# Strath Taieri School

Full Primary · State · Middlemarch

https://www.chch.live/school/3837-strath-taieri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 432

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

## The record
- Swansea Street, Middlemarch, 9596
- Roll: 40 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1880
- Isolation index 1.58, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 38 · Māori 7
- Phone: 03-4643798
- Email: office@middlemarch.school.nz
- Contact: Marlina Howden
- Website: http://www.middlemarch.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Macraes Moonlight School](https://www.chch.live/school/3764-macraes-moonlight-school), decile 10 · EQI 461
- [Lee Stream School](https://www.chch.live/school/3761-lee-stream-school), decile 9 · EQI 414
- [Outram School](https://www.chch.live/school/3795-outram-school), decile 9 · EQI 440
- [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
- [Warrington School](https://www.chch.live/school/3862-warrington-school), decile 8 · EQI 397
- [Waikouaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3852-waikouaiti-school), decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Karitane School](https://www.chch.live/school/3756-karitane-school), decile 6 · EQI 463

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.504741&lon=170.119398

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Strath Taieri School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Strath Taieri School have?**

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

**What is Strath Taieri School's Equity Index?**

EQI 432, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Strath Taieri School?**

Swansea Street, , Middlemarch. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3837 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026