# Matawai School

Full Primary · State · Matawai

https://www.chch.live/school/2611-matawai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 476

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

## The record
- 29 Raumati Street, Matawai, 4051
- Roll: 51 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1908
- Isolation index 1.93, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 36 · Pacific 3 · Asian 1
- Phone: 06-8624813
- Email: office@matawai.school.nz
- Contact: Steve Burgess

## Other schools near here
- [Motu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2616-motu-school), decile 6 · EQI 488
- [Rere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2664-rere-school), decile 8 · EQI 442
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu](https://www.chch.live/school/2739-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-whatatutu), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Te Karaka Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/624-te-karaka-area-school), decile 2 · EQI 545
- [Ngatapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2621-ngatapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 456
- [Te Kura o Waioweka](https://www.chch.live/school/2061-te-kura-o-waioweka), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Te Kura Mana Maori O Matahi](https://www.chch.live/school/1809-te-kura-mana-maori-o-matahi), decile 1 · EQI 562
- [Ormond School](https://www.chch.live/school/2631-ormond-school), decile 7 · EQI 460

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.359795&lon=177.534528

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 476, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Matawai School?**

29 Raumati Street, , Matawai. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2611 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026