Whatawhata School
Full Primary · State · Whatawhata, Hamilton
278 students on the roll in Whatawhata · EQI 446 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 446. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 9 Kura Street, Whatawhata, Hamilton, 3289
- Roll: 278 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1878
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.3, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 07-8298820
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Rob Gunn
- Website: whatawhata.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Whatawhata School, in force from 2022-07-20 · 128 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Rotokauri School, decile 8 · EQI 423 · 5.0 km
- Te Kowhai School, decile 10 · EQI 414 · 5.9 km
- Koromatua School, decile 6 · EQI 473 · 6.2 km
- Crawshaw School, decile 1 · EQI 536 · 6.9 km
- Ngā Taiātea Wharekura, decile 2 · EQI 504 · 7.0 km
- Nawton School, decile 2 · EQI 535 · 7.5 km
- Aberdeen School, decile 5 · EQI 451 · 7.6 km
- He Puaawai Teen Parent Unit, decile 1 · EQI 569 · 7.7 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Whatawhata.
278 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 446, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.