Maungakaramea School
Full Primary · State · Maungakaramea
121 students on the roll · EQI 438 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 438. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Tangihua Road, Maungakaramea, 146
- Roll: 121 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1875
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.9, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 09-4323804
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Beth Lamb
- Website: maungakaramea.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
- Maungakaramea School, in force from 2025-07-14 · 127 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
- Tauraroa Area School, decile 6 · EQI 477 · 3.5 km
- Maungatapere School, decile 9 · EQI 430 · 9.9 km
- Waiotira School, decile 3 · EQI 465 · 10.5 km
- Otaika Valley School, decile 4 · EQI 470 · 10.8 km
- Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi, decile 1 · EQI 515 · 12.3 km
- Maunu School, decile 8 · EQI 409 · 12.7 km
- Pompallier Catholic College, decile 7 · EQI 424 · 12.9 km
- Poroti School, decile 3 · EQI 501 · 13.0 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
121 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 438, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.