Mangatawhiri School
Full Primary · State · Pokeno
173 students on the roll · EQI 436 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 436. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 15 Mckenzie Road, Pokeno, 2471
- Roll: 173 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1878
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.58, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 09-2336004
- Email: office@mangatawhiri.school.nz
- Contact: Sharron Scouse
- Website: mangatawhirischool.com
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
- Mangatawhiri School, in force from 2021-05-03 · 76 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
- Mangatangi School, decile 7 · EQI 477 · 7.4 km
- Paparimu School, decile 10 · EQI 454 · 7.5 km
- Te Paina School, decile 3 · EQI 513 · 9.1 km
- Pokeno School, decile 4 · EQI 429 · 10.1 km
- Maramarua School, decile 5 · EQI 499 · 10.2 km
- Ararimu School, decile 10 · EQI 400 · 11.1 km
- Bombay School, decile 9 · EQI 407 · 11.8 km
- Meremere School, decile 1 · EQI 522 · 12.4 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.
173 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 436, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.