Firth School
Contributing · State · Matamata
231 students on the roll · EQI 511 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 511. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 45 Station Road, Matamata, 3400
- Roll: 231 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1963
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 07-8887396
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Michelle Ryan
- Website: firth.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
- Firth School, in force from 2025-10-06 · 67 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
- Matamata Intermediate, decile 5 · EQI 472 · 230 m
- Matamata Christian School, decile 5 · EQI 425 · 231 m
- Matamata College, decile 6 · EQI 479 · 547 m
- Matamata Primary School, decile 6 · EQI 443 · 1.3 km
- St Joseph's Catholic School (Matamata), decile 5 · EQI 447 · 1.3 km
- Te Kura o Waharoa, decile 1 · EQI 563 · 6.5 km
- Hinuera School, decile 7 · EQI 435 · 7.0 km
- Te Poi School, decile 7 · EQI 486 · 9.4 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
Contributing · State · Co-Educational.
231 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 511, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.