Waitaha School
Specialist School · State · Rolleston
129 students on the roll · EQI 462.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 462. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 12 Lemonwood Drive, Rolleston, 7615
- Roll: 129 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1929
- Isolation index 0.43, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Phone: 03-3441243
- Email: admin@waitaha.school.nz
- Contact: Bernie Mulcahy-Bouwman
- Website: waitaha.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.
Other schools near here
- Lemonwood Grove School, decile 10 · EQI 419 · 85 m
- Te Rau Horopito, EQI 434 · 1.1 km
Te Rōhutu Whio, EQI 429 · 1.6 km- Rolleston Christian School, decile 9 · EQI 392 · 1.8 km
Clearview Primary, decile 10 · EQI 414 · 2.0 km
Rolleston College, decile 10 · EQI 449 · 2.2 km- West Rolleston Primary School, decile 10 · EQI 415 · 3.0 km
- Rolleston School, decile 10 · EQI 425 · 3.5 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Specialist School · State · Co-Educational.
129 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 462, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.
12 Lemonwood Drive, , Rolleston. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.