Wakari School
Contributing · State · Wakari, Dunedin
314 students on the roll in Wakari · EQI 440 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 440. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 150 Helensburgh Road, Wakari, Dunedin, 9010
- Roll: 314 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.1, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-4763140
- Email: principal@wakari.school.nz
- Contact: Stacey Gribben
- Website: wakari.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Wakari School, in force from 2018-12-11 · 6 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- St Mary's School (Dunedin), decile 6 · EQI 403 · 567 m
- Balmacewen Intermediate, decile 8 · EQI 425 · 841 m
- Halfway Bush School, decile 3 · EQI 498 · 1.1 km
- Kaikorai School, decile 9 · EQI 397 · 1.3 km
- Columba College, decile 10 · EQI 391 · 1.4 km
- John McGlashan College, decile 10 · EQI 390 · 1.4 km
- Māori Hill School, decile 10 · EQI 373 · 1.6 km
- Brockville School, decile 2 · EQI 528 · 1.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Wakari.
314 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 440, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.