# Waitaha School

Specialist School · State · Rolleston

https://www.chch.live/school/3554-waitaha-school

## 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
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 84 · Māori 21 · Pacific 7 · Asian 27 · MELAA 8
- Phone: 03-3441243
- Email: admin@waitaha.school.nz
- Contact: Bernie Mulcahy-Bouwman
- Website: http://waitaha.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Lemonwood Grove School](https://www.chch.live/school/6967-lemonwood-grove-school), decile 10 · EQI 419
- [Te Rau Horopito](https://www.chch.live/school/962-te-rau-horopito), EQI 434
- [Te Rōhutu Whio](https://www.chch.live/school/712-te-rohutu-whio), EQI 429
- [Rolleston Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/710-rolleston-christian-school), decile 9 · EQI 392
- [Clearview Primary](https://www.chch.live/school/6980-clearview-primary), decile 10 · EQI 414
- [Rolleston College](https://www.chch.live/school/654-rolleston-college), decile 10 · EQI 449
- [West Rolleston Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/584-west-rolleston-primary-school), decile 10 · EQI 415
- [Rolleston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3488-rolleston-school), decile 10 · EQI 425

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.623432&lon=172.385925

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 462, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Waitaha School?**

12 Lemonwood Drive, , Rolleston. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3554 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026