# Matakohe School

Full Primary · State · Matakohe

https://www.chch.live/school/1042-matakohe-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 515

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

## The record
- 117 Matakohe East Road, Matakohe, 593
- Roll: 36 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1878
- Isolation index 1.52, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 31 · Asian 1
- Phone: 09-4317139
- Email: office@matakohe.school.nz
- Contact: Robyn Young
- Website: http://www.matakohe.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Paparoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1077-paparoa-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Tinopai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1114-tinopai-school), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Ruawai College](https://www.chch.live/school/22-ruawai-college), decile 4 · EQI 526
- [Ruawai Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1095-ruawai-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 501
- [Maungaturoto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1049-maungaturoto-school), decile 5 · EQI 477
- [Otamatea Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/283-otamatea-christian-school), private, not rated
- [Otamatea High School](https://www.chch.live/school/21-otamatea-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 480
- [Pouto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1085-pouto-school), decile 2 · EQI 521

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.132836&lon=174.179918

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Matakohe School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Matakohe School have?**

36 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Matakohe School's Equity Index?**

EQI 515, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Matakohe School?**

117 Matakohe East Road, , Matakohe. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1042 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026