# Motu School

Full Primary · State · Motu

https://www.chch.live/school/2616-motu-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 488

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

## The record
- 6 Motu Falls Road, Motu, 4052
- Roll: 7 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1895
- Isolation index 2.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 6
- Phone: 022-4526593
- Email: principal@motu.school.nz
- Contact: Teresa Shepherd

## Other schools near here
- [Matawai School](https://www.chch.live/school/2611-matawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 476
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu](https://www.chch.live/school/2739-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-whatatutu), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Te Kura o Waioweka](https://www.chch.live/school/2061-te-kura-o-waioweka), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Te Kura o Ōmarumutu](https://www.chch.live/school/1861-te-kura-o-omarumutu), decile 1 · EQI 519
- [Rere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2664-rere-school), decile 8 · EQI 442
- [Te Kura o Tōrere](https://www.chch.live/school/1645-te-kura-o-torere), decile 2 · EQI 543
- [Woodlands School (Opotiki)](https://www.chch.live/school/2092-woodlands-school-opotiki), decile 3 · EQI 516
- [Ashbrook School](https://www.chch.live/school/1689-ashbrook-school), decile 1 · EQI 563

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.25628&lon=177.548498

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 488, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Motu School?**

6 Motu Falls Road, , Motu. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2616 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026