# Wā Ora Montessori

Composite · State : Integrated · Naenae, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/1189-wa-ora-montessori

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 396

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

## The record
- 278 Waddington Drive, Naenae, Lower Hutt, 5011
- Roll: 256 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1992
- Isolation index 0.16, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 190 · Māori 28 · Pacific 16 · Asian 67 · MELAA 13 · Other 3
- Phone: 04-5672377
- Email: office@waora.school.nz
- Contact: Ava Szabo
- Website: http://www.waora.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Rata Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2973-rata-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [St Bernadette's School (Naenae)](https://www.chch.live/school/3001-st-bernadette-s-school-naenae), decile 3 · EQI 488
- [Naenae School](https://www.chch.live/school/2922-naenae-school), decile 1 · EQI 529
- [Naenae Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2921-naenae-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [Kimi Ora School](https://www.chch.live/school/514-kimi-ora-school), decile 8 · EQI 467
- [Avalon Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3031-avalon-intermediate), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Avalon School](https://www.chch.live/school/2803-avalon-school), decile 2 · EQI 487
- [Naenae College](https://www.chch.live/school/259-naenae-college), decile 3 · EQI 500

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.201665&lon=174.962095

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Wā Ora Montessori?**

Composite · State : Integrated · Co-Educational, in Naenae.

**How many students does Wā Ora Montessori have?**

256 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Wā Ora Montessori's Equity Index?**

EQI 396, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Wā Ora Montessori?**

278 Waddington Drive, Naenae, Lower Hutt. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1189 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026