Waihopai School

Contributing · State

Year levels: 1–6
Total roll: 336
Enrolment zone: Yes
Gender: Co-Educational

Every one of the 82 schools in Southland Region with a published location. Waihopai School is the marked one. Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0

Where is it, and how do I get in touch?

Address: 121 Herbert Street, Gladstone, Invercargill
Territorial authority: Invercargill City
Phone: 03-2184228
Email: office@waihopai.school.nz
Website: http://www.waihopai.school.nz/
Directions: Get directions

Other schools nearby: schools in Invercargill · schools in Southland

Can my child go here?

This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work

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Zone boundaries shown here are approximate. Ministry of Education data warns these boundaries do not have high spatial precision and can place neighbouring addresses on different sides of a line. This is not a confirmation of enrolment eligibility — always confirm directly with the school. Zone geometry also does not reflect enrolment priority rules (siblings, special character categories, ballots) — it shows the mapped boundary only.

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What would the day look like?

The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.

Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.

Uniform: RequiredWaihōpai students are to have a Waihōpai School Polo Shirt (long or short sleeve) and a Waihopai School fleece with the Waihopai skirt, culottes or Waihōpai shorts for girls and the shorts or ¾ pants for boys.
Where to buy the uniform: www.waihopai.uniformnz.com

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What does the school say about itself?

Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.

International students: Accepted, as statedInternational Students Countries of Origin: Thailand, Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Brasil.
Voluntary donation: $140.00 per yearThis year the donation has been set at $140.00.

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Who goes here?

Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.

European: 208
Māori: 71
Pacific: 20
Asian: 80
MELAA: 11
Other: 3
International: 0

Roll by year level and age

Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.

By year level
	Māori	Pacific	Asian	MELAA	European/ Pākehā	Total
Year 01	15	2	19	2	43	66
Year 02	11	2	9	1	43	53
Year 03	10	3	10	2	40	55
Year 04	11	5	7	2	36	56
Year 05	13	7	17	2	28	59
Year 06	10	1	5	2	28	40
Year 07	4	0	2	0	11	16
Year 08	0	1	1	0	0	2
Total	74	21	70	11	229	347

By age
	Māori	Pacific	Asian	MELAA	European/ Pākehā	Total
Age 05	13	2	18	2	39	60
Age 06	12	2	10	0	43	54
Age 07	10	2	9	2	40	55
Age 08	10	5	8	3	41	60
Age 09	14	8	15	0	26	54
Age 10	11	1	7	4	28	45
Age 11	4	0	2	0	12	17
Age 16	0	1	0	0	0	1
Age 17	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total	74	21	70	11	229	347

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0

Student engagement

Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024

Waihopai School	0%
Southland Region	61.8%
Contributing	35.6%
State	40.2%
New Zealand	37.1%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	0%
Male	0%
Māori	0%
Pacific	0%
Asian	0%
Other	0%
European/Pākehā	0%
Total	0%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)

Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024

Waihopai School	0%
Southland Region	6.3%
Contributing	3.5%
State	4.5%
New Zealand	4.1%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	0%
Male	0%
Māori	0%
Pacific	0%
Asian	0%
Other	0%
European/Pākehā	0%
Total	0%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)

Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024

Waihopai School	0%
Southland Region	2.8%
Contributing	1.5%
State	1.9%
New Zealand	1.8%

Trend and demographic breakdown

Female	0%
Male	0%
Māori	0%
Pacific	0%
Asian	0%
Other	0%
European/Pākehā	0%
Total	0%

Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)

About the school

Equity Index (EQI): 428
Boarding: No
Language of instruction: All students taught in English/other setting
Urban / rural: Large urban area
Date opened: 25 January 1879

The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works

What did ERO find?

The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools

We have no ERO reports on record for this school. That can mean ERO has not published one yet, or that we have not matched one — it is not a finding about the school. ero.govt.nz is the place to check.

Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).