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Hornby High School

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Hornby, Christchurch

1,015 students on the roll in Hornby · EQI 489 · an enrolment scheme in place.

Hornby High School — from the school’s own website
From the school’s own website.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 489. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 180 Waterloo Road, Hornby, Christchurch, 8042 — the street’s record
  • Its suburb: Hornby — the suburb’s own record
  • Roll: 1,015 (September 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1975
  • An enrolment scheme is in place.
  • Isolation index 0.29 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 03-3495396
  • Email: office@hornby.school.nz
  • Contact: Ruth Robertson (Acting)
  • Website: hornby.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 387 · 38%
Māori 225 · 22%
Pacific 113 · 11%
Asian 407 · 40%
MELAA 31 · 3%
Other 9 · 1%
International 3 · 0%

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

Enrolment zone

  • Hornby High School Years 7-8 — in force from 2019-01-01 · 22 km²
  • Hornby High School Years 9-15 — in force from 2019-01-01 · 110 km²

It covers: Broomfield, Hei Hei, Hornby, Hornby South, Islington, Templeton, Wigram, Yaldhurst — and the fringes of McLeans Island, Middleton, Russley, Sockburn.

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

Other schools near here

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.

The bus stop

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

  • Carmen Rd near Waterloo Rd — 71 m · routes 125, 140

The reports nearby

239 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 194 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

Under the ground

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

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Hornby High School?

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational — in Hornby.

How many students does Hornby High School have?

1,015 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

What is Hornby High School's Equity Index?

EQI 489 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

Does Hornby High School have an enrolment zone?

2 zone polygons on record — it covers Broomfield, Hei Hei, Hornby and 5 more suburbs (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.