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Shotover Primary School

57 Stalker Road, Queenstown · Otago & Southland

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Total roll 605
EQI 396
Founded 2014
79

Composite score

Established

B+

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #440 of scored NZ schools

In summary

Shotover Primary School's board assurance review in February 2025 confirmed the school met regulatory and legislative requirements as of May 2024, with board administration and curriculum requirements verified. No composite score is currently available for this school.

Best suited for

Students aged 5-11 in Queenstown looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.

Is Shotover Primary School a good school?

Shotover Primary School scores 79/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.

Score breakdown

6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.

How this is computed
Wellbeing
35%
standdowns 11.8/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · near band median (n=536) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: near band median (n=536).
88
Trajectory
25%
+16.5% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (n=534) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=534).
71
ERO review
40%
77/100 from ERO review 2025-02 · below band median (n=539) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: below band median (n=539).
77

⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.

Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 77/100.

Latest ERO review

2025-02-03 · Sharon Kelly, ERO

ERO report
  • Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements as of May 2024
  • Board Administration requirements confirmed
  • Curriculum requirements confirmed
  • Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements confirmed
  • Personnel Management requirements confirmed
"As of May 2024, the Shotover Primary School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements"
— ERO, 2025-02-03 (governance)

Audited financials

Year ended 2024 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$7.27M

Surplus / (deficit)

+$13k

Net assets / equity

$0.77M

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

Stand-downs · 2024

11.8

5 this year · NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Government funding

Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$4.29M

Per-student funding · 2022

$7,098

2018

$6.4M

2019

$4.1M

2020

$9.8M

2021

$4.4M

2022

$4.3M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    66
  • Year 02
    67
  • Year 03
    65
  • Year 04
    62
  • Year 05
    85
  • Year 06
    58
  • Year 07
    94
  • Year 08
    96

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    80.0%
  • Asian
    13.9%
  • Other / MELAA
    7.9%
  • Māori
    6.8%
  • Pacific
    2.0%
  • International
    0.5%

International students

SIEBA member · Day school only

ESOL support

dedicated class

Years accepted

5 to 13

Location

57 Stalker Road, Queenstown. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Shotover Primary School a good school?

Shotover Primary School scores 79/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2025-02 review identified 6 key findings. Board has attested to meeting regulatory and legislative requirements as of May 2024

How do I enrol my child at Shotover Primary School?

Contact the school directly on 03-4090005, email execofficer@shotover.school.nz, or visit www.shotover.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Shotover Primary School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Shotover Primary School has 605 students, with an EQI of 396 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Shotover Primary School in 2025-02, signed by Sharon Kelly. 5 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

Data transparency

Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.

Last updated

3 Feb 2025

Source documents

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  • sieba.nz
  • schoolsdata.co.nz
  • crimestats.co.nz