Makaraka School
Contributing · State · Makaraka, Gisborne
103 students on the roll in Makaraka · EQI 444 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 444. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 137 Main Road, Makaraka, Gisborne, 4010
- Roll: 103 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1875
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.9, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 06-8684116
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Hayden Swann
- Website: makaraka.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
- Makaraka School, in force from 2007-10-12 · 33 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
- Campion College, decile 6 · EQI 437 · 2.5 km
- St Mary's Catholic School (Gisborne), decile 5 · EQI 423 · 2.6 km
- Makauri School, decile 8 · EQI 438 · 2.9 km
- Elgin School, decile 1 · EQI 562 · 2.9 km
- Sonrise Christian School, decile 5 · EQI 480 · 3.0 km
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou, EQI 555 · 3.1 km
- TKKM o Nga Uri A Maui, decile 3 · EQI 515 · 3.4 km
- Lytton High School, decile 3 · EQI 526 · 3.5 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
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Makaraka.
103 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 444, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.