Waipawa School
Full Primary · State · Waipawa
344 students on the roll · EQI 482 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 482. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 6 Harker Street, Waipawa, 4210
- Roll: 344 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1862
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.86, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 06-8578761
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Paul Jamieson
- Website: waipawa.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
- Waipawa Primary School, in force from 2020-01-27 · 94 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
- Otane School, decile 1 · EQI 487 · 6.2 km
- St Joseph's School (Central Hawke's Bay), decile 6 · EQI 436 · 6.2 km
- Waipukurau School, decile 5 · EQI 467 · 6.6 km
- Central Hawkes Bay College, decile 4 · EQI 489 · 6.9 km
- The Terrace School (Waipukurau), decile 3 · EQI 536 · 7.8 km
- Argyll East School, decile 5 · EQI 450 · 10.4 km
- Pukehou School, decile 6 · EQI 452 · 12.7 km
- Te Aute College, decile 3 · EQI 541 · 13.5 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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
344 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 482, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.