# Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/321-shirley-boys-high-school-nga-tama-o-oruapaeroa

## 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
- 209 Travis Road, Christchurch, 8640
- Roll: 1,295 (September 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1957
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.28 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 1018 · Māori 304 · Pacific 104 · Asian 109 · MELAA 15 · Other 4 · International 33
- Phone: 03-3757057
- Email: office@shirley.school.nz
- Website: http://www.shirley.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Shirley Boys' High School — in force from 2021-03-01 · 18 km²
- Covers: New Brighton, North New Brighton, Parklands, South New Brighton, Southshore, Waimairi Beach — and the fringes of Bexley, Burwood, Marshland

*Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Avonside Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/324-avonside-girls-high-school) — decile 6 · EQI 472
- [Rāwhiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/696-rawhiti-school) — decile 3 · EQI 478
- [Parkview Pārua](https://www.chch.live/school/3470-parkview-parua) — decile 6 · EQI 477
- [New Brighton Catholic School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3445-new-brighton-catholic-school-chch) — decile 6 · EQI 445
- [St James School (Aranui)](https://www.chch.live/school/3523-st-james-school-aranui) — decile 1 · EQI 501
- [Waitākiri Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/685-waitakiri-primary-school) — decile 8 · EQI 452
- [Nova Montessori School](https://www.chch.live/school/1582-nova-montessori-school) — private — not rated
- [Chisnallwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3314-chisnallwood-intermediate) — decile 5 · EQI 482

## 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.
- [Queen Elizabeth Ii Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1808-queen-elizabeth-ii-park) — Sports ground · inside it
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Travis Rd near Blue Gum Pl — 108 m · route 60

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.494009&lon=172.708176

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Boys School.

**How many students does Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa have?**

1,295 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa's Equity Index?**

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

**Does Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record — it covers New Brighton, North New Brighton, Parklands and 3 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=321 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026