# Maniototo Area School

Composite · State · Ranfurly

https://www.chch.live/school/370-maniototo-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 470

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

## The record
- 15 Caulfeild Street, Ranfurly, 9332
- Roll: 139 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- Isolation index 2.26, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 99 · Māori 36 · Pacific 1 · Asian 17 · MELAA 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-4449341
- Email: office@maniototo.school.nz
- Contact: Andrew Hunter (Acting)
- Website: http://www.maniototo.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St John's School (Ranfurly)](https://www.chch.live/school/3824-st-john-s-school-ranfurly), decile 8 · EQI 395
- [Poolburn School](https://www.chch.live/school/3802-poolburn-school), decile 10 · EQI 431
- [Macraes Moonlight School](https://www.chch.live/school/3764-macraes-moonlight-school), decile 10 · EQI 461
- [Omakau School](https://www.chch.live/school/3788-omakau-school), decile 9 · EQI 449
- [Strath Taieri School](https://www.chch.live/school/3837-strath-taieri-school), decile 5 · EQI 432
- [Waitaki Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/363-waitaki-valley-school), decile 8 · EQI 440
- [Five Forks School](https://www.chch.live/school/3738-five-forks-school), decile 9 · EQI 449
- [Duntroon School](https://www.chch.live/school/3732-duntroon-school), decile 9 · EQI 423

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.125268&lon=170.099776

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Maniototo Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Maniototo Area School have?**

139 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Maniototo Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 470, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Maniototo Area School?**

15 Caulfeild Street, , Ranfurly. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=370 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026