# Waipa School

Full Primary · State · Ngaruawahia

https://www.chch.live/school/2064-waipa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 527

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

## The record
- Kia Toa Street, Ngaruawahia, 3720
- Roll: 342 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1957
- Isolation index 0.43, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 166 · Pacific 22 · Asian 17 · MELAA 7 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8248228
- Email: office@waipa.school.nz
- Contact: Stephen Thackray

## Other schools near here
- [St Paul's Catholic School (Ngaruawahia)](https://www.chch.live/school/1963-st-paul-s-catholic-school-ngaruawahia), decile 4 · EQI 456
- [Ngaruawahia School](https://www.chch.live/school/1849-ngaruawahia-school), decile 1 · EQI 553
- [TKKM o Bernard Fergusson](https://www.chch.live/school/1696-tkkm-o-bernard-fergusson), decile 2 · EQI 510
- [Ngaruawahia High School](https://www.chch.live/school/127-ngaruawahia-high-school), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Horotiu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1746-horotiu-school), decile 3 · EQI 464
- [Glen Massey School](https://www.chch.live/school/1723-glen-massey-school), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Te Kowhai School](https://www.chch.live/school/2007-te-kowhai-school), decile 10 · EQI 414
- [Taupiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1987-taupiri-school), decile 3 · EQI 502

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.676024&lon=175.149737

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 527, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Waipa School?**

Kia Toa Street, , Ngaruawahia. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2064 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026