# Waituna Creek School

Full Primary · State · Waimate

https://www.chch.live/school/3579-waituna-creek-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 448

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

## The record
- 178 Waituna School Road, Waimate, 7978
- Roll: 35 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1879
- Isolation index 1.39, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 29 · Māori 5 · Pacific 2 · Other 2
- Phone: 03-6897438
- Email: office@waitunacreek.school.nz
- Contact: Moragh Sutherland
- Website: http://www.waitunacreek.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Waimate Centennial School](https://www.chch.live/school/3573-waimate-centennial-school), decile 4 · EQI 473
- [St Patrick's School (Waimate)](https://www.chch.live/school/3539-st-patrick-s-school-waimate), decile 5 · EQI 408
- [Waimate Main School](https://www.chch.live/school/3574-waimate-main-school), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [Waimate High School](https://www.chch.live/school/362-waimate-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 481
- [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
- [St Andrew's School (Timaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3519-st-andrew-s-school-timaru), decile 7 · EQI 479
- [Glenavy School](https://www.chch.live/school/3348-glenavy-school), decile 7 · EQI 446

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Waituna Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-77), Hall · 289 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.701224&lon=171.015144

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waituna Creek School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waituna Creek School have?**

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

**What is Waituna Creek School's Equity Index?**

EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Waituna Creek School?**

178 Waituna School Road, , Waimate. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3579 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026