# Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School

Contributing · State · Linwood, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3413-te-huarahi-linwood-avenue-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 499

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

## The record
- 260 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch, 8062
- Roll: 355 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1928
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.11 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 142 · Māori 95 · Pacific 72 · Asian 107 · MELAA 13 · Other 1
- Address record: https://www.chch.live/linwood/260-linwood-avenue
- Phone: 03-3899256
- Email: office@linwoodave.school.nz
- Contact: Felicity Iona
- Website: http://www.linwoodave.school.nz
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/linwood/linwood-avenue
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/linwood

## Enrolment zone
- Linwood Avenue School — in force from 2019-10-14 · 2 km²
- Covers: Bromley, Linwood, Phillipstown, Woolston

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

## Other schools near here
- [Te Pā o Rākaihautū](https://www.chch.live/school/706-te-pa-o-rakaihautu) — decile 4 · EQI 517
- [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) — decile 3 · EQI 507
- [Te Ahuwai Bromley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3302-te-ahuwai-bromley-school) — decile 3 · EQI 513
- [Kimihia Parents' College](https://www.chch.live/school/2761-kimihia-parents-college) — decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Whītau School](https://www.chch.live/school/3415-whitau-school) — decile 2 · EQI 513
- [Te Waka Unua School](https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-school) — decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Tamariki School](https://www.chch.live/school/4143-tamariki-school) — decile 4 · EQI 464
- [St Anne's School (Woolston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3520-st-anne-s-school-woolston) — decile 3 · EQI 447

## 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.
- [Linwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1311-linwood-park) — Sports ground · 42 m to its edge
- [Linwood Nursery](https://www.chch.live/park/1503-linwood-nursery) — 215 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point — libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Linwood Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-8) — Service centre · 155 m
- [Linwood Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-41) — Library · 319 m

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Eastgate Mall (Linwood Ave) — 63 m · route 140

## The reports nearby
373 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9002362) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8826131) — 301 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8647374) — 309 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8483967) — 141 Smith Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8342528) — 243 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8334192) — 317 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8240316) — 18 Chelsea Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8231449) — 244 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8036488) — 315A Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7892588) — 2A Chelsea Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7795925) — 5 Cranley Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7693471) — 18 Chelsea Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, 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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.535284&lon=172.67488

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational — in Linwood.

**How many students does Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School have?**

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

**What is Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School's Equity Index?**

EQI 499 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Bromley, Linwood, Phillipstown 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=3413 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026
