Waimataitai School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 6. Current Equity Index: 464. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 25 Trafalgar Street, Timaru, 7910
• Roll: 475 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1882
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Setting: Medium urban area
• Phone: 03-6845566
• Email: office@waimataitai.school.nz
• Contact: Lara Sargent (Acting)
• Website: waimataitai.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.

Enrolment zone

• Waimataitai School, in force from 2021-01-01 · 4 km²

Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Craighead Diocesan School, decile 9 · EQI 409 · 1.0 km
• Oceanview Heights School, decile 2 · EQI 523 · 1.1 km
• Bluestone School, decile 5 · EQI 474 · 1.5 km
• St Joseph's School (Timaru), decile 7 · EQI 403 · 1.5 km
• Timaru Boys' High School, decile 7 · EQI 457 · 1.5 km
• Grantlea Downs School, decile 5 · EQI 498 · 1.5 km
• Sacred Heart School (Timaru), decile 5 · EQI 438 · 1.7 km
• Roncalli College, decile 7 · EQI 446 · 1.8 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.

• Aigantighe Gardens, Reserve · 175 m to its edge
• Te Weka / Evans Street Bedding, Reserve · 261 m to its edge
• Virtue Avenue, Reserve · 331 m to its edge
• Maori Park, Sports ground · 341 m to its edge
• Ashbury Park, Sports ground · 356 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.

• Aigantighe Art Gallery, Art gallery · 306 m