# Waimate Centennial School

Contributing · State · Waimate

https://www.chch.live/school/3573-waimate-centennial-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 473

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 5 Hughes Street, Waimate, 7924
- Roll: 138 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1955
- Isolation index 1.39, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 120 · Māori 25 · Pacific 8 · Asian 5 · MELAA 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-6898295
- Email: office@centennial.school.nz
- Contact: Mandy Woods
- Website: http://centennial.ultranet.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Waimate Main School](https://www.chch.live/school/3574-waimate-main-school), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [St Patrick's School (Waimate)](https://www.chch.live/school/3539-st-patrick-s-school-waimate), decile 5 · EQI 408
- [Waimate High School](https://www.chch.live/school/362-waimate-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 481
- [Waituna Creek School](https://www.chch.live/school/3579-waituna-creek-school), decile 6 · EQI 448
- [Waihao Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/3567-waihao-downs-school), decile 9 · EQI 442
- [Makikihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/3426-makikihi-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Glenavy School](https://www.chch.live/school/3348-glenavy-school), decile 7 · EQI 446
- [St Andrew's School (Timaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3519-st-andrew-s-school-timaru), decile 7 · EQI 479

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Belt Street Park](https://www.chch.live/park/869-belt-street-park), 189 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Town Belt](https://www.chch.live/facility/monument-99), Monument · 197 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.729133&lon=171.038642

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waimate Centennial School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waimate Centennial School have?**

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

**What is Waimate Centennial School's Equity Index?**

EQI 473, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**What is near Waimate Centennial School?**

Belt Street Park, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3573 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026