# Highfield School

Full Primary · State · Glenwood, Timaru

https://www.chch.live/school/3373-highfield-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- Rimu Street, Glenwood, Timaru, 7910
- Roll: 316 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1962
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.71, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 212 · Māori 70 · Pacific 34 · Asian 35 · MELAA 30 · Other 3
- Phone: 03-6861419
- Email: office@highfield.school.nz
- Contact: Amy Logavatu
- Website: http://www.highfield.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Highfield School, in force from 2022-07-25 · 3 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Craighead Diocesan School](https://www.chch.live/school/357-craighead-diocesan-school), decile 9 · EQI 409
- [Bluestone School](https://www.chch.live/school/2113-bluestone-school), decile 5 · EQI 474
- [Mountainview High School](https://www.chch.live/school/359-mountainview-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 494
- [St Joseph's School (Timaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3533-st-joseph-s-school-timaru), decile 7 · EQI 403
- [Timaru Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/360-timaru-boys-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 457
- [Gleniti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3347-gleniti-school), decile 9 · EQI 414
- [Oceanview Heights School](https://www.chch.live/school/2110-oceanview-heights-school), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Timaru Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1611-timaru-christian-school), decile 8 · EQI 446

## 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.
- [Puriri Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/249-puriri-st-reserve), 182 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.390404&lon=171.213467

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Glenwood.

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

316 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

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

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3373 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026