# Chapel Downs School

Contributing · State · Flat Bush, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/1581-chapel-downs-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 479

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

## The record
- 170 Dawson Road, Flat Bush, Auckland, 2164
- Roll: 805 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1985
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.13, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 64 · Māori 133 · Pacific 453 · Asian 280 · MELAA 46 · Other 3
- Phone: 09-2748002
- Email: office@chapeldowns.school.nz
- Contact: Vaughan Van Rensburg
- Website: http://www.chapeldowns.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Chapel Downs School, in force from 2023-01-01 · 3 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Chapel Downs Junior College (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/3614-chapel-downs-junior-college-proposed-opening-date-2027-01-01), not rated
- [Kia Aroha Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/631-kia-aroha-campus), decile 1 · EQI 539
- [Dawson School](https://www.chch.live/school/1259-dawson-school), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Tangaroa College](https://www.chch.live/school/58-tangaroa-college), decile 1 · EQI 521
- [Tangaroa College Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/555-tangaroa-college-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Redoubt North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1460-redoubt-north-school), decile 2 · EQI 475
- [Flat Bush School](https://www.chch.live/school/1277-flat-bush-school), decile 1 · EQI 520
- [Rongomai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1468-rongomai-school), decile 1 · EQI 526

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.979496&lon=174.900669

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Flat Bush.

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

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

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

EQI 479, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Chapel 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=1581 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026