# St Mary's School (Christchurch)

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3535-st-mary-s-school-christchurch

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 397

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 375 Manchester Street, Christchurch, 8013
- Roll: 127 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1894
- Isolation index 0.04, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 39 · Māori 9 · Pacific 8 · Asian 73 · MELAA 10
- Phone: 03-3662005
- Email: office@stmaryschch.school.nz
- Contact: David O'Neill
- Website: http://www.stmaryschch.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [The Cathedral Grammar School](https://www.chch.live/school/368-the-cathedral-grammar-school), private, not rated
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), decile 3 · EQI 454
- [Christ's College](https://www.chch.live/school/330-christ-s-college), private, not rated
- [Kingslea School](https://www.chch.live/school/518-kingslea-school), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [St Michael's Church School](https://www.chch.live/school/4136-st-michael-s-church-school), private, not rated
- [Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery](https://www.chch.live/school/683-ao-tawhiti-unlimited-discovery), decile 7 · EQI 442
- [St Margaret's College](https://www.chch.live/school/333-st-margaret-s-college), private, not rated
- [Selwyn House School](https://www.chch.live/school/4138-selwyn-house-school), private, not rated

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries, measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Manchester St near Salisbury St, 100 m · route 44

## The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point, proximity, not a claim of place.
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Holly Lea/McLean's Mansion](https://www.chch.live/place/145), 387 Manchester Street
- [Former St Mary's Convent Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/47), 67/868 Colombo Street

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground Footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.523227&lon=172.639261

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is St Mary's School (Christchurch)?**

Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational.

**How many students does St Mary's School (Christchurch) have?**

127 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is St Mary's School (Christchurch)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 397, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is St Mary's School (Christchurch)?**

375 Manchester Street, , Christchurch. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3535 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026