# Akaroa Area School Composite · State · Akaroa https://www.chch.live/school/350-akaroa-area-school ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 455 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 141 Rue Jolie, Akaroa, 7520 - Roll: 115 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1881 - Isolation index 1.61 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Setting: Rural settlement - Roll by ethnicity: European 92 · Māori 30 · Pacific 7 · Asian 13 · MELAA 6 · International 1 - Phone: 03-3047108 - Email: office@akaroa.school.nz - Contact: Jonathan Keelty - Website: http://akaroa.school.nz/ - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/akaroa/rue-jolie - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/akaroa ## Other schools near here - [Duvauchelle School](https://www.chch.live/school/3332-duvauchelle-school) — decile 6 · EQI 420 - [Okains Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3452-okains-bay-school) — decile 4 · EQI 545 - [Little River School](https://www.chch.live/school/3418-little-river-school) — decile 9 · EQI 423 - [Diamond Harbour School](https://www.chch.live/school/3327-diamond-harbour-school) — decile 10 · EQI 412 - [Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school) — decile 9 · EQI 424 - [Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/school/903-ko-taku-reo-deaf-education-new-zealand) — EQI 516 - [Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3544-our-lady-star-of-the-sea-school-christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 401 - [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school) — decile 10 · EQI 382 ## 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. - [Britomart Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1728-britomart-reserve) — 191 m to its edge - [Hutchenson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1023-hutchenson-reserve) — 201 m to its edge - [Garden Of Tane](https://www.chch.live/park/1106-garden-of-tane) — Botanic · 237 m to its edge - [Walnut Place Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1564-walnut-place-reserve) — 255 m to its edge - [Stanley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1663-stanley-park) — 287 m to its edge - [Akaroa Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1774-akaroa-beach) — 351 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. - [Akaroa Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-35) — Library · 147 m ## The reports nearby 292 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8825769) — 17 Aubrey Street South, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8795738) — 82 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8741764) — 82 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8735611) — 85K Beach Road, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8679935) — 69 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8632025) — 15 Walnut Place, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8561334) — 16B Selwyn Ave, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8557934) — 19 Aubrey St South, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8555745) — 8 Selwyn Ave, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8555714) — 13 Selwyn Ave, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8515643) — 51–75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8360617) — 75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods) — 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope) — the plan’s broad instability overlay What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.811179&lon=172.962434 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Akaroa Area School?** Composite · State · Co-Educational. **How many students does Akaroa Area School have?** 115 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Akaroa Area School's Equity Index?** EQI 455 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8. **What is near Akaroa Area School?** Britomart Reserve, Hutchenson Reserve, Garden Of Tane and 3 more — green space within 400 m of the school’s point. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=350 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026