone
- 07 548 0755
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Ōmokoroa near Tauranga, Whakamārama near Tauranga, Minden near Tauranga and Te Puna near Tauranga: 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 321 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
3 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from July 2022. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the school’s local curriculum improves outcomes for all learners, with a focus on fair outcomes for boys in literacy and on culturally responsive practice.
ERO pointed to collaborative leadership of learning with clear goals and targets, well-established planning based on school-wide data, and teaching programmes that support high levels of student achievement.
Moving forward, the school will keep working to build boys’ confidence and skill in writing, grow cultural partnerships with whānau and iwi, and develop two-way learning partnerships with parents and families.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of residence is needed. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the school publishes its out-of-zone places and ballot dates on its enrolment page.
Enrolment is online. New entrants start on set cohort entry dates after their fifth birthday, and the school encourages two morning visits before a child starts.
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 Whakamārama near Tauranga
Omokoroa School is in Whakamārama near Tauranga. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Whakamārama near Tauranga guide →Questions parents ask
Is Omokoroa School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Ōmokoroa near Tauranga, Whakamārama near Tauranga, Minden near Tauranga and Te Puna near Tauranga.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
321 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?
423. 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).