# Waiwera South School

Full Primary · State · Waiwera South

https://www.chch.live/school/3858-waiwera-south-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 439

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

## The record
- May Street, Waiwera South, 9584
- Roll: 29 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1869
- Isolation index 1.72, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 22 · Māori 3 · Asian 4 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 03-4157973
- Email: office@waiwerasouth.school.nz
- Contact: Karyn Bissett
- Website: http://www.waiwerasouth.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Clinton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3723-clinton-school), decile 5 · EQI 447
- [Warepa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3861-warepa-school), decile 7 · EQI 433
- [Clutha Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3724-clutha-valley-school), decile 9 · EQI 445
- [Rosebank School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3812-rosebank-school-balclutha), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [South Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/393-south-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 475
- [St Joseph's School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3826-st-joseph-s-school-balclutha), decile 5 · EQI 410
- [Balclutha School](https://www.chch.live/school/3710-balclutha-school), decile 5 · EQI 481
- [Romahapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3811-romahapa-school), decile 9 · EQI 438

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-46.216283&lon=169.4894

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Waiwera South School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Waiwera South School have?**

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

**What is Waiwera South School's Equity Index?**

EQI 439, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Waiwera South School?**

May Street, , Waiwera South. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3858 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026