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St Patrick's School (Waimate)

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Waimate

32 students on the roll · EQI 408.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 408. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • Cameron Street, Waimate, 7960
  • Roll: 32 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1858
  • Isolation index 1.36, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Setting: Small urban area
  • Phone: 03-6898584
  • Email: office@spw.school.nz
  • Contact: Paul Cartlidge
  • Website: st-pats.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 11 · 34%
Māori 1 · 3%
Asian 23 · 72%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is St Patrick's School (Waimate)?

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.

How many students does St Patrick's School (Waimate) have?

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

What is St Patrick's School (Waimate)'s Equity Index?

EQI 408, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

What is near St Patrick's School (Waimate)?

Cameron Street Swings, Manchester Park, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.