# Villa Maria College Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Upper Riccarton, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 411 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 21 Peer Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, 8041 - Roll: 831 (September 2026) - Girls School - Donations may be requested - Opened 1918 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.22 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Roll by ethnicity: European 625 · Māori 107 · Pacific 70 · Asian 175 · MELAA 27 · Other 17 · International 26 - Phone: 03-3484165 - Email: villa@villa.school.nz - Website: http://www.villa.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/upper-riccarton/peer-street - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton ## Enrolment zone - Villa Maria College — in force from 2023-01-01 · 13022 km² - Covers: most of Christchurch *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Te Kāpehu Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-te-kapehu-riccarton-school) — decile 3 · EQI 462 - [Avonhead School - Rakipaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school-rakipaoa) — decile 7 · EQI 406 - [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) — decile 6 · EQI 440 - [Ilam School](https://www.chch.live/school/3384-ilam-school) — decile 6 · EQI 394 - [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) — decile 8 · EQI 430 - [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories) — decile 6 · EQI 376 - [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) — decile 9 · EQI 404 - [Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3396-kahikatea-kirkwood-intermediate) — decile 7 · EQI 430 ## 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. - [Upper Riccarton Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1172-upper-riccarton-domain) — Sports ground · 120 m to its edge - [Glebe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1475-glebe-reserve) — Botanic · 396 m to its edge - [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. - Yaldhurst Rd near Ludecke Pl — 221 m · routes 86, 140 ## The reports nearby 100 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8742467) — 33 Peer Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8597465) — 10 Peer St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8594046) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8501339) — 18A Peer Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8441460) — 28 Brodie St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8433176) — 33A Bowen Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8016412) — 33 Bowen St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7828012) — 36 Peer St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7752437) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7690474) — 36 Peer St, ????, ?????? 8041, ??? - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7537157) — 42 Peer Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7484786) — 33 Peer St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [The liquefaction model grades it “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.528309&lon=172.567569 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Villa Maria College?** Secondary (Year 7-15) · State : Integrated · Girls School — in Upper Riccarton. **How many students does Villa Maria College have?** 831 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Villa Maria College's Equity Index?** EQI 411 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9. **Does Villa Maria College have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record — it covers most of Christchurch. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=326 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026