# Waiotira School

Contributing · State · Waiotira, Northland

https://www.chch.live/school/1124-waiotira-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 465

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

## The record
- Ararua Road, Waiotira, Northland, 193
- Roll: 28 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1923
- Isolation index 1.14, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 25 · Pacific 1
- Phone: 09-4329804
- Email: office@waiotira.school.nz
- Contact: Paula Ashcroft

## Other schools near here
- [Tauraroa Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/12-tauraroa-area-school), decile 6 · EQI 477
- [Maungakaramea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1047-maungakaramea-school), decile 5 · EQI 438
- [Paparoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1077-paparoa-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Tangiteroria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1104-tangiteroria-school), decile 7 · EQI 485
- [Otaika Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1068-otaika-valley-school), decile 4 · EQI 470
- [Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1084-portland-school-te-kura-o-tikorangi), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Maungatapere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1048-maungatapere-school), decile 9 · EQI 430
- [Matakohe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1042-matakohe-school), decile 4 · EQI 515

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.938725&lon=174.198942

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Waiotira.

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

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

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

EQI 465, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Waiotira School?**

Ararua Road, Waiotira, Northland. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1124 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026