Prebbleton School
Full Primary · State · Prebbleton
573 students on the roll · EQI 379 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Our Māori name (Te Kura o Taumata Kuri) means, 'The school where he (Kuwhare) gazed on speargrass which showed him the way from Taumutu to Kaiapoi'. — prebbleton.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 379. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Blakes Road, Prebbleton, 7604
- Roll: 573 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1858
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.28, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 03-3496553
- Email: admin@prebbleton.school.nz
- Contact: Kim Alexander
- Website: prebbleton.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
- Prebbleton School, in force from 2026-01-01 · 19 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Koromiko Mākoha (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01), not rated · 1.3 km
- Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa, EQI 385 · 2.1 km
- Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School, decile 4 · EQI 464 · 3.6 km
- Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kāhu, decile 4 · EQI 392 · 4.0 km
- Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka, decile 9 · EQI 410 · 4.2 km
- Hornby Primary School, decile 3 · EQI 489 · 4.3 km
Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School, decile 8 · EQI 449 · 4.4 km
Hornby High School, decile 3 · EQI 489 · 4.5 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.
- Railtrail: Marshs Road - Springs Road, Sports ground · 206 m to its edge
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point, what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
573 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 379, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.