# Wairakei School

Contributing · State · Wairakei, Taupo

https://www.chch.live/school/2066-wairakei-school

## 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
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 290 · Pacific 3 · Asian 24 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-3748035
- Email: info@wairakeitaupo.school.nz
- Contact: Paula Farquhar
- Website: http://www.wairakeitaupo.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Wairakei School, in force from 2024-01-01 · 342 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Taupo-nui-a-Tia College](https://www.chch.live/school/167-taupo-nui-a-tia-college), decile 5 · EQI 463
- [Mountview School](https://www.chch.live/school/1836-mountview-school), decile 3 · EQI 516
- [TKKM o Whakarewa I Te Reo Ki Tuwharetoa](https://www.chch.live/school/4230-tkkm-o-whakarewa-i-te-reo-ki-tuwharetoa), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [St Patrick's Catholic School (Taupo)](https://www.chch.live/school/1750-st-patrick-s-catholic-school-taupo), decile 8 · EQI 418
- [Taupo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1989-taupo-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Tauhara School](https://www.chch.live/school/1984-tauhara-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Lake Taupo Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1139-lake-taupo-christian-school), decile 8 · EQI 464
- [Tauhara College](https://www.chch.live/school/166-tauhara-college), decile 6 · EQI 486

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.619088&lon=176.101477

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wairakei.

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

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

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

EQI 440, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Wairakei School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2066 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026