# Waima School

Full Primary · State · Kaikohe

https://www.chch.live/school/1122-waima-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 552

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- Main Road, Kaikohe, 473
- Roll: 46 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1881
- Isolation index 2.32, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 6 · Pacific 7
- Phone: 09-4053901
- Email: admin@waima.school.nz
- Contact: Jennifer Colebrook
- Website: http://www.waima.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Ōmanaia](https://www.chch.live/school/1060-te-kura-o-omanaia), decile 1 · EQI 529
- [Rawene School](https://www.chch.live/school/1093-rawene-school), decile 3 · EQI 523
- [Horeke School](https://www.chch.live/school/1016-horeke-school), decile 1 · EQI 565
- [Kohukohu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1035-kohukohu-school), decile 2 · EQI 543
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hokianga](https://www.chch.live/school/3117-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-hokianga), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Opononi Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/11-opononi-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 537
- [Kaikohe West School](https://www.chch.live/school/1023-kaikohe-west-school), decile 1 · EQI 557
- [Kaikohe Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1022-kaikohe-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 555

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.48925&lon=173.58652

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waima School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waima School have?**

46 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Waima School's Equity Index?**

EQI 552, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Waima School?**

Main Road, , Kaikohe. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1122 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026