# Birkenhead College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Birkenhead, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/31-birkenhead-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 464

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

## The record
- 140 Birkdale Road, Birkenhead, Auckland, 0746
- Roll: 487 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1972
- Isolation index 0.17, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 260 · Māori 104 · Pacific 112 · Asian 112 · MELAA 21 · Other 6 · International 33
- Phone: 09-4839039
- Email: office@birkenhead.school.nz
- Contact: Craig Waller
- Website: http://www.birkenhead.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Birkdale Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1230-birkdale-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 473
- [Birkdale Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1228-birkdale-intermediate), decile 6 · EQI 455
- [Kauri Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1327-kauri-park-school), decile 7 · EQI 384
- [Birkdale North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1229-birkdale-north-school), decile 5 · EQI 427
- [Beach Haven School](https://www.chch.live/school/1223-beach-haven-school), decile 4 · EQI 434
- [Verran Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1543-verran-primary-school), decile 8 · EQI 401
- [Windy Ridge School](https://www.chch.live/school/1575-windy-ridge-school), decile 7 · EQI 387
- [Chelsea School](https://www.chch.live/school/1244-chelsea-school), decile 10 · EQI 352

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.799175&lon=174.701151

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Birkenhead College?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational, in Birkenhead.

**How many students does Birkenhead College have?**

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

**What is Birkenhead College's Equity Index?**

EQI 464, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Birkenhead College?**

140 Birkdale Road, Birkenhead, Auckland. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=31 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026