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Papanui High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Papanui, Christchurch

1,416 students on the roll in Papanui · EQI 461 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Welcome to the Papanui High School website. — papanui.school.nz

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 461. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 30 Langdons Road, Papanui, Christchurch, 8542 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Papanui — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 1,416 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1936
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.18 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3526119
  • Email: admin@papanui.school.nz
  • Contact: Robert Gilbert
  • Website: papanui.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 950 · 67%
Māori 247 · 17%
Pacific 73 · 5%
Asian 358 · 25%
MELAA 55 · 4%
Other 15 · 1%
International 57 · 4%

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

  • Papanui High School — in force from 2020-01-01 · 110 km²

It covers: 21 suburbs — mostly Belfast, Bishopdale, Brooklands, Casebrook, Coutts Island.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point — libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

  • Northlands Platform A — 407 m · routes 1, 95, 107

The reports nearby

386 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 303 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Papanui High School?

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational — in Papanui.

How many students does Papanui High School have?

1,416 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

What is Papanui High School's Equity Index?

EQI 461 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

Does Papanui High School have an enrolment zone?

1 zone polygon on record — it covers 14 suburbs, mostly Belfast, Bishopdale, Brooklands, Casebrook. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.