# Waiouru School

Full Primary · State · Waiouru

https://www.chch.live/school/2472-waiouru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 484

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

## The record
- Ruapehu Street, Waiouru, 4826
- Roll: 90 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1948
- Isolation index 2.24, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 62 · Pacific 10 · Asian 1 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3876860
- Email: office@waiouru.school.nz
- Contact: Tania Heke
- Website: http://www.waiouru.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Moawhango School](https://www.chch.live/school/2401-moawhango-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Mataroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2398-mataroa-school), decile 7 · EQI 467
- [Ruapehu College](https://www.chch.live/school/183-ruapehu-college), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [Ohakune School](https://www.chch.live/school/2410-ohakune-school), decile 3 · EQI 472
- [TKKM o Ngati Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1617-tkkm-o-ngati-rangi), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Taihape Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/549-taihape-area-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [Papanui Junction School](https://www.chch.live/school/2420-papanui-junction-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [St Joseph's School (Taihape)](https://www.chch.live/school/2453-st-joseph-s-school-taihape), decile 6 · EQI 435

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.468546&lon=175.673128

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 484, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Waiouru School?**

Ruapehu Street, , Waiouru. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2472 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026