# Whakamaru School

Full Primary · State · Whakamaru, Mangakino

https://www.chch.live/school/2080-whakamaru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 494

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

## The record
- 36 Kaahu Road, Whakamaru, Mangakino, 3492
- Roll: 79 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1959
- Isolation index 1.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 36 · Pacific 6 · Asian 17
- Phone: 07-8828872
- Email: office@whakamaru.school.nz
- Contact: James White
- Website: http://www.whakamaru.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Mangakino School](https://www.chch.live/school/329-mangakino-school), decile 1 · EQI 550
- [Tirohanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2032-tirohanga-school), decile 7 · EQI 506
- [Marotiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1808-marotiri-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [Tainui Full Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1974-tainui-full-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 526
- [Cargill School](https://www.chch.live/school/1704-cargill-school), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [TKKM o Te Hiringa](https://www.chch.live/school/3100-tkkm-o-te-hiringa), decile 2 · EQI 525
- [Amisfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/1682-amisfield-school), decile 4 · EQI 508
- [Strathmore School](https://www.chch.live/school/1968-strathmore-school), decile 1 · EQI 530

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.426748&lon=175.808139

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Whakamaru.

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

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

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

EQI 494, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Whakamaru School?**

36 Kaahu Road, Whakamaru, Mangakino. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2080 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026