Last updated November 2026
Kopane School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at Rongotea Road, Palmerston North. It opened in 1925 and had 41 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Awahuri, and parts of Kairanga, Rongotea, Newbury and Feilding; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a small country school with a junior and a senior classroom, an Enviroschools programme in which students look after gardens and an orchard, and grounds with a swimming pool, tennis and netball courts and a playing field.
Students take part in Te Kawau cluster sport and cultural events, EPro8 and maths competitions and Agri-Kids, and guitar, drum and keyboard lessons are offered at school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Anna Strickland
- Address
- Rongotea Road, Palmerston North
- Phone
- 06 324 8717
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Awahuri near Palmerston North.
Parts of Kairanga, Rongotea near Palmerston North, Newbury near Palmerston North and Feilding near Palmerston North: 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 41 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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 February 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the school is building a rich local curriculum that reflects its whole community and meets the needs of every learner, drawing on its rural setting.
ERO pointed to leaders and staff who take part in relevant professional learning that strengthens teaching and supports student progress, well-developed systems for internal evaluation and a culture of continuous improvement, and leadership that guides staff in building their knowledge and practice.
Next, the school plans to build relationships with local hapū and iwi, take part in professional learning on culturally responsive teaching, work out how to bring the Aotearoa New Zealand histories curriculum into its teaching, and introduce tikanga and te reo Māori into daily school life.
Read the ERO reports for Kopane School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and the school’s enrolment page lists the roads the zone covers and links to a zone map.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. Families are invited to phone the school to arrange a visit and a meeting with the principal.
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 Rongotea near Palmerston North
Kopane School is in Rongotea near Palmerston North. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Rongotea near Palmerston North guide →Questions parents ask
Is Kopane School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Awahuri near Palmerston North and parts of Kairanga, Rongotea near Palmerston North, Newbury near Palmerston North and Feilding near Palmerston North.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
41 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
447. 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, 24 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).