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Te Mahoe School

Full Primary · State · Lake Matahina, Whakatane

33 students on the roll in Lake Matahina · EQI 556.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 556. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 842 Galatea Road, Lake Matahina, Whakatane, 3192
  • Roll: 33 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1961
  • Isolation index 1.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
  • Setting: Rural other
  • Phone: 07-3228210
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Contact: Marion Gordon
  • Website: temahoe.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 5 · 15%
Pacific 1 · 3%
Asian 1 · 3%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Te Mahoe School?

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Lake Matahina.

How many students does Te Mahoe School have?

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

What is Te Mahoe School's Equity Index?

EQI 556, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

Where is Te Mahoe School?

842 Galatea Road, Lake Matahina, Whakatane. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.