Waiau School

Waiau School is a co-educational contributing school in Waiau, within the Canterbury Region, operating in the state sector, with 32 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 442. The school has been open since 1858.

With 32 students on roll, Waiau School is a very small school — larger than about 10% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 442, which is below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm.

96.9% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Asian descent make up 3.1%.

On the isolation index the school scores 2.34 (very high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.