Elmwood Normal School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 376. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• Aikmans Road, Merivale, Christchurch, 8014 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Merivale — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 564 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations may be requested
• Opened 1882
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.11 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3557192
• Email: office@elmwood.school.nz
• Contact: Verity Harlick
• Website: elmwood.school.nz

Who the roll is

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

Enrolment zone

• Elmwood Normal School — in force from 2020-07-20 · 6 km²

It covers: Merivale — and the fringes of Christchurch Central, Fendalton, Riccarton, Saint Albans, Strowan.

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

Other schools near here

• He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate — decile 9 · EQI 407 · 382 m
• Rangi Ruru Girls' School — private — not rated · 616 m
• Ferndale Te Ahu — decile 4 · EQI 521 · 664 m
• Selwyn House School — private — not rated · 736 m
• St Andrew's College (Christchurch) — private — not rated · 833 m
• St Margaret's College — private — not rated · 837 m
• St Patrick's School (Bryndwr) — decile 10 · EQI 376 · 910 m
• Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora — decile 9 · EQI 419 · 1.2 km

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.

• Merivale Reserve · 186 m to its edge
• Elmwood Park — Sports ground · 242 m to its edge

The bus stop

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

• Rossall St near Leinster Rd — 226 m · route 8

The register nearby

Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.

• Elmwood School War Memorial and Setting — 1/76 Leinster Road
• Dwelling and Setting — 61 Leinster Road
• Dwelling and Setting — 41 Leinster Road
• Dwelling and Setting — 70 Heaton Street
• Dwelling and Setting — 74 Heaton Street
• Dwelling and Setting — 98 Heaton Street

The reports nearby

593 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 493 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Graffiti on a playground or in a park — 74 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 19 September 2026
• Park - General Request — 40 Office Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 19 September 2026
• Park - General Request — 39 Rugby St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
• Playground Equipment — 40 Office Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
• Sign Poles — 33 Aikmans Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 2 September 2026
• Pothole — 56 Aikmans Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 2 September 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 166 Rossall Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 2 September 2026
• Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Rossall St near Leinster Rd, Merivale, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 31 August 2026
• Park - General Request — 40 Office Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 20 August 2026
• Street Cleaning — 90 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 15 August 2026
• Pavement - Damaged — 102 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 15 August 2026
• Park - General Request — 39 Rugby St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand · 12 August 2026

Under the ground

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

• On the plan’s flood map — Dudley Creek — the managed reach
• The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study