Wairakei School
Contributing · State · Wairakei, Taupo
346 students on the roll in Wairakei · EQI 440 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 440. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 2 Kauri Drive, Wairakei, Taupo, 3332
- Roll: 346 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1959
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 07-3748035
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Paula Farquhar
- Website: wairakeitaupo.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
- Wairakei School, in force from 2024-01-01 · 342 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
- Taupo-nui-a-Tia College, decile 5 · EQI 463 · 7.2 km
- Mountview School, decile 3 · EQI 516 · 7.2 km
- TKKM o Whakarewa I Te Reo Ki Tuwharetoa, decile 2 · EQI 516 · 7.3 km
- St Patrick's Catholic School (Taupo), decile 8 · EQI 418 · 7.4 km
- Taupo School, decile 5 · EQI 450 · 8.0 km
- Tauhara School, decile 3 · EQI 522 · 8.0 km
- Lake Taupo Christian School, decile 8 · EQI 464 · 8.7 km
- Tauhara College, decile 6 · EQI 486 · 8.7 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, in Wairakei.
346 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 440, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.