# Whangaehu School

Full Primary · State · Whangaehu-Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/2482-whangaehu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 530

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

## The record
- 71 Ruatangata Road, Whangaehu-Whanganui, 4581
- Roll: 18 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1872
- Isolation index 0.49, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 8 · Pacific 1 · Asian 4 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3426703
- Email: office@whangaehu.school.nz
- Contact: Nicki Keyes
- Website: https://www.whangaehu.school.nz/

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- [Whare Kura Morehu ō Ratana](https://www.chch.live/school/2436-whare-kura-morehu-o-ratana), decile 2 · EQI 534
- [Fordell School](https://www.chch.live/school/2357-fordell-school), decile 7 · EQI 455
- [Turakina School](https://www.chch.live/school/2468-turakina-school), decile 3 · EQI 508
- [Kaitoke School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2372-kaitoke-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 453
- [Okoia School](https://www.chch.live/school/2412-okoia-school), decile 2 · EQI 537
- [Durie Hill School](https://www.chch.live/school/2355-durie-hill-school), decile 5 · EQI 463
- [TKKM o Te Atihaunui-A-Paparangi](https://www.chch.live/school/4160-tkkm-o-te-atihaunui-a-paparangi), decile 2 · EQI 507
- [St Anne's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2447-st-anne-s-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 459

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.006511&lon=175.175478

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 530, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Whangaehu School?**

71 Ruatangata Road, , Whangaehu-Whanganui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2482 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026