# Silverdale Normal School

Contributing · State · Hillcrest, Hamilton

https://www.chch.live/school/1940-silverdale-normal-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 464

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

## The record
- 62 Silverdale Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton, 3216
- Roll: 409 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1964
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.17, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 156 · Pacific 11 · Asian 152 · MELAA 42 · Other 4 · International 1
- Phone: 07-8567604
- Email: office@silverdale.school.nz
- Contact: Michael Harrop
- Website: http://www.silverdale.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Silverdale Normal School, in force from 2019-10-14 · 13 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Hillcrest High School](https://www.chch.live/school/138-hillcrest-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [TKKM o Toku Mapihi Maurea](https://www.chch.live/school/1589-tkkm-o-toku-mapihi-maurea), decile 5 · EQI 463
- [St John's College (Hillcrest)](https://www.chch.live/school/136-st-john-s-college-hillcrest), decile 7 · EQI 428
- [Berkley Normal Middle School](https://www.chch.live/school/1695-berkley-normal-middle-school), decile 8 · EQI 420
- [Hillcrest Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/1739-hillcrest-normal-school), decile 8 · EQI 397
- [Knighton Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/1781-knighton-normal-school), decile 5 · EQI 476
- [Hamilton Seventh-Day Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/4105-hamilton-seventh-day-adventist-school), decile 6 · EQI 425
- [Patricia Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1891-patricia-avenue-school), decile 4 · EQI 500

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.792878&lon=175.329298

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Silverdale Normal School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Hillcrest.

**How many students does Silverdale Normal School have?**

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

**What is Silverdale Normal School's Equity Index?**

EQI 464, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Does Silverdale Normal 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=1940 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026