# Duvauchelle School

Contributing · State · Duvauchelle

https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 420

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

## The record
- School Lane, Duvauchelle, 7545
- Roll: 28 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1871
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.38 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 26 · Māori 3 · Asian 2 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 03-3045722
- Email: office@duvauchelle.school.nz
- Contact: Deb Richardson
- Website: http://hail.to/duvauchelle-primary-school
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/duvauchelle/school-lane
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/duvauchelle

## Enrolment zone
- Duvauchelle School — in force from 2019-04-29 · 263 km²
- Covers: Duvauchelle, Little River, Okains Bay, Pigeon Bay, Wainui — and the fringes of Le Bons Bay

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

## Other schools near here
- [Akaroa Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/350-akaroa-area-school) — decile 8 · EQI 455
- [Okains Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3452-okains-bay-school) — decile 4 · EQI 545
- [Little River School](https://www.chch.live/school/3418-little-river-school) — decile 9 · EQI 423
- [Diamond Harbour School](https://www.chch.live/school/3327-diamond-harbour-school) — decile 10 · EQI 412
- [Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/school/903-ko-taku-reo-deaf-education-new-zealand) — EQI 516
- [Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school) — decile 9 · EQI 424
- [Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3544-our-lady-star-of-the-sea-school-christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 401
- [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school) — decile 10 · EQI 382

## 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.
- [Duvauchelle Showgrounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1010-duvauchelle-showgrounds) — 20 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The reports nearby
28 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7765509) — 6065 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7592591) — 21A Pawsons Valley Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/7434715) — 6093–6143 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Canterbury, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7213103) — 6047 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/6927492) — 4 Duvauchelle School Ln, Canterbury, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/6142103) — 6047 Christchurch-Akaroa Rd, Canterbury, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/5832010) — 4 Duvauchelle School Lane, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/4883005) — 6063 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4765529) — 6075 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Banks Peninsula, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/4733958) — 9 Duvauchelle School Lane, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/4232638) — 6065 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Banks Peninsula, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/3746920) — 6075 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 7581, New Zealand

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami) — ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods) — 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study
- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope) — the plan’s broad instability overlay

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.749671&lon=172.932045

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Duvauchelle School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Duvauchelle School have?**

28 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Duvauchelle School's Equity Index?**

EQI 420 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Duvauchelle School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Duvauchelle, Little River, Okains Bay and 2 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=3332 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026
