Waerenga School
Full Primary · State · Te Kauwhata
105 students on the roll · EQI 451 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 451. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 1066 Taniwha Road RD 1, Te Kauwhata, 3781
- Roll: 105 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1881
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.95, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 07-8267871
- Email: admin@waerengaschool.co.nz
- Contact: Gina Rosendaal
- Website: waerengaschool.co.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
- Waerenga School, in force from 2018-10-15 · 271 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
- Te Kauwhata College, decile 4 · EQI 500 · 10.7 km
- Te Kauwhata Primary School, decile 5 · EQI 475 · 11.3 km
- Te Kura o Rangiriri, decile 1 · EQI 539 · 13.5 km
- Kaihere School, decile 7 · EQI 470 · 13.6 km
- Maramarua School, decile 5 · EQI 499 · 13.8 km
- Ohinewai School, decile 3 · EQI 484 · 16.5 km
- Meremere School, decile 1 · EQI 522 · 18.1 km
- Waitakaruru School, decile 6 · EQI 493 · 18.8 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.
105 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 451, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.