# Mountainview High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Timaru

https://www.chch.live/school/359-mountainview-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 494

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

## The record
- Pages Road, Timaru, 7940
- Roll: 448 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1901
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.71, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 354 · Māori 62 · Pacific 15 · Asian 30 · MELAA 33 · Other 2 · International 19
- Phone: 03-6847039
- Email: admin@mountainview.school.nz
- Contact: Rebecca Rhodes
- Website: http://www.mountainview.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Mountainview High School, in force from 2024-09-30 · 201 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Timaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3533-st-joseph-s-school-timaru), decile 7 · EQI 403
- [Oceanview Heights School](https://www.chch.live/school/2110-oceanview-heights-school), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Grantlea Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/2111-grantlea-downs-school), decile 5 · EQI 498
- [Craighead Diocesan School](https://www.chch.live/school/357-craighead-diocesan-school), decile 9 · EQI 409
- [Highfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/3373-highfield-school), decile 7 · EQI 477
- [Waimataitai School](https://www.chch.live/school/3572-waimataitai-school), decile 6 · EQI 464
- [Gleniti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3347-gleniti-school), decile 9 · EQI 414
- [Bluestone School](https://www.chch.live/school/2113-bluestone-school), decile 5 · EQI 474

## 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.
- [Lindsay Street Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/355-lindsay-street-playground), 175 m to its edge
- [Part Highfield Golf Course](https://www.chch.live/park/241-part-highfield-golf-course), 215 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.376707&lon=171.219535

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Mountainview High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Mountainview High School have?**

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

**What is Mountainview High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 494, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Mountainview High School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=359 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026