# Marfell Community School

Contributing · State · New Plymouth

https://www.chch.live/school/2192-marfell-community-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 542

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

## The record
- Endeavour Street, New Plymouth, 4310
- Roll: 142 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1961
- Isolation index 0.99, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 57 · Pacific 10 · Asian 10
- Phone: 06-7510553
- Email: admin@marfell.school.nz
- Contact: Scott Walden
- Website: http://www.marfell.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Te Pi'ipi'inga Kakano Mai I Rangiatea](https://www.chch.live/school/4145-te-pi-ipi-inga-kakano-mai-i-rangiatea), decile 3 · EQI 514
- [Spotswood College](https://www.chch.live/school/173-spotswood-college), decile 5 · EQI 493
- [Francis Douglas Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/175-francis-douglas-memorial-college), decile 8 · EQI 418
- [Spotswood Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2232-spotswood-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 507
- [St Joseph's School (New Plymouth)](https://www.chch.live/school/2236-st-joseph-s-school-new-plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 384
- [Moturoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2203-moturoa-school), decile 4 · EQI 458
- [Devon Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2161-devon-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 494
- [Westown School](https://www.chch.live/school/2266-westown-school), decile 3 · EQI 533

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.075471&lon=174.045053

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Marfell Community School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Marfell Community School have?**

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

**What is Marfell Community School's Equity Index?**

EQI 542, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Marfell Community School?**

Endeavour Street, , New Plymouth. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2192 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026