# Cockle Bay School

Contributing · State · Howick South, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1253-cockle-bay-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 364

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

## The record
- Sandspit Road, Howick South, Auckland, 2014
- Roll: 754 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1956
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.36, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 340 · Māori 35 · Pacific 31 · Asian 366 · MELAA 14 · Other 30 · International 8
- Phone: 09-534 8333
- Email: office@cocklebay.school.nz
- Contact: Dorothy Bigwood
- Website: http://www.cocklebay.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Cockle Bay School, in force from 2003-02-11 · 3 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Howick College](https://www.chch.live/school/87-howick-college), decile 8 · EQI 432
- [Shelly Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1480-shelly-park-school), decile 10 · EQI 375
- [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
- [Botany Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/1235-botany-downs-school), decile 9 · EQI 392
- [Howick Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1318-howick-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 429
- [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
- [Mellons Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1371-mellons-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 354

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.905057&lon=174.939225

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Cockle Bay School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Howick South.

**How many students does Cockle Bay School have?**

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

**What is Cockle Bay School's Equity Index?**

EQI 364, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Does Cockle Bay 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=1253 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026