Waihi East School
Contributing · State · Waihi
230 students on the roll · EQI 470 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 470. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Donnelly Street, Waihi, 3641
- Roll: 230 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1907
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.86, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 07-8638693
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Andrew Wilkinson
- Website: waihieast.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
- Waihi East School, in force from 2014-01-27 · 71 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
- St Joseph's Catholic School (Waihi), decile 3 · EQI 447 · 1.6 km
- Waihi Central School, decile 2 · EQI 534 · 1.8 km
- Waihi College, decile 4 · EQI 485 · 2.3 km
- Te Wharekura o Te Waitangi o Hinemuri (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01), not rated · 2.3 km
- Waimata School, decile 3 · EQI 489 · 5.1 km
- Waihi Beach School, decile 7 · EQI 442 · 7.7 km
- Waikino School, decile 5 · EQI 462 · 8.2 km
- Karangahake School, decile 3 · EQI 480 · 12.5 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
Contributing · State · Co-Educational.
230 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 470, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.