# Melville Primary School

Contributing · State · Melville, Hamilton

https://www.chch.live/school/1824-melville-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 537

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

## The record
- 101 Ohaupo Road, Melville, Hamilton, 3206
- Roll: 257 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1924
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.09, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 34 · Pacific 31 · Asian 25 · MELAA 20
- Phone: 07-8435369
- Email: busadmin@melville.school.nz
- Contact: Bronwyn Haitana
- Website: http://www.melville.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Melville Primary School, in force from 2025-04-28 · 5 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Mangakōtukutuku College](https://www.chch.live/school/3612-mangakotukutuku-college), EQI 529
- [St Pius X Catholic School (Melville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1966-st-pius-x-catholic-school-melville), decile 3 · EQI 378
- [Glenview School (Hamilton)](https://www.chch.live/school/1725-glenview-school-hamilton), decile 5 · EQI 469
- [Deanwell School](https://www.chch.live/school/1710-deanwell-school), decile 3 · EQI 511
- [Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawatea](https://www.chch.live/school/282-te-kura-amorangi-o-whakawatea), decile 4 · EQI 520
- [Southcity Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/4125-southcity-christian-school), decile 5 · EQI 380
- [Hamilton West School](https://www.chch.live/school/1733-hamilton-west-school), decile 5 · EQI 433
- [Sacred Heart Girls' College (Ham)](https://www.chch.live/school/139-sacred-heart-girls-college-ham), decile 7 · EQI 439

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.814238&lon=175.283493

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Melville Primary School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Melville.

**How many students does Melville Primary School have?**

257 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Melville Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 537, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Melville Primary 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=1824 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026