# Mataroa School

Full Primary · State · Taihape

https://www.chch.live/school/2398-mataroa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 467

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

## The record
- 30 Rongoiti Road, Taihape, 4791
- Roll: 56 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1900
- Isolation index 2, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 36 · Pacific 5 · Asian 3
- Phone: 06-3887834
- Email: admin@mataroa.school.nz
- Contact: Te Whaiwhaia Ritchie
- Website: http://www.mataroa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Taihape Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/549-taihape-area-school), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [St Joseph's School (Taihape)](https://www.chch.live/school/2453-st-joseph-s-school-taihape), decile 6 · EQI 435
- [Moawhango School](https://www.chch.live/school/2401-moawhango-school), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Papanui Junction School](https://www.chch.live/school/2420-papanui-junction-school), decile 6 · EQI 453
- [Mangaweka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2392-mangaweka-school), decile 6 · EQI 458
- [Taoroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2463-taoroa-school), decile 1 · EQI 518
- [Waiouru School](https://www.chch.live/school/2472-waiouru-school), decile 7 · EQI 484
- [Pukeokahu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2428-pukeokahu-school), decile 9 · EQI 500

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.651711&lon=175.720986

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 467, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Mataroa School?**

30 Rongoiti Road, , Taihape. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2398 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026