Wainui Beach School
Contributing · State · Wainui, Gisborne
238 students on the roll in Wainui · EQI 401 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 401. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 56 Wairere Road, Wainui, Gisborne, 4010
- Roll: 238 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1962
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.94, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 06-8677160
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Mike Hope
- Website: wainuibeach.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Wainui Beach School, in force from 2009-01-01 · 33 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Waikirikiri School, decile 1 · EQI 559 · 1.9 km
- Kaiti School, decile 1 · EQI 535 · 2.7 km
- Ilminster Intermediate, decile 1 · EQI 508 · 3.0 km
- Te Wharau School (Gisborne), decile 2 · EQI 514 · 3.3 km
- Tūranga Tangata Rite, EQI 569 · 4.9 km
- Gisborne Central School, decile 6 · EQI 430 · 5.0 km
- Turanganui-A-Kiwa Activity Centre, EQI 569 · 5.4 km
- Awapuni School (Gisborne), decile 3 · EQI 499 · 5.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wainui.
238 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 401, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.