# Wharepapa South School

Full Primary · State · Te Awamutu

https://www.chch.live/school/2086-wharepapa-south-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 496

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

## The record
- 14 Wharepapa Road, Te Awamutu, 3877
- Roll: 28 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 1.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 23 · Pacific 1 · Asian 5
- Phone: 07-8722826
- Email: office@wharepapa.school.nz
- Contact: Ana Stites
- Website: http://www.wharepapa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Pukeatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1903-pukeatua-school), decile 8 · EQI 464
- [Arohena School](https://www.chch.live/school/1688-arohena-school), decile 7 · EQI 479
- [Korakonui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1783-korakonui-school), decile 8 · EQI 461
- [Te Waotu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2025-te-waotu-school), decile 7 · EQI 448
- [Maihiihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1793-maihiihi-school), decile 9 · EQI 465
- [Puahue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1902-puahue-school), decile 8 · EQI 425
- [Roto-O-Rangi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1927-roto-o-rangi-school), decile 9 · EQI 468
- [Kihikihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1776-kihikihi-school), decile 2 · EQI 524

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.142835&lon=175.534875

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Wharepapa South School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Wharepapa South School have?**

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

**What is Wharepapa South School's Equity Index?**

EQI 496, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Wharepapa South School?**

14 Wharepapa Road, , Te Awamutu. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2086 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026