# Waitaki Valley School

Full Primary · State · Kurow

https://www.chch.live/school/363-waitaki-valley-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 440

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

## The record
- Settlement Road, Kurow, 9435
- Roll: 102 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1882
- Isolation index 2.14, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 88 · Māori 11 · Asian 10 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 03-4360660
- Email: office@waitakivalley.school.nz
- Contact: Di Murphy
- Website: http://www.waitakivalley.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Duntroon School](https://www.chch.live/school/3732-duntroon-school), decile 9 · EQI 423
- [Waihao Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/3567-waihao-downs-school), decile 9 · EQI 442
- [Five Forks School](https://www.chch.live/school/3738-five-forks-school), decile 9 · EQI 449
- [Waituna Creek School](https://www.chch.live/school/3579-waituna-creek-school), decile 6 · EQI 448
- [Waimate Centennial School](https://www.chch.live/school/3573-waimate-centennial-school), decile 4 · EQI 473
- [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
- [St Patrick's School (Waimate)](https://www.chch.live/school/3539-st-patrick-s-school-waimate), decile 5 · EQI 408

## 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.
- [Kurow Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/779-kurow-domain), Sports ground · 154 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.7425&lon=170.464687

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waitaki Valley School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waitaki Valley School have?**

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

**What is Waitaki Valley School's Equity Index?**

EQI 440, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**What is near Waitaki Valley School?**

Kurow Domain, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=363 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026