St Joseph's School (Timaru)

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 403. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 50 Kelvin Street, Timaru, 7910
• Roll: 218 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1939
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.7, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Setting: Medium urban area
• Phone: 03-6881376
• Email: office@stjosephstimaru.school.nz
• Contact: Amanda O'Brien
• Website: stjosephstimaru.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

• St Joseph's School (Timaru), in force from 2023-04-24 · 711 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

• Oceanview Heights School, decile 2 · EQI 523 · 473 m
• Mountainview High School, decile 6 · EQI 494 · 486 m
• Grantlea Downs School, decile 5 · EQI 498 · 947 m
• Craighead Diocesan School, decile 9 · EQI 409 · 1.1 km
• Waimataitai School, decile 6 · EQI 464 · 1.5 km
• Highfield School, decile 7 · EQI 477 · 1.6 km
• Bluestone School, decile 5 · EQI 474 · 2.2 km
• Timaru Boys' High School, decile 7 · EQI 457 · 2.4 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.

• Arun Street Reserve · 193 m to its edge
• Marchwiel Park, Sports ground · 269 m to its edge
• Part Highfield Golf Course · 362 m to its edge
• Tweedy Park · 378 m to its edge

Facilities nearby

Council facilities within 400 m of the school’s point, libraries, pools and centres a parent can walk to.

• Marchweil Park Toilets, Public toilet · 319 m