# Sanson School

Full Primary · State · Sanson

https://www.chch.live/school/2443-sanson-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 470

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

## The record
- Main Highway North, Sanson, 4817
- Roll: 27 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1873
- Isolation index 0.44, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 21 · Pacific 1 · Asian 4
- Phone: 06-3293768
- Email: office@sanson.school.nz
- Contact: Grayson Marsh
- Website: http://www.sanson.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Mount Biggs School](https://www.chch.live/school/2404-mount-biggs-school), decile 9 · EQI 415
- [Clifton School (Bulls)](https://www.chch.live/school/2349-clifton-school-bulls), decile 4 · EQI 487
- [Bulls School](https://www.chch.live/school/2343-bulls-school), decile 5 · EQI 481
- [Rongotea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2438-rongotea-school), decile 8 · EQI 470
- [Halcombe Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2362-halcombe-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 427
- [Kopane School](https://www.chch.live/school/2385-kopane-school), decile 8 · EQI 447
- [Manchester Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2390-manchester-street-school), decile 6 · EQI 449
- [Glen Oroua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2360-glen-oroua-school), decile 9 · EQI 415

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.222301&lon=175.423332

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 470, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Sanson School?**

Main Highway North, , Sanson. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2443 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026