# Matauri Bay School

Contributing · State · Matauri Bay

https://www.chch.live/school/1044-matauri-bay-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 549

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

## The record
- Whakarara Road, Matauri Bay, 478
- Roll: 42 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1898
- Isolation index 2.25, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Pacific 3 · Asian 1
- Phone: 09-4050507
- Email: admin@matauribay.school.nz
- Contact: Marama Baker
- Website: http://www.matauribay.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Whangaroa](https://www.chch.live/school/3106-tkkm-o-whangaroa), decile 2 · EQI 540
- [Kaeo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1019-kaeo-school), decile 2 · EQI 526
- [Whangaroa College](https://www.chch.live/school/4-whangaroa-college), decile 1 · EQI 540
- [Te Takarangi](https://www.chch.live/school/1112-te-takarangi), decile 6 · EQI 486
- [Totara North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1116-totara-north-school), decile 2 · EQI 487
- [Harvest Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/956-harvest-christian-school), EQI 447
- [Riverview School](https://www.chch.live/school/1594-riverview-school), decile 7 · EQI 436
- [Kerikeri High School](https://www.chch.live/school/5-kerikeri-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 463

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.043138&lon=173.896267

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Matauri Bay School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Matauri Bay School have?**

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

**What is Matauri Bay School's Equity Index?**

EQI 549, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Matauri Bay School?**

Whakarara Road, , Matauri Bay. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1044 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026