# Maihiihi School

Full Primary · State · Maihiihi

https://www.chch.live/school/1793-maihiihi-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 465

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

## The record
- 775 Maihiihi Road, Maihiihi, 3972
- Roll: 38 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1956
- Isolation index 1.01, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 28 · Pacific 1 · Asian 5
- Phone: 07-8732887
- Email: office@maihiihi.school.nz
- Contact: Lisa Smith
- Website: http://www.maihiihi.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Korakonui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1783-korakonui-school), decile 8 · EQI 461
- [Ōtewā School](https://www.chch.live/school/1874-otewa-school), decile 6 · EQI 483
- [Kio Kio School](https://www.chch.live/school/1779-kio-kio-school), decile 8 · EQI 464
- [Ōtorohanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/1876-otorohanga-school), decile 2 · EQI 538
- [Wharepapa South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2086-wharepapa-south-school), decile 8 · EQI 496
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Otorohanga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1880-st-mary-s-catholic-school-otorohanga), decile 4 · EQI 488
- [Ōtorohanga College](https://www.chch.live/school/157-otorohanga-college), decile 4 · EQI 515
- [Otorohanga South School](https://www.chch.live/school/1877-otorohanga-south-school), decile 4 · EQI 481

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.217565&lon=175.386643

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 465, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Maihiihi School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1793 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026