Paparoa Street School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 10. 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

• 120 Paparoa Street, Papanui, Christchurch, 8053 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Papanui — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 341 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations may be requested
• Opened 1953
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.15 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3528160
• Email: office@paparoastreet.school.nz
• Contact: Dyane Stokes
• Website: paparoastreet.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

• Paparoa Street School — in force from 2024-01-01 · 3 km²

It covers: Papanui, 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

• Christchurch Adventist School — decile 5 · EQI 435 · 661 m
• St Andrew's College (Christchurch) — private — not rated · 804 m
• St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch) — decile 9 · EQI 394 · 1.1 km
• He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate — decile 9 · EQI 407 · 1.2 km
• Waimairi School — decile 9 · EQI 418 · 1.3 km
• St Joseph's School (Papanui) — decile 9 · EQI 395 · 1.3 km
• Papanui Primary School — decile 6 · EQI 452 · 1.3 km
• Papanui High School — decile 7 · EQI 461 · 1.4 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.

• Erica Playground · 149 m to its edge
• Rutland Reserve · 196 m to its edge

The reports nearby

178 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 141 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Damaged Street Light — 31 Erica Street, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 13 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 90 Paparoa Street, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 26 August 2026
• Water Leak — 30 Erica St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 July 2026
• Water Leak — 30 Erica St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 26 May 2026
• Water Leak — 30 Erica St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 16 May 2026
• Overgrown Vegetation — 116 Paparoa Street, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 6 May 2026
• Abandoned Vehicle — 93 Perry St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 March 2026
• Water General — 29 Erica Street, Papanui, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 13 February 2026
• Trees - General — 127 Paparoa St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 January 2026
• Fallen Tree — 127 Paparoa St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 22 January 2026
• Trees - General — 78 Paparoa St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 4 January 2026
• Abandoned Vehicle — 88 Perry St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 24 November 2025

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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
• The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study