# Cheviot Area School

Composite · State · Cheviot

https://www.chch.live/school/309-cheviot-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 463

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

## The record
- Hall Street, Cheviot, 7341
- Roll: 173 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1884
- Isolation index 2.15, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 150 · Māori 28 · Pacific 5 · Asian 7 · MELAA 1 · Other 2
- Phone: 03-3198787
- Email: accounts@cheviot.school.nz
- Contact: Virginia Neal
- Website: http://www.cheviot.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Waiau School](https://www.chch.live/school/3566-waiau-school), decile 8 · EQI 442
- [Greta Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3359-greta-valley-school), decile 5 · EQI 442
- [Rotherham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3490-rotherham-school), decile 10 · EQI 441
- [Amuri Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/308-amuri-area-school), decile 8 · EQI 444
- [Omihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/3454-omihi-school), decile 10 · EQI 435
- [Hanmer Springs School](https://www.chch.live/school/3368-hanmer-springs-school), decile 9 · EQI 426
- [Waipara School](https://www.chch.live/school/3576-waipara-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Waikari School](https://www.chch.live/school/3569-waikari-school), decile 5 · EQI 455

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Cheviot Rest Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/3390-cheviot-rest-reserve), Reserve · 115 m to its edge
- [Specimen Plantation Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/3492-specimen-plantation-reserve), Reserve · 205 m to its edge
- [Hutchison Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/3408-hutchison-street-reserve), Reserve · 212 m to its edge
- [Cheviot War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/3393-cheviot-war-memorial), Reserve · 224 m to its edge
- [Cheviot Old Hall Site Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/3389-cheviot-old-hall-site-reserve), Reserve · 259 m to its edge
- [Findlays Plantation](https://www.chch.live/park/3402-findlays-plantation), Reserve · 319 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Cheviot Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-211), Hall · 78 m
- [Cheviot Community Library & Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-46), Library · 123 m
- [Cheviot Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-36), Service centre · 133 m
- [Cheviot Public Toilets](https://www.chch.live/facility/public-toilet-424), Public toilet · 135 m
- [Cheviot Caravan Waste Dump](https://www.chch.live/facility/camper-sewage-disposal-68), Camper sewage disposal · 262 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-42.811459&lon=173.275547

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Cheviot Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Cheviot Area School have?**

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

**What is Cheviot Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 463, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**What is near Cheviot Area School?**

Cheviot Rest Reserve, Specimen Plantation Reserve, Hutchison Street Reserve and 3 more, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=309 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026