# Maheno School

Full Primary · State · Maheno

https://www.chch.live/school/3765-maheno-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 430

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

## The record
- Short Street, Maheno, 9495
- Roll: 95 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1875
- Isolation index 1.35, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 77 · Māori 11 · Pacific 5 · Asian 14 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 03-439 5707
- Email: office@maheno.school.nz
- Contact: Stella Macrae
- Website: http://www.maheno.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Kakanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3755-kakanui-school), decile 1 · EQI 450
- [Totara School](https://www.chch.live/school/3847-totara-school), decile 6 · EQI 450
- [Weston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3864-weston-school), decile 8 · EQI 434
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Te Pākihi o Maru](https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru), decile 4 · EQI 502
- [Five Forks School](https://www.chch.live/school/3738-five-forks-school), decile 9 · EQI 449
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478

## 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.
- [Maheno War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/759-maheno-war-memorial), Reserve · 143 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.
- [Maheno Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-49), Hall · 44 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.167295&lon=170.834255

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 430, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**What is near Maheno School?**

Maheno War Memorial, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3765 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026