# Waitaki Girls' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Oamaru

https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-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
- Trent Street, Oamaru, 9444
- Roll: 399 (September 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1887
- Isolation index 1.21, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 315 · Māori 56 · Pacific 50 · Asian 39 · MELAA 5 · Other 3 · International 4
- Phone: 03-4348429
- Email: office@waitakigirlshigh.school.nz
- Contact: Sarah Hay
- Website: http://www.waitakigirlshigh.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [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
- [Pembroke School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3737-pembroke-school-oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Oamaru Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3784-oamaru-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 477
- [Waitaki Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/365-waitaki-boys-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 477
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [St Kevins College (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/369-st-kevins-college-oamaru), decile 7 · EQI 447
- [Ardgowan School](https://www.chch.live/school/3704-ardgowan-school), decile 6 · EQI 453

## 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.
- [Thames Street Median Strip](https://www.chch.live/park/818-thames-street-median-strip), 86 m to its edge
- [Orana Park](https://www.chch.live/park/770-orana-park), 219 m to its edge
- [Oamaru North School](https://www.chch.live/park/752-oamaru-north-school), 285 m to its edge
- [Glen Warren Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/826-glen-warren-reserve), Reserve · 309 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=-45.088979&lon=170.974331

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

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

**What is near Waitaki Girls' High School?**

Thames Street Median Strip, Orana Park, Oamaru North School and 1 more, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=366 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026