James Cook School
Full Primary · State · Marton
148 students on the roll · EQI 499 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 499. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Mill Street, Marton, 4710
- Roll: 148 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1970
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.52, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 06-3278229
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Matthew Bell
- Website: jamescook.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- James Cook School, in force from 2021-10-18 · 16 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- St Matthew's School (Marton), decile 2 · EQI 484 · 507 m
- Marton School, decile 3 · EQI 491 · 1.1 km
- Rangitīkei College, decile 3 · EQI 515 · 1.4 km
- Marton Junction School, decile 2 · EQI 529 · 1.6 km
- Huntley School (Marton), private, not rated · 1.9 km
- Nga Tawa Diocesan School, decile 9 · EQI 431 · 2.5 km
- South Makirikiri School, decile 7 · EQI 444 · 5.5 km
- Bulls School, decile 5 · EQI 481 · 10.1 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
148 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 499, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.