# Waipara School

Full Primary · State · Waipara

https://www.chch.live/school/3576-waipara-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 478

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

## The record
- 2 Loffhagen Drive, Waipara, 7447
- Roll: 33 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1917
- Isolation index 1.1, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 26 · Māori 8 · Asian 2 · Other 2
- Phone: 03-3146814
- Email: office@waipara.school.nz
- Contact: Yvonne Blair
- Website: http://www.waipara.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Omihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/3454-omihi-school), decile 10 · EQI 435
- [Broomfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/3303-broomfield-school), decile 8 · EQI 419
- [Waikari School](https://www.chch.live/school/3569-waikari-school), decile 5 · EQI 455
- [Amberley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3276-amberley-school), decile 7 · EQI 463
- [Leithfield School Te Kura o Kōwai](https://www.chch.live/school/3411-leithfield-school-te-kura-o-kowai), decile 8 · EQI 448
- [Hurunui College](https://www.chch.live/school/311-hurunui-college), decile 7 · EQI 465
- [Greta Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3359-greta-valley-school), decile 5 · EQI 442
- [Te Waitai Sefton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3501-te-waitai-sefton-school), decile 7 · EQI 434

## 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.
- [Waipara Memorial Hall](https://www.chch.live/park/3442-waipara-memorial-hall), Reserve · 158 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.
- [Waipara Memorial Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-207), Hall · 191 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.053621&lon=172.762053

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 478, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**What is near Waipara School?**

Waipara Memorial Hall, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3576 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026