# Maungaturoto School

Contributing · State · Maungaturoto

https://www.chch.live/school/1049-maungaturoto-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- Gorge Road, Maungaturoto, 520
- Roll: 201 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1874
- Isolation index 1.36, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 159 · Pacific 8 · Asian 8 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 09-4318106
- Email: office@maungaturoto.school.nz
- Contact: Margaret Hutchinson
- Website: http://www.maungaturoto.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [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
- [Kaiwaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1027-kaiwaka-school), decile 4 · EQI 482
- [Paparoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1077-paparoa-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Matakohe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1042-matakohe-school), decile 4 · EQI 515
- [Waipu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1125-waipu-school), decile 7 · EQI 438
- [Tinopai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1114-tinopai-school), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Mangawhai Hills College](https://www.chch.live/school/3691-mangawhai-hills-college), private, not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.109601&lon=174.352788

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Maungaturoto School?**

Gorge Road, , Maungaturoto. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1049 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026