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Waitahuna School

Contributing · State · Waitahuna

7 students on the roll · EQI 490.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 490. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 18 Sunderland Street, Waitahuna, 9593
  • Roll: 7 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1873
  • Isolation index 1.63, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Setting: Rural other
  • Phone: 03-4859875
  • Email: waitahunaschool@xtra.co.nz
  • Contact: Daryll Reddington
  • Website: waitahunaschool.blogspot.co.nz

Who the roll is

European 7 · 100%
Māori 1 · 14%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Waitahuna School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

How many students does Waitahuna School have?

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

What is Waitahuna School's Equity Index?

EQI 490, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

Where is Waitahuna School?

18 Sunderland Street, , Waitahuna. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.