# Matatoki School

Full Primary · State · Matatoki, Thames

https://www.chch.live/school/1819-matatoki-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 459

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

## The record
- State Highway 26, Matatoki, Thames, 3578
- Roll: 86 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1920
- Isolation index 1.09, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 82 · Pacific 1 · Asian 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8681079
- Email: office@matatoki.school.nz
- Contact: Hine Viskovich
- Website: http://www.matatoki.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Puriri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1911-puriri-school), decile 8 · EQI 475
- [Turua Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2043-turua-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [Pārāwai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1886-parawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Thames South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2027-thames-south-school), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [St Francis School (Thames)](https://www.chch.live/school/1945-st-francis-school-thames), decile 5 · EQI 409
- [Kopuarahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1782-kopuarahi-school), decile 4 · EQI 524
- [Thames High School](https://www.chch.live/school/111-thames-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Moanataiari School](https://www.chch.live/school/1829-moanataiari-school), decile 4 · EQI 465

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.206692&lon=175.603397

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Matatoki.

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

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

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

EQI 459, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Matatoki School?**

State Highway 26, Matatoki, Thames. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1819 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026