# Wainuiomata Primary School

Contributing · State · Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/3059-wainuiomata-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 484

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

## The record
- Homedale Road, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, 5014
- Roll: 251 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.28, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 159 · Pacific 48 · Asian 33 · MELAA 12
- Phone: 04-9398677
- Email: admin@wainuiomata.school.nz
- Contact: Allison Burdon
- Website: http://www.wainuiomata.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Fernlea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2842-fernlea-school), decile 4 · EQI 481
- [St Claudine Thevenet School](https://www.chch.live/school/3018-st-claudine-thevenet-school), decile 3 · EQI 447
- [Pukeatua Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/2846-pukeatua-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 2 · EQI 525
- [Konini Primary School (Wainuiomata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1647-konini-primary-school-wainuiomata), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Wainuiomata High School](https://www.chch.live/school/478-wainuiomata-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 509
- [Wainuiomata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1646-wainuiomata-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 502
- [Arakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2802-arakura-school), decile 2 · EQI 500
- [Wellesley College](https://www.chch.live/school/4149-wellesley-college), private, not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.275343&lon=174.955785

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Wainuiomata Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wainuiomata.

**How many students does Wainuiomata Primary School have?**

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

**What is Wainuiomata Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 484, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Wainuiomata Primary School?**

Homedale Road, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3059 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026