# Matiere School

Full Primary · State · Matiere

https://www.chch.live/school/2195-matiere-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 485

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

## The record
- Main Road, Matiere, 3995
- Roll: 26 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1906
- Isolation index 2.73, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 15 · Asian 2
- Phone: 07-8937861
- Email: officeadmin@matiere.school.nz
- Contact: Trish Prudie-Nicholls
- Website: https://www.matiere.school.nz/home

## Other schools near here
- [Ohura Valley Primary](https://www.chch.live/school/176-ohura-valley-primary), decile 1 · EQI 565
- [Taumarunui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/169-taumarunui-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Ongarue School](https://www.chch.live/school/2215-ongarue-school), decile 2 · EQI 475
- [Tarrangower School](https://www.chch.live/school/1982-tarrangower-school), decile 2 · EQI 549
- [St Patrick's Catholic School (Taumarunui)](https://www.chch.live/school/1961-st-patrick-s-catholic-school-taumarunui), decile 4 · EQI 465
- [Ngakonui Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1845-ngakonui-valley-school), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Taumarunui Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1986-taumarunui-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 554
- [Turaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2040-turaki-school), decile 3 · EQI 512

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.764669&lon=175.102121

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 485, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Matiere School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2195 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026