# Waitakaruru School

Full Primary · State · Waitakaruru

https://www.chch.live/school/2069-waitakaruru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 493

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

## The record
- 6 Canal West Road, Waitakaruru, 3576
- Roll: 89 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1902
- Isolation index 0.93, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 75 · Pacific 4 · Asian 4 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8673155
- Email: admin@waitakaruru.school.nz
- Contact: Tina Taylor
- Website: https://www.waitakaruru.school.nz

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- [Ngatea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1850-ngatea-school), decile 6 · EQI 452
- [Kopuarahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1782-kopuarahi-school), decile 4 · EQI 524
- [Hauraki Plains College](https://www.chch.live/school/112-hauraki-plains-college), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Kerepehi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1775-kerepehi-school), decile 2 · EQI 514
- [Maramarua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1358-maramarua-school), decile 5 · EQI 499
- [Kaihere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1757-kaihere-school), decile 7 · EQI 470
- [Turua Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2043-turua-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [St Francis School (Thames)](https://www.chch.live/school/1945-st-francis-school-thames), decile 5 · EQI 409

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.236201&lon=175.393144

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 493, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Waitakaruru School?**

6 Canal West Road, , Waitakaruru. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2069 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026