# Waitaki Boys' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Oamaru

https://www.chch.live/school/365-waitaki-boys-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- Waitaki Avenue, Oamaru, 9444
- Roll: 418 (September 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1883
- Isolation index 1.23, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 313 · Māori 61 · Pacific 60 · Asian 41 · MELAA 4 · Other 2 · International 2
- Phone: 03-4370529
- Email: admin@waitakibhs.school.nz
- Contact: Darryl Paterson
- Website: http://www.waitakibhs.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Oamaru Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3784-oamaru-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 477
- [Pembroke School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3737-pembroke-school-oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [St Kevins College (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/369-st-kevins-college-oamaru), decile 7 · EQI 447
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Te Pākihi o Maru](https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru), decile 4 · EQI 502
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Ardgowan School](https://www.chch.live/school/3704-ardgowan-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.076998&lon=170.99382

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waitaki Boys' High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Boys School.

**How many students does Waitaki Boys' High School have?**

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

**What is Waitaki Boys' High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Waitaki Boys' High School?**

Waitaki Avenue, , Oamaru. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=365 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026