# Waerenga-O-Kuri School

Full Primary · State · Waerengaokuri, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2712-waerenga-o-kuri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 443

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

## The record
- 1763 Tiniroto Road, Waerengaokuri, Gisborne, 4072
- Roll: 30 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 1.22, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 24
- Phone: 06-8678145
- Email: admin@wok.school.nz
- Contact: Richard McCosh

## Other schools near here
- [Manutuke School](https://www.chch.live/school/2602-manutuke-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Ngatapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2621-ngatapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 456
- [Patutahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2643-patutahi-school), decile 1 · EQI 526
- [Muriwai School](https://www.chch.live/school/2617-muriwai-school), decile 1 · EQI 521
- [Makaraka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2593-makaraka-school), decile 5 · EQI 444
- [Makauri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2595-makauri-school), decile 8 · EQI 438
- [Campion College](https://www.chch.live/school/211-campion-college), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2680-st-mary-s-catholic-school-gisborne), decile 5 · EQI 423

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.687971&lon=177.771687

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waerenga-O-Kuri School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Waerengaokuri.

**How many students does Waerenga-O-Kuri School have?**

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

**What is Waerenga-O-Kuri School's Equity Index?**

EQI 443, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Waerenga-O-Kuri School?**

1763 Tiniroto Road, Waerengaokuri, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2712 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026