# Russell School (Porirua East)

Contributing · State · Cannons Creek, Porirua

https://www.chch.live/school/2983-russell-school-porirua-east

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 509

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

## The record
- 18 Fantame Street, Cannons Creek, Porirua, 5024
- Roll: 112 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.13, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in a Pacific language
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9 · Māori 38 · Pacific 82 · Asian 12 · MELAA 8
- Phone: 04-2357956
- Email: admin@russellschool.school.nz
- Contact: Michelle Thwaites

## Other schools near here
- [Maraeroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2903-maraeroa-school), decile 1 · EQI 515
- [Natone Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/2923-natone-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 525
- [Porirua College](https://www.chch.live/school/255-porirua-college), decile 1 · EQI 529
- [Corinna School](https://www.chch.live/school/2828-corinna-school), decile 1 · EQI 522
- [Cannons Creek School](https://www.chch.live/school/2818-cannons-creek-school), decile 1 · EQI 521
- [Brandon Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2814-brandon-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 523
- [Holy Family School (Porirua)](https://www.chch.live/school/2859-holy-family-school-porirua), decile 1 · EQI 487
- [Windley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3074-windley-school), decile 1 · EQI 529

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.134335&lon=174.872214

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Russell School (Porirua East)?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Cannons Creek.

**How many students does Russell School (Porirua East) have?**

112 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Russell School (Porirua East)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 509, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Russell School (Porirua East)?**

18 Fantame Street, Cannons Creek, Porirua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2983 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026