# Wadestown School

Full Primary · State · Wadestown, Wellington

https://www.chch.live/school/3055-wadestown-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 349

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

## The record
- Rose Street, Wadestown, Wellington, 6012
- Roll: 255 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1881
- Isolation index 0.13, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 232 · Māori 15 · Pacific 6 · Asian 37 · MELAA 4 · Other 7
- Phone: 04-4724779
- Email: office@wadestown.school.nz
- Contact: Amanda Frater
- Website: http://www.wadestown.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Crofton Downs Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2823-crofton-downs-primary-school), decile 10 · EQI 357
- [Ōtari School](https://www.chch.live/school/3073-otari-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu](https://www.chch.live/school/498-te-aho-o-te-kura-pounamu), EQI 506
- [Queen Margaret College](https://www.chch.live/school/278-queen-margaret-college), private, not rated
- [St Mary's College (Wellington)](https://www.chch.live/school/286-st-mary-s-college-wellington), decile 9 · EQI 429
- [Sacred Heart Cathedral School](https://www.chch.live/school/2985-sacred-heart-cathedral-school), decile 9 · EQI 375
- [Thorndon School](https://www.chch.live/school/3040-thorndon-school), decile 10 · EQI 362
- [Ngaio School](https://www.chch.live/school/2927-ngaio-school), decile 10 · EQI 353

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.262739&lon=174.767833

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

255 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 349, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Where is Wadestown School?**

Rose Street, Wadestown, Wellington. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3055 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026