Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 398. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 41 Merrin Street, Avonhead, Christchurch, 8042 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Avonhead — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 469 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations may be requested
• Opened 1965
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.25 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3588369
• Email: office@merrin.school.nz
• Contact: Lisa Dillon-Roberts
• Website: merrin.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

• Merrin School — in force from 2021-05-03 · 4 km²

It covers: Avonhead, Russley.

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

Other schools near here

• Westburn Te Kura O Hereora — decile 9 · EQI 383 · 1.0 km
• Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School — decile 7 · EQI 420 · 1.4 km
• Christ The King School (Burnside) — decile 8 · EQI 369 · 1.5 km
• Avonhead School - Rakipaoa — decile 7 · EQI 406 · 1.5 km
• Burnside High School — decile 8 · EQI 416 · 1.6 km
• Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School — decile 10 · EQI 395 · 1.8 km
• Tuia Burnside Primary School — decile 4 · EQI 437 · 1.9 km
• Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate — decile 8 · EQI 405 · 2.0 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.

• Greendale Reserve · 180 m to its edge
• Strathean Reserve · 375 m to its edge
• Cricklewood Reserve · 387 m to its edge

The bus stop

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

• Merrin St near Withells Rd — 121 m · route 130

The reports nearby

292 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 229 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Litter — 18 Brookby Cres, ????, ?????? 8042, ??? · 21 September 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 14 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 11 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 232 Withells Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 6 September 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 18 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 6 September 2026
• Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 18 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 4 September 2026
• Pothole — 18 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 3 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 18 August 2026
• Damaged Road — 18 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 2 August 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 10B Merrin St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 1 August 2026
• Litter — 18 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 28 July 2026
• Water Leak — 5 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 17 July 2026
• Bus Shelter Issue — 18 Brookby Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 12 July 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.

• The liquefaction model grades it “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study