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Wairau Valley Special School

Specialist School · State · Glenfield, Auckland

302 students on the roll in Glenfield · EQI 434.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 434. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 102 Hillside Road, Glenfield, Auckland, 0627
  • Roll: 302 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1975
  • Isolation index 0.06, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 09-4445552
  • Email: admin@wvss.school.nz
  • Contact: Natalie Todd
  • Website: wvss.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 149 · 49%
Māori 35 · 12%
Pacific 29 · 10%
Asian 114 · 38%
MELAA 11 · 4%
Other 4 · 1%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Wairau Valley Special School?

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Glenfield.

How many students does Wairau Valley Special School have?

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

What is Wairau Valley Special School's Equity Index?

EQI 434, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

Where is Wairau Valley Special School?

102 Hillside Road, Glenfield, Auckland. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.