# Waikino School

Contributing · State · Waikino

https://www.chch.live/school/2054-waikino-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 462

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

## The record
- 15 Abbott Road, Waikino, 3682
- Roll: 87 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.96, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 75 · Pacific 1 · Asian 5
- Phone: 07-8637733
- Email: office@waikino.school.nz
- Contact: Rebecca Remington
- Website: http://www.waikino.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Karangahake School](https://www.chch.live/school/1763-karangahake-school), decile 3 · EQI 480
- [Waihi College](https://www.chch.live/school/114-waihi-college), decile 4 · EQI 485
- [Te Wharekura o Te Waitangi o Hinemuri (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4555-te-wharekura-o-te-waitangi-o-hinemuri-proposed-opening-date-2027-01-01), not rated
- [Waihi Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2050-waihi-central-school), decile 2 · EQI 534
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Waihi)](https://www.chch.live/school/1954-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-waihi), decile 3 · EQI 447
- [Waihi East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2049-waihi-east-school), decile 3 · EQI 470
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Paeroa)](https://www.chch.live/school/1951-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-paeroa), decile 3 · EQI 444
- [Paeroa Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/1883-paeroa-central-school), decile 1 · EQI 545

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.409518&lon=175.770574

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 462, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Waikino School?**

15 Abbott Road, , Waikino. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2054 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026