# Makarika School

Full Primary · State · Ruatoria

https://www.chch.live/school/2594-makarika-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · 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
- 17 Makarika School Road, Ruatoria, 4081
- Roll: 25 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 3.17, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Pacific 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8640827
- Email: office@makarika.school.nz
- Contact: Vianney Turei

## Other schools near here
- [Hiruharama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school), decile 2 · EQI 543
- [TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou](https://www.chch.live/school/1673-tkkm-o-te-waiu-o-ngati-porou), decile 1 · EQI 516
- [Ngata Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/206-ngata-memorial-college), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [TKKM o Tokomaru](https://www.chch.live/school/4218-tkkm-o-tokomaru), decile 3 · EQI 531
- [Hatea-A-Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/2706-hatea-a-rangi), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Te Kura o Mata](https://www.chch.live/school/2609-te-kura-o-mata), decile 5 · EQI 489
- [Tikitiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2703-tikitiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga](https://www.chch.live/school/2659-tkkm-o-tapere-nui-a-whatonga), decile 1 · EQI 532

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.951557&lon=178.226095

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 542, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Makarika School?**

17 Makarika School Road, , Ruatoria. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2594 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026