# Waikaretu School

Full Primary · State · Waikaretu, Tuakau

https://www.chch.live/school/2052-waikaretu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 452

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

## The record
- 1448 Waikaretu Valley Road, Waikaretu, Tuakau, 2695
- Roll: 19 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1959
- Isolation index 1.28, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 18 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-2333014
- Email: admin@waikaretu.school.nz
- Contact: Bernie Denton-van Loon
- Website: http://waikaretu.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Akau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1998-te-akau-school), decile 6 · EQI 466
- [Ruawaro Combined School](https://www.chch.live/school/1937-ruawaro-combined-school), decile 4 · EQI 479
- [Waingaro School](https://www.chch.live/school/2060-waingaro-school), decile 8 · EQI 492
- [TKKM o Te Puaha o Waikato](https://www.chch.live/school/1151-tkkm-o-te-puaha-o-waikato), decile 1 · EQI 540
- [Onewhero Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/108-onewhero-area-school), decile 6 · EQI 467
- [Te Kohanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/1533-te-kohanga-school), decile 3 · EQI 542
- [Glen Massey School](https://www.chch.live/school/1723-glen-massey-school), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Pukekawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1449-pukekawa-school), decile 8 · EQI 452

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.543431&lon=174.83214

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waikaretu School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Waikaretu.

**How many students does Waikaretu School have?**

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

**What is Waikaretu School's Equity Index?**

EQI 452, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Waikaretu School?**

1448 Waikaretu Valley Road, Waikaretu, Tuakau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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