# Five Forks School

Full Primary · State · Waitaki

https://www.chch.live/school/3738-five-forks-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 449

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

## The record
- 1403 Kakanui Valley Road, Waitaki, 9491
- Roll: 63 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1912
- Isolation index 1.51, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 55 · Māori 4 · Pacific 2 · Asian 7 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 03-4324110
- Email: office@fiveforks.school.nz
- Contact: Belinda Brosnan

## Other schools near here
- [Weston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3864-weston-school), decile 8 · EQI 434
- [Totara School](https://www.chch.live/school/3847-totara-school), decile 6 · EQI 450
- [Maheno School](https://www.chch.live/school/3765-maheno-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [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
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Te Pākihi o Maru](https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru), decile 4 · EQI 502
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Five Forks Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-45), Hall · 31 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.050518&lon=170.770568

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Five Forks School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Five Forks School have?**

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

**What is Five Forks School's Equity Index?**

EQI 449, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Five Forks School?**

1403 Kakanui Valley Road, , Waitaki. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3738 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026