# Waiotahe Valley School

Full Primary · State · Opotiki

https://www.chch.live/school/2063-waiotahe-valley-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 505

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

## The record
- 32 Gabriels Gully Road, Opotiki, 3198
- Roll: 114 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1916
- Isolation index 1.81, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 52 · Pacific 4 · Asian 2 · MELAA 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-3154712
- Email: admin@waiotahe.school.nz
- Contact: Tai Miskell
- Website: https://www.sporty.co.nz/waiotahe

## Other schools near here
- [Kutarere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1786-kutarere-school), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Woodlands School (Opotiki)](https://www.chch.live/school/2092-woodlands-school-opotiki), decile 3 · EQI 516
- [Opotiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1866-opotiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 555
- [Opotiki College](https://www.chch.live/school/148-opotiki-college), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Opotiki)](https://www.chch.live/school/1950-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-opotiki), decile 3 · EQI 467
- [Ashbrook School](https://www.chch.live/school/1689-ashbrook-school), decile 1 · EQI 563
- [Te Kura o Waioweka](https://www.chch.live/school/2061-te-kura-o-waioweka), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Nukuhou North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1854-nukuhou-north-school), decile 3 · EQI 532

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.026417&lon=177.192318

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waiotahe Valley School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waiotahe Valley School have?**

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

**What is Waiotahe Valley School's Equity Index?**

EQI 505, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Waiotahe Valley School?**

32 Gabriels Gully Road, , Opotiki. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2063 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026