# Waitara East School

Contributing · State · Waitara

https://www.chch.live/school/2261-waitara-east-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 532

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

## The record
- Richmond Street, Waitara, 4346
- Roll: 204 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1954
- Isolation index 1, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 55 · Pacific 9 · Asian 1 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-7548334
- Email: office@waitaraeast.school.nz
- Contact: Perrie Topia
- Website: http://www.waitaraeast.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Waitara High School](https://www.chch.live/school/170-waitara-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 524
- [Manukorihi Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2190-manukorihi-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 512
- [Waitara Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2260-waitara-central-school), decile 2 · EQI 535
- [St Joseph's School (Waitara)](https://www.chch.live/school/2239-st-joseph-s-school-waitara), decile 3 · EQI 510
- [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=-38.99398&lon=174.243855

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 532, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Waitara East School?**

Richmond 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=2261 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026