Oceanview Heights School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 523. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 241 Selwyn Street, Marchwiel, Timaru, 7910
• Roll: 102 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 2005
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Setting: Medium urban area
• Phone: 03-6879235
• Email: mjackson@ovh.school.nz
• Contact: Sandi Abel

Who the roll is

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

• Oceanview Heights School, in force from 2023-10-09 · 15 km²

Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• St Joseph's School (Timaru), decile 7 · EQI 403 · 473 m
• Grantlea Downs School, decile 5 · EQI 498 · 684 m
• Mountainview High School, decile 6 · EQI 494 · 955 m
• Craighead Diocesan School, decile 9 · EQI 409 · 1.1 km
• Waimataitai School, decile 6 · EQI 464 · 1.1 km
• Highfield School, decile 7 · EQI 477 · 1.8 km
• Bluestone School, decile 5 · EQI 474 · 2.1 km
• Timaru Boys' High School, decile 7 · EQI 457 · 2.3 km

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

• Marchwiel Park, Sports ground · 102 m to its edge
• Tweedy Park · 131 m to its edge
• Dunkirk / Andrew Street Park, Reserve · 225 m to its edge
• Luxmore / Cross Street Reserve · 258 m to its edge

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point, libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

• Marchweil Park Toilets, Public toilet · 242 m