# Waihola District School

Full Primary · State · Waihola

https://www.chch.live/school/3850-waihola-district-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 461

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

## The record
- Kilgour Street, Waihola, 9243
- Roll: 30 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1997
- Isolation index 0.8, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 28 · Māori 6 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 03-4177021
- Email: admin@waihola.school.nz
- Contact: Louise Crowl

## Other schools near here
- [Taieri Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/3840-taieri-beach-school), decile 7 · EQI 538
- [Tokomairiro High School](https://www.chch.live/school/392-tokomairiro-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 500
- [Milton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3772-milton-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [St Mary's School (Milton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3831-st-mary-s-school-milton), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Tokoiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3845-tokoiti-school), decile 4 · EQI 525
- [Big Rock Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/607-big-rock-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 433
- [Outram School](https://www.chch.live/school/3795-outram-school), decile 9 · EQI 440
- [East Taieri School](https://www.chch.live/school/3733-east-taieri-school), decile 9 · EQI 401

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-46.021197&lon=170.099846

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waihola District School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waihola District School have?**

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

**What is Waihola District School's Equity Index?**

EQI 461, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Waihola District School?**

Kilgour Street, , Waihola. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3850 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026