# Waipukurau School

Full Primary · State · Waipukurau

https://www.chch.live/school/2725-waipukurau-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 467

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

## The record
- 2 St Mary'S Road, Waipukurau, 4200
- Roll: 309 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1867
- Isolation index 1.01, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 239 · Pacific 17 · Asian 15 · MELAA 13 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8589348
- Email: office@waipukurau.school.nz
- Contact: Matt Jackett
- Website: http://www.waipukurau.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Central Hawke's Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/2678-st-joseph-s-school-central-hawke-s-bay), decile 6 · EQI 436
- [Central Hawkes Bay College](https://www.chch.live/school/233-central-hawkes-bay-college), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [The Terrace School (Waipukurau)](https://www.chch.live/school/2702-the-terrace-school-waipukurau), decile 3 · EQI 536
- [Waipawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2723-waipawa-school), decile 5 · EQI 482
- [Otane School](https://www.chch.live/school/2634-otane-school), decile 1 · EQI 487
- [Ongaonga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2629-ongaonga-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [Argyll East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2542-argyll-east-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [TKKM o Takapau](https://www.chch.live/school/1142-tkkm-o-takapau), decile 3 · EQI 549

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.996655&lon=176.554965

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waipukurau School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waipukurau School have?**

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

**What is Waipukurau School's Equity Index?**

EQI 467, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Waipukurau School?**

2 St Mary'S Road, , Waipukurau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2725 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026