# St Joseph's School (Wairoa)

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Wairoa

https://www.chch.live/school/2679-st-joseph-s-school-wairoa

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 502

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

## The record
- 56 Queen Street, Wairoa, 4160
- Roll: 96 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1911
- Isolation index 2.02, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 40 · Pacific 10 · Asian 6 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 06-8388306
- Email: conand@sjwairoa.school.nz
- Contact: Debbie Taylor (Acting)
- Website: http://www.sjwairoa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Wairoa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1668-wairoa-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Wairoa College](https://www.chch.live/school/214-wairoa-college), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [TKKM o Ngati Kahungunu o Te Wairoa](https://www.chch.live/school/1616-tkkm-o-ngati-kahungunu-o-te-wairoa), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Tiaho Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1669-tiaho-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 558
- [Te Whare Kounga](https://www.chch.live/school/4559-te-whare-kounga), EQI 533
- [Frasertown School](https://www.chch.live/school/2562-frasertown-school), decile 2 · EQI 479
- [Mohaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1677-mohaka-school), decile 1 · EQI 544
- [Ohuka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2625-ohuka-school), decile 8 · EQI 523

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.034809&lon=177.420177

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is St Joseph's School (Wairoa)?**

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.

**How many students does St Joseph's School (Wairoa) have?**

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

**What is St Joseph's School (Wairoa)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 502, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is St Joseph's School (Wairoa)?**

56 Queen Street, , Wairoa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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