# Wairere School

Contributing · State · Wardville, Waharoa

https://www.chch.live/school/2075-wairere-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- 413 Wardville Road, Wardville, Waharoa, 3474
- Roll: 42 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1917
- Isolation index 0.82, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 20 · Asian 10
- Phone: 07-8880854
- Email: office@wairere.school.nz
- Contact: Kate Rooney
- Website: http://wairere.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Waharoa](https://www.chch.live/school/2047-te-kura-o-waharoa), decile 1 · EQI 563
- [Walton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2074-walton-school), decile 7 · EQI 456
- [Matamata Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1813-matamata-primary-school), decile 6 · EQI 443
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Matamata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1947-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-matamata), decile 5 · EQI 447
- [Manawaru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1800-manawaru-school), decile 6 · EQI 447
- [Matamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1812-matamata-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 472
- [Matamata College](https://www.chch.live/school/124-matamata-college), decile 6 · EQI 479
- [Matamata Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1186-matamata-christian-school), decile 5 · EQI 425

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.72336&lon=175.778843

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wardville.

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

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

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

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Wairere School?**

413 Wardville Road, Wardville, Waharoa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2075 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026