# Avon School

Full Primary · State · Stratford

https://www.chch.live/school/2153-avon-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 549

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

## The record
- Hamlet Street, Stratford, 4332
- Roll: 57 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1957
- Isolation index 1.14, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 41 · Pacific 12 · Asian 5 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-7657293
- Email: office@avon.school.nz
- Contact: Lisa Hill
- Website: https://www.avon.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Stratford)](https://www.chch.live/school/2238-st-joseph-s-school-stratford), decile 6 · EQI 444
- [Stratford Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2244-stratford-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 488
- [Stratford High School Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/2754-stratford-high-school-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Stratford High School](https://www.chch.live/school/179-stratford-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 500
- [Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls](https://www.chch.live/school/180-taranaki-diocesan-school-for-girls), decile 5 · EQI 461
- [Ngaere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2205-ngaere-school), decile 7 · EQI 471
- [Pembroke School](https://www.chch.live/school/2220-pembroke-school), decile 6 · EQI 480
- [Midhirst School](https://www.chch.live/school/2198-midhirst-school), decile 6 · EQI 477

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.351029&lon=174.284729

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 549, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Avon School?**

Hamlet Street, , Stratford. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2153 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026