# Waitahuna School

Contributing · State · Waitahuna

https://www.chch.live/school/3855-waitahuna-school

## 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
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Māori 1
- Phone: 03-4859875
- Email: waitahunaschool@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Daryll Reddington
- Website: http://www.waitahunaschool.blogspot.co.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Lawrence Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/390-lawrence-area-school), decile 6 · EQI 460
- [Clutha Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3724-clutha-valley-school), decile 9 · EQI 445
- [Milton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3772-milton-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Tokomairiro High School](https://www.chch.live/school/392-tokomairiro-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 500
- [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
- [Waihola District School](https://www.chch.live/school/3850-waihola-district-school), decile 7 · EQI 461
- [Balclutha School](https://www.chch.live/school/3710-balclutha-school), decile 5 · EQI 481

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.986387&lon=169.7591

## 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.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3855 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026