Waimate Main School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 483. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 25 John Street, Waimate, 7924
• Roll: 86 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1867
• Isolation index 1.38, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Setting: Small urban area
• Phone: 03-6898887
• Email: office@waimatemain.school.nz
• Contact: Anna Nicolson
• Website: waimatemain.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

• Waimate High School, decile 5 · EQI 481 · 136 m
• St Patrick's School (Waimate), decile 5 · EQI 408 · 707 m
• Waimate Centennial School, decile 4 · EQI 473 · 1.0 km
• Waituna Creek School, decile 6 · EQI 448 · 4.6 km
• Waihao Downs School, decile 9 · EQI 442 · 11.2 km
• Makikihi School, decile 6 · EQI 478 · 13.8 km
• Glenavy School, decile 7 · EQI 446 · 20.2 km
• St Andrew's School (Timaru), decile 7 · EQI 479 · 25.7 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.

• Seddon Square · 68 m to its edge
• Boland Park · 95 m to its edge
• Stadium Grounds · 173 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.

• Waimate Highland Pipe Band Hall, Hall · 97 m
• Car Park, 105 Queen Street, Waimate, Car park · 160 m
• Margaret B Cruickshank Md, Monument · 162 m
• Waimate Hospital, Monument · 179 m
• Waimate District Council, Council office · 181 m
• Public Library, Library · 184 m
• Boer War Memorial, Victoria Terrace, Monument · 198 m
• Waimate Event Centre, Recreation centre · 203 m