List of schools in the Tasman District
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This is a list of schools in the Tasman region of New Zealand's South Island.
| Name[1][2] | Years[2] | Gender[2] | Authority[1] | Location[1] | Decile[a] (2015)[1] | EQI (2026)[1] | Roll[b] (March 2026)[1] | Website[1] | School number[1] | Opening year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleby School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Appleby | 9 | 430 | 139 | 3180 | 1859[4] | |
| Baton Valley School (closed 1928)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Baton Valley | - | - | - | - | - | 1881[5] |
| Brightwater School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Brightwater | 9 | 439 | 226 | 3183 | 1888[6] | |
| Brightwater School for Girls (closed 1889)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Brightwater | - | - | - | - | - | 1881[5] |
| Brooklyn School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Brooklyn | 5 | 450 | 134 | 3185 | - | |
| Central Takaka School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Tākaka | 6 | 458 | 37 | 3225 | 1896[7] | |
| Collingwood Area School | 1–13 | Coed | State | Collingwood | 7 | 461 | 148 | 290 | 1859[8] | |
| Dovedale School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Dovedale | 5 | 447 | 20 | 3188 | 1869,[9] 1938[5] | |
| East Tākaka School (closed 1968)[10] | 1–8 | Coed | State | East Tākaka | - | - | - | - | - | 1874[5] |
| Eighty-Eight Valley School (closed 1929)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Eighty-Eight Valley | - | - | - | - | - | 1863[5] |
| Foxhill School (closed 2002)[11] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Foxhill | - | - | - | - | - | 1861[5] |
| Golden Bay High School (formerly Tākaka District High School)[5] | 7–13 | Coed | State | Tākaka | 6 | 450 | 310 | 292 | 1862[12] | |
| Golden Downs School (closed 1942)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1904[5] |
| Gordon School (closed 1945)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Foxhill | - | - | - | - | - | 1888[5] |
| Henley School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Richmond | 8 | 430 | 455 | 3194 | 1962[13][5] | |
| Hope School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Hope | 9 | 429 | 84 | 3196 | 1851[5] | |
| Kiwi School (closed 1942, previously Upper Tadmor School)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1901[5] |
| Korere School (Tapawera) (closed 1942, Upper Motupiko School)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1885[5] |
| Koreke School (Wakefield) (closed 1930)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Wakefield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lake Rotoiti School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Saint Arnaud | 8 | 430 | 23 | 3199 | 1949[14] | |
| Lower Moutere School[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Lower Moutere | 5 | 474 | 207 | 3200 | 1862[5] | |
| Mahana School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Mahana | 9 | 414 | 52 | 3201 | 1915[15] | |
| Māpua School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Māpua | 10 | 398 | 234 | 3203 | 1913[5] | |
| Matariki School (closed 1942, formerly Wangapeka School 1907-1912)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1907[5] |
| Motueka High School | 9–13 | Coed | State | Motueka | 5 | 464 | 729 | 298 | 1955[5] | |
| Motueka Steiner School | 1–8 | Coed | Private | Motueka | 434 | 80 | 946 | 2002[5] | ||
| Motueka South School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Motueka | 4 | 455 | 166 | 3206 | 1958[16] | |
| Motupiko School (closed 1942)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1868, 1877[5] |
| Motupipi School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Motupipi | 7 | 426 | 79 | 3207 | 1856[17] | |
| Murchison Area School | 1–15 | Coed | State | Murchison | 4 | 471 | 175 | 299 | 1883[18][19] | |
| Ngatimoti School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Ngātīmoti | 5 | 437 | 65 | 3212 | 1868[20] | |
| Orinoco School (closed)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Ngātīmoti | - | - | - | - | - | 1894[5] |
| Pangatōtara School (closed 1910)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Pangatotara | - | - | - | - | - | 1856[5] |
| Parklands School (formerly Motueka Primary School 1857-1956)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Motueka | 196 | 3213 | 1857[5] | |||
| Pigeon Valley School (closed 1950)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Pigeon Valley | - | - | - | - | - | 1888[5] |
| Pokororo School (closed 1939)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Pokororo | - | - | - | - | - | 1883[5] |
| Ranzau School | 1–6 | Coed | State (previously Lutheran)[5] | Hope | 9 | 433 | 94 | 3214 | 1848[5] | |
| Richmond School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Richmond | 467 | 3216 | 1846, 1856[5] | |||
| River Terrace School (closed 1920)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Brightwater | - | - | - | - | - | 1855[5] |
| Riwaka School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Riwaka | 5 | 450 | 125 | - | - 3217 | 1848[5] |
| Salisbury School | – | Girls | State | Richmond | 3 | 517 | 11 | 525 | 1916[5] | |
| Sherry River School (closed 1942)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1881[5] |
| Spring Grove School (closed 1974) | 1–8 | Coed | State | Brightwater | - | - | - | - | - | 1845[5] |
| St Paul's School | 1–8 | Coed | State integrated | Richmond | 8 | 404 | 358 | 1627 | 1999[21] | |
| St Peter Chanel School | 1–8 | Coed | State integrated | Motueka | 4 | 453 | 86 | 3222 | 1957[22] | |
| Stanley Brook School (closed 1942)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1880[5] |
| Tadmor School (closed 1942)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1878[5] |
| Tākaka Primary School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Tākaka | 6 | 452 | 115 | 3226 | - | |
| Tapawera School (closed 1942, formerly Motueka Valley School 1876-1907)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1876[5] |
| Tapawera Area School | 1–13 | Coed | State | Tapawera | 4 | 496 | 144 | 297 | 1975[5] | |
| Tasman Bay Christian School | 1–8 | Coed | State integrated | Tasman | 6 | 456 | 43 | 1178 | ||
| Tasman School (formerly Aporo School) | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tasman | 9 | 414 | 111 | 3228 | 1913[5] | |
| Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tuia Te Matangi | 1–13 | Coed | State | Richmond | 4 | 453 | 86 | 628 | 2012[23] | |
| Tophouse School (closed)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tophouse | - | - | - | - | - | 1914[5][24][25] |
| Totara Bush Household School (closed 1945)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Wakefield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Upper Moutere School | 1–8 | Coed | State | Upper Moutere | 8 | 423 | 93 | 3229 | 1857[26] | |
| Wai-iti School (closed 1938, formerly Upper Wakefield School)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Wai-iti | - | - | - | - | - | 1857[5] |
| Waimea College | 9–13 | Coed | State | Richmond | 8 | 447 | 1,561 | 296 | 1957[27][5] | |
| Waimea Intermediate | 7–8 | Coed | State | Richmond | 8 | 451 | 550 | 3233 | 1959[28][5] | |
| Waimea West School (closed 1938)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Brightwater | - | - | - | - | - | 1846, 1858[5] |
| Wairoa Gorge School (closed 1945)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Wairoa Valley | - | - | - | - | - | 1920[5] |
| Wairoa Valley School (closed 1909, also known as Garden Valley School or The Valley School)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Wairoa Valley | - | - | - | - | - | 1891[5] |
| Wakefield School | 1–6 | Coed | State | Wakefield | 8 | 440 | 246 | 3234 | 1843[29] | |
| Wangapeka School (closed 1938)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1890[5] |
| Woodstock School (closed 1942)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Woodstock | - | - | - | - | - | 1882[5] |
| Tui School (closed 1942)[5] | 1–8 | Coed | State | Tapawera | - | - | - | - | - | 1912[5] |
Notes
- The now-defunct socioeconomic decile measured the socioeconomic status of the school catchment area from 1 (the poorest areas) to 10 (the wealthiest areas).[3]
- The roll for each school changes frequently as students start school for the first time, move between schools, and graduate.