# Matata School

Full Primary · State · Matata

https://www.chch.live/school/1818-matata-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 514

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

## The record
- 43 Pollen Street, Matata, 3194
- Roll: 97 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1872
- Isolation index 1.07, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 64 · Pacific 5 · Asian 7 · MELAA 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-3222004
- Email: admin@matata.school.nz
- Contact: Tania Raynes
- Website: http://www.matata.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Matata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1948-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-matata), decile 2 · EQI 546
- [Thornton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2028-thornton-school), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [Rangitaiki College – Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitaiki](https://www.chch.live/school/145-rangitaiki-college-te-kura-tuarua-o-rangitaiki), decile 3 · EQI 530
- [Otakiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1871-otakiri-school), decile 5 · EQI 466
- [Edgecumbe School](https://www.chch.live/school/1711-edgecumbe-school), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Te Kura O Te Teko](https://www.chch.live/school/2023-te-kura-o-te-teko), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Otamarakau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1872-otamarakau-school), decile 7 · EQI 466
- [Whakatane Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/717-whakatane-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.893318&lon=176.759104

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 514, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Matata School?**

43 Pollen Street, , Matata. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1818 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026