# Riverdale School (Gisborne)

Contributing · State · Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2667-riverdale-school-gisborne

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 552

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

## The record
- 324 Stout Street, Gisborne, 4040
- Roll: 158 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1958
- Isolation index 0.88, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 33 · Pacific 13 · Asian 8 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-8685468
- Email: admin@riverdalegis.school.nz
- Contact: Julie McLaughlin
- Website: http://riverdalegis.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Lytton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/208-lytton-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 526
- [Te Whare Whai Hua Teenage Parent Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/2749-te-whare-whai-hua-teenage-parent-centre), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [TKKM o Nga Uri A Maui](https://www.chch.live/school/1672-tkkm-o-nga-uri-a-maui), decile 3 · EQI 515
- [Te Hapara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2692-te-hapara-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Sonrise Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1149-sonrise-christian-school), decile 5 · EQI 480
- [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
- [Gisborne Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/210-gisborne-girls-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 488

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.644379&lon=178.002553

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Riverdale School (Gisborne)?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Riverdale School (Gisborne) have?**

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

**What is Riverdale School (Gisborne)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 552, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Riverdale School (Gisborne)?**

324 Stout Street, , Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2667 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026