Waiau School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 442. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 11 Montrose Street, Waiau, 7332
• Roll: 32 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1858
• Isolation index 2.34, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Setting: Rural settlement
• Phone: 03-3156027
• Email: office@waiau.school.nz
• Contact: Megan Walker
• Website: waiau.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

• Rotherham School, decile 10 · EQI 441 · 9.4 km
• Amuri Area School, decile 8 · EQI 444 · 20.5 km
• Hanmer Springs School, decile 9 · EQI 426 · 22.6 km
• Cheviot Area School, decile 4 · EQI 463 · 25.9 km
• Greta Valley School, decile 5 · EQI 442 · 35.0 km
• Omihi School, decile 10 · EQI 435 · 43.8 km
• Hurunui College, decile 7 · EQI 465 · 44.7 km
• Waikari School, decile 5 · EQI 455 · 44.8 km

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.

• Waiau Historical Reserve, Reserve · 220 m to its edge
• Waiau Village Green, Reserve · 223 m to its edge
• Waiau Hall And Library, Reserve · 232 m to its edge
• Waiau Reserve, Reserve · 326 m to its edge

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point, libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

• Waiau Community Library, Library · 242 m
• Waiau Community Hall, Hall · 258 m
• Waiau Village Green Public Toilets, Public toilet · 269 m
• Waiau Cemetery, Cemetery · 325 m