# Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School Full Primary · State · Avonhead, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/3496-te-parito-kowhai-russley-school ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 420 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 75 Cutts Road, Avonhead, Christchurch, 8042 - Roll: 440 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1963 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.27, the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Cohort entry: Yes - Roll by ethnicity: European 231 · Māori 44 · Pacific 29 · Asian 170 · MELAA 34 · Other 28 · International 16 - Phone: 03-3427783 - Email: reception@russley.school.nz - Contact: Gregory Lewis - Website: http://www.russley.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/cutts-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/avonhead ## Enrolment zone - Russley School, in force from 2019-01-01 · 3 km² - Covers: Russley, and the fringes of Avonhead, Broomfield *Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Avonhead School - Rakipaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school-rakipaoa), decile 7 · EQI 406 - [Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school-nga-whetu-kohara), decile 8 · EQI 398 - [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college), decile 8 · EQI 430 - [Villa Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/326-villa-maria-college), decile 9 · EQI 411 - [Westburn Te Kura O Hereora](https://www.chch.live/school/3589-westburn-te-kura-o-hereora), decile 9 · EQI 383 - [Te Kāpehu Riccarton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3485-te-kapehu-riccarton-school), decile 3 · EQI 462 - [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby), decile 4 · EQI 423 - [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories), decile 6 · EQI 376 ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries, measured to the pin, not the gate. - Hyde Park, 217 m · route 130 ## The reports nearby 65 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9047564), 17 Yardley Street, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9013117), 43 Yardley Street, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8994582), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8994553), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8913198), 26 Yardley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8571016), 37 Glenharrow Avenue, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8520694), 39 Woodbury St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8310138), 11A Yardley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8046684), 39 Glenharrow Avenue, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7696372), 39 Yardley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7623936), 26 Yardley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7533101), 19 Yardley St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, 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 liquefaction model grades it “Low Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.517895&lon=172.544704 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School?** Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Avonhead. **How many students does Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School have?** 440 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School's Equity Index?** EQI 420, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7. **Does Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record, it covers Russley (+ fringes). The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3496 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026