# Timaru Boys' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · West End, Timaru

https://www.chch.live/school/360-timaru-boys-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 457

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

## The record
- 211 North Street, West End, Timaru, 7940
- Roll: 793 (September 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1880
- Isolation index 0.68, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 584 · Māori 129 · Pacific 60 · Asian 71 · MELAA 36 · Other 2 · International 24
- Phone: 03-6877560
- Email: tbhs@timaruboys.school.nz
- Contact: Dave Thorp
- Website: http://www.timaruboys.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Bluestone School](https://www.chch.live/school/2113-bluestone-school), decile 5 · EQI 474
- [Timaru Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1611-timaru-christian-school), decile 8 · EQI 446
- [Timaru Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/361-timaru-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 474
- [Roncalli College](https://www.chch.live/school/358-roncalli-college), decile 7 · EQI 446
- [Craighead Diocesan School](https://www.chch.live/school/357-craighead-diocesan-school), decile 9 · EQI 409
- [Sacred Heart School (Timaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3498-sacred-heart-school-timaru), decile 5 · EQI 438
- [Waimataitai School](https://www.chch.live/school/3572-waimataitai-school), decile 6 · EQI 464
- [Highfield School](https://www.chch.live/school/3373-highfield-school), decile 7 · EQI 477

## 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.
- [North Street / Otipua Road Green Area](https://www.chch.live/park/383-north-st-otipua-rd-green-area), Reserve · 212 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.
- [Lovelock Statue And Oak Tree Memorial](https://www.chch.live/facility/monument-77), Monument · 22 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.400183&lon=171.230188

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Timaru Boys' High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Boys School, in West End.

**How many students does Timaru Boys' High School have?**

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

**What is Timaru Boys' High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 457, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**What is near Timaru Boys' High School?**

North St / Otipua Rd Green Area, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=360 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026