James Street School
Contributing · State · Whakatane
250 students on the roll · EQI 507 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 507. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 96 James Street, Whakatane, 3159
- Roll: 250 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1958
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.13, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Phone: 07-3086855
- Email: reception@jamesstreet.school.nz
- Contact: Stephen Soutar
- Website: jamesstreet.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- James Street School, in force from 2025-01-01 · 35 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Whakatane Intermediate, decile 4 · EQI 486 · 102 m
- Whakatane S D A School, decile 4 · EQI 470 · 357 m
- St Joseph's Catholic School (Whakatane), decile 6 · EQI 430 · 1.1 km
- Whakatane High School, decile 4 · EQI 475 · 1.3 km
- Allandale School, decile 2 · EQI 517 · 1.4 km
- Trident High School, decile 4 · EQI 496 · 1.5 km
- Apanui School, decile 5 · EQI 447 · 1.6 km
- Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Orini ki Ngati Awa, decile 2 · EQI 517 · 2.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational.
250 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 507, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.