# Elgin School

Contributing · State · Elgin-Gisborne, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2555-elgin-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 562

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

## The record
- 2 Knox Street, Elgin-Gisborne, Gisborne, 4010
- Roll: 42 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1955
- Isolation index 0.86, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Pacific 4 · Asian 2
- Phone: 06-8675454
- Email: office@elgin.school.nz
- Contact: Waiarani Eruera
- Website: http://www.elgin.schoolzone.net.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou](https://www.chch.live/school/4535-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-hawaiki-hou), EQI 555
- [Te Hapara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2692-te-hapara-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2680-st-mary-s-catholic-school-gisborne), decile 5 · EQI 423
- [Campion College](https://www.chch.live/school/211-campion-college), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga](https://www.chch.live/school/737-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-horouta-wananga), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Gisborne Specialist School (Proposed opening date: 2028-01-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4586-gisborne-specialist-school-proposed-opening-date-2028-01-01), not rated
- [Gisborne Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/210-gisborne-girls-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 488
- [TKKM o Nga Uri A Maui](https://www.chch.live/school/1672-tkkm-o-nga-uri-a-maui), decile 3 · EQI 515

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.655029&lon=177.993954

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Elgin-Gisborne.

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

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

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

EQI 562, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Elgin School?**

2 Knox Street, Elgin-Gisborne, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2555 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026