# Avonhead School - Rakipaoa Full Primary · State · Avonhead, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school-rakipaoa ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 406 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 55 Avonhead Road, Avonhead, Christchurch, 8042 - Roll: 614 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1959 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.24 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Cohort entry: Yes - Roll by ethnicity: European 268 · Māori 54 · Pacific 44 · Asian 300 · MELAA 31 · Other 13 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/avonhead/55-avonhead-road - Phone: 03-3487361 - Email: principal@avonhead.school.nz - Contact: Micah Hocquard - Website: http://www.avonhead.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/avonhead-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/avonhead ## Enrolment zone - Avonhead School — in force from 2022-07-25 · 3 km² - Covers: Avonhead, Ilam, Sockburn, Upper Riccarton *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college) — decile 9 · EQI 411 - [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) — decile 8 · EQI 430 - [Te Kāpehu Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-te-kapehu-riccarton-school) — decile 3 · EQI 462 - [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories) — decile 6 · EQI 376 - [Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3496-te-parito-kowhai-russley-school) — decile 7 · EQI 420 - [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) — decile 6 · EQI 440 - [Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school-nga-whetu-kohara) — decile 8 · EQI 398 - [Westburn Te Kura O Hereora](https://www.chch.live/school/3589-westburn-te-kura-o-hereora) — decile 9 · EQI 383 ## 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. - [Ferrier Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1842-ferrier-park) — Sports ground · 130 m to its edge - [Corfe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1038-corfe-reserve) — 257 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. - Staveley St near Avonhead Rd — 352 m · route 130 ## The reports nearby 342 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9009430) — 36 Avonhead Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9005810) — Ferrier Park 56 Nortons Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9005711) — 40 Avonhead Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8930084) — 37A Balrudry Street, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8924645) — 37A Balrudry Street, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8851033) — Ferrier Park 56 Nortons Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8846040) — 88 Avonhead Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8839381) — 49 Nortons Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8814876) — 34 Avonhead Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8674248) — Ferrier Park 56 Nortons Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8660948) — 82 Avonhead Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8490707) — 31 Balrudry St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, 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=-43.524102&lon=172.559497 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Avonhead School - Rakipaoa?** Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in Avonhead. **How many students does Avonhead School - Rakipaoa have?** 614 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Avonhead School - Rakipaoa's Equity Index?** EQI 406 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7. **Does Avonhead School - Rakipaoa have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record — it covers Avonhead, Ilam, Sockburn and 1 more suburb. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3287 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026