# Botany Downs School

Contributing · State · Botany Downs, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1235-botany-downs-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 392

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

## The record
- Mirrabooka Avenue, Botany Downs, Auckland, 2010
- Roll: 590 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1975
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.3, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 198 · Māori 37 · Pacific 68 · Asian 268 · MELAA 45 · Other 3 · International 7
- Phone: 09-5349848
- Email: office@botanydowns.school.nz
- Contact: Vicki Parkins
- Website: http://www.botanydowns.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Botany Downs School, in force from 2010-05-05 · 5 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Elim Christian College](https://www.chch.live/school/1190-elim-christian-college), decile 8 · EQI 379
- [Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Howick)](https://www.chch.live/school/1514-our-lady-star-of-the-sea-school-howick), decile 9 · EQI 355
- [Howick Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1318-howick-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 429
- [Somerville Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/6760-somerville-intermediate-school), decile 10 · EQI 387
- [Owairoa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1413-owairoa-primary-school), decile 9 · EQI 391
- [Point View School](https://www.chch.live/school/6921-point-view-school), decile 9 · EQI 344
- [Howick College](https://www.chch.live/school/87-howick-college), decile 8 · EQI 432
- [Cockle Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1253-cockle-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 364

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.912085&lon=174.922774

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Botany Downs School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Botany Downs.

**How many students does Botany Downs School have?**

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

**What is Botany Downs School's Equity Index?**

EQI 392, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Does Botany Downs School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1235 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026