# Waituna West School

Full Primary · State · Feilding

https://www.chch.live/school/2475-waituna-west-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 439

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

## The record
- Waituna Valley Road, Feilding, 4779
- Roll: 47 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1895
- Isolation index 0.76, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 44 · Pacific 1 · Asian 1
- Phone: 06-328 6805
- Email: office@waitunawest.school.nz
- Contact: Alison Symonds (Acting)
- Website: http://waitunawest.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Kiwitea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2382-kiwitea-school), decile 9 · EQI 455
- [Te Kura aa Iwi o Ngaati Kauwhata](https://www.chch.live/school/3618-te-kura-aa-iwi-o-ngaati-kauwhata), EQI 540
- [Kimbolton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2379-kimbolton-school), decile 5 · EQI 453
- [Hato Paora College](https://www.chch.live/school/199-hato-paora-college), decile 4 · EQI 516
- [Hunterville Consolidated School](https://www.chch.live/school/2366-hunterville-consolidated-school), decile 5 · EQI 446
- [Halcombe Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2362-halcombe-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 427
- [Feilding High School](https://www.chch.live/school/197-feilding-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 472
- [North Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2409-north-street-school), decile 3 · EQI 506

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.041349&lon=175.642707

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waituna West School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waituna West School have?**

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

**What is Waituna West School's Equity Index?**

EQI 439, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Waituna West School?**

Waituna Valley Road, , Feilding. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2475 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026