# Bulls School

Full Primary · State · Bulls

https://www.chch.live/school/2343-bulls-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 481

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

## The record
- Bridge Street, Bulls, 4818
- Roll: 166 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1867
- Isolation index 0.52, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 105 · Pacific 19 · Asian 7
- Phone: 06-3221184
- Email: office@bulls.school.nz
- Contact: Megan Syme
- Website: http://www.bulls.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Clifton School (Bulls)](https://www.chch.live/school/2349-clifton-school-bulls), decile 4 · EQI 487
- [Sanson School](https://www.chch.live/school/2443-sanson-school), decile 5 · EQI 470
- [Mount Biggs School](https://www.chch.live/school/2404-mount-biggs-school), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Marton Junction School](https://www.chch.live/school/2396-marton-junction-school), decile 2 · EQI 529
- [Halcombe Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2362-halcombe-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 427
- [James Cook School](https://www.chch.live/school/2368-james-cook-school), decile 2 · EQI 499
- [St Matthew's School (Marton)](https://www.chch.live/school/2456-st-matthew-s-school-marton), decile 2 · EQI 484
- [Marton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2397-marton-school), decile 3 · EQI 491

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.168741&lon=175.385156

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 481, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Bulls School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2343 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026