# Wairoa Primary School

Full Primary · State · Wairoa

https://www.chch.live/school/1668-wairoa-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 542

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

## The record
- 29 Campbell Street, Wairoa, 4160
- Roll: 277 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 2.04, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 49 · Pacific 22 · Asian 10 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8386209
- Email: office@wairoaprimary.school.nz
- Contact: Richard Lambert

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Wairoa)](https://www.chch.live/school/2679-st-joseph-s-school-wairoa), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [TKKM o Ngati Kahungunu o Te Wairoa](https://www.chch.live/school/1616-tkkm-o-ngati-kahungunu-o-te-wairoa), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Tiaho Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1669-tiaho-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 558
- [Wairoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/214-wairoa-college), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Te Whare Kounga](https://www.chch.live/school/4559-te-whare-kounga), EQI 533
- [Frasertown School](https://www.chch.live/school/2562-frasertown-school), decile 2 · EQI 479
- [Mohaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1677-mohaka-school), decile 1 · EQI 544
- [Ohuka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2625-ohuka-school), decile 8 · EQI 523

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.037376&lon=177.42471

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 542, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Wairoa Primary School?**

29 Campbell Street, , Wairoa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1668 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026