Te Waotu School
Full Primary · State · Putaruru
128 students on the roll · EQI 448 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 448. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 1274 Waotu Road, Putaruru, 3481
- Roll: 128 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1886
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.05, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 07-8832815
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Michael Thompson
- Website: tewaotu.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
- Te Waotu School, in force from 2024-07-02 · 153 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
- Arohena School, decile 7 · EQI 479 · 8.5 km
- Lichfield School, decile 5 · EQI 457 · 11.5 km
- Putāruru Primary School, decile 2 · EQI 539 · 12.3 km
- St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru), decile 5 · EQI 455 · 13.3 km
- Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere, decile 2 · EQI 523 · 13.4 km
- Wharepapa South School, decile 8 · EQI 496 · 13.5 km
- Putāruru College, decile 3 · EQI 518 · 14.4 km
- Pukeatua School, decile 8 · EQI 464 · 14.5 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
128 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.