# Tinopai School

Full Primary · State · Matakohe

https://www.chch.live/school/1114-tinopai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 534

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

## The record
- 1913 Tinopai Road, Matakohe, 593
- Roll: 20 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1916
- Isolation index 1.96, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 6 · Pacific 1
- Phone: 09-4317182
- Email: secretary@tinopai.school.nz
- Contact: Maree Rossiter
- Website: https://www.tinopai.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Tapora School](https://www.chch.live/school/1106-tapora-school), decile 5 · EQI 441
- [Pouto School](https://www.chch.live/school/1085-pouto-school), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Matakohe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1042-matakohe-school), decile 4 · EQI 515
- [TKKM o Ngaringaomatariki](https://www.chch.live/school/600-tkkm-o-ngaringaomatariki), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Paparoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1077-paparoa-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Otamatea High School](https://www.chch.live/school/21-otamatea-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 480
- [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

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.247162&lon=174.245318

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 534, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Tinopai School?**

1913 Tinopai 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=1114 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026