# Wainui Beach School

Contributing · State · Wainui, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2721-wainui-beach-school

## 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
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 192 · Pacific 9 · Asian 10 · MELAA 14 · Other 3
- Phone: 06-8677160
- Email: office@wainuibeach.school.nz
- Contact: Mike Hope
- Website: http://www.wainuibeach.school.nz

## 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.*

## Other schools near here
- [Waikirikiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2715-waikirikiri-school), decile 1 · EQI 559
- [Kaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/2584-kaiti-school), decile 1 · EQI 535
- [Ilminster Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2581-ilminster-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 508
- [Te Wharau School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2701-te-wharau-school-gisborne), decile 2 · EQI 514
- [Tūranga Tangata Rite](https://www.chch.live/school/881-turanga-tangata-rite), EQI 569
- [Gisborne Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2564-gisborne-central-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [Turanganui-A-Kiwa Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6125-turanganui-a-kiwa-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Awapuni School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2544-awapuni-school-gisborne), decile 3 · EQI 499

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.683687&lon=178.075122

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Wainui Beach School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wainui.

**How many students does Wainui Beach School have?**

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

**What is Wainui Beach School's Equity Index?**

EQI 401, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Does Wainui Beach School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2721 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026