# Macraes Moonlight School

Full Primary · State · Macraes Flat, Palmerston

https://www.chch.live/school/3764-macraes-moonlight-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 461

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

## The record
- 6 Hyde Street, Macraes Flat, Palmerston, 9483
- Roll: 14 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1868
- Isolation index 1.78, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 13 · Māori 3 · Pacific 1 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 03-4652420
- Email: officemms@macraesmoonlight.school.nz
- Contact: Amy Maw (Acting)
- Website: https://macraes.nz/community/macraes-school/

## Other schools near here
- [Palmerston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3797-palmerston-school), decile 6 · EQI 461
- [East Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/371-east-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 488
- [Strath Taieri School](https://www.chch.live/school/3837-strath-taieri-school), decile 5 · EQI 432
- [Waikouaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3852-waikouaiti-school), decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Hampden School](https://www.chch.live/school/3746-hampden-school), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [Karitane School](https://www.chch.live/school/3756-karitane-school), decile 6 · EQI 463
- [St John's School (Ranfurly)](https://www.chch.live/school/3824-st-john-s-school-ranfurly), decile 8 · EQI 395
- [Maniototo Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/370-maniototo-area-school), decile 8 · EQI 470

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Macraes Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/748-macraes-domain), Sports ground · 39 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Macraes Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-48), Hall · 149 m
- [Macraes Old Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-28), Cemetery · 313 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.381023&lon=170.428336

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Macraes Moonlight School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Macraes Flat.

**How many students does Macraes Moonlight School have?**

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

**What is Macraes Moonlight School's Equity Index?**

EQI 461, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**What is near Macraes Moonlight School?**

Macraes Domain, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3764 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026