# Waitara Central School

Contributing · State · Waitara

https://www.chch.live/school/2260-waitara-central-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 535

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

## The record
- 12 Cracroft Street, Waitara, 4346
- Roll: 186 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.98, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 101 · Pacific 11 · Asian 3 · MELAA 1 · Other 2
- Phone: 06-7547716
- Email: office@waitaracentral.school.nz
- Contact: Vickie-Ann Kahu-Pukoro

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Waitara)](https://www.chch.live/school/2239-st-joseph-s-school-waitara), decile 3 · EQI 510
- [Manukorihi Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2190-manukorihi-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 512
- [Waitara High School](https://www.chch.live/school/170-waitara-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 524
- [Waitara East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2261-waitara-east-school), decile 2 · EQI 532
- [Tikorangi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2251-tikorangi-school), decile 4 · EQI 464
- [Huirangi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2175-huirangi-school), decile 4 · EQI 476
- [Lepperton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2182-lepperton-school), decile 9 · EQI 423
- [Puketapu School (New Plymouth)](https://www.chch.live/school/2223-puketapu-school-new-plymouth), decile 4 · EQI 480

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.004424&lon=174.233298

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waitara Central School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waitara Central School have?**

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

**What is Waitara Central School's Equity Index?**

EQI 535, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Waitara Central School?**

12 Cracroft Street, , Waitara. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2260 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026