# Waikowhai Primary School

Contributing · State · Mount Roskill, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1549-waikowhai-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 433

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

## The record
- 381 Hillsborough Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland, 1042
- Roll: 202 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1956
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.29, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 59 · Māori 37 · Pacific 65 · Asian 80 · MELAA 19 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-6279665
- Email: office@waikowhai.school.nz
- Contact: Germaine Peterson
- Website: http://www.waikowhai.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Waikowhai School, in force from 2021-07-01 · 2 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Monte Cecilia Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1376-monte-cecilia-catholic-school), decile 6 · EQI 414
- [Hay Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1305-hay-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 491
- [Waikowhai Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1548-waikowhai-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 442
- [Hillsborough School](https://www.chch.live/school/1313-hillsborough-school), decile 8 · EQI 370
- [May Road School](https://www.chch.live/school/1368-may-road-school), decile 1 · EQI 496
- [Halsey Drive School](https://www.chch.live/school/1302-halsey-drive-school), decile 7 · EQI 355
- [Mt Roskill Grammar](https://www.chch.live/school/74-mt-roskill-grammar), decile 4 · EQI 444
- [Mt Roskill Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1384-mt-roskill-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 406

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.930136&lon=174.741339

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waikowhai Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Mount Roskill.

**How many students does Waikowhai Primary School have?**

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

**What is Waikowhai Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 433, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Waikowhai Primary School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1549 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026