# Sommerville School

Specialist School · State · Panmure, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1484-sommerville-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 444

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

## The record
- 80A Tripoli Road, Panmure, Auckland, 1072
- Roll: 403 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1966
- Isolation index 0.31, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 130 · Māori 52 · Pacific 112 · Asian 138 · MELAA 25 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-570 9787
- Email: office@sommerville.school.nz
- Contact: Belinda Johnston
- Website: http://www.sommerville.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Tāmaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1526-tamaki-school), decile 1 · EQI 522
- [Ruapotaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1477-ruapotaka-school), decile 1 · EQI 526
- [Panmure Bridge School](https://www.chch.live/school/1419-panmure-bridge-school), decile 1 · EQI 499
- [Auckland Montessori College](https://www.chch.live/school/787-auckland-montessori-college), private, not rated
- [Pt England School](https://www.chch.live/school/1441-pt-england-school), decile 1 · EQI 518
- [St Patrick's School (Panmure)](https://www.chch.live/school/1507-st-patrick-s-school-panmure), decile 1 · EQI 445
- [Atea College](https://www.chch.live/school/460-atea-college), private, not rated
- [Tamaki College](https://www.chch.live/school/57-tamaki-college), decile 1 · EQI 526

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.893264&lon=174.86422

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Panmure.

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

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

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

EQI 444, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Sommerville School?**

80A Tripoli Road, Panmure, Auckland. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1484 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026