Abbotsford School
Full Primary · State · Karaka, Dunedin
290 students on the roll in Karaka · EQI 438 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 438. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 72 North Taieri Road, Karaka, Dunedin, 9052
- Roll: 290 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1953
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.23, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-4882642
- Email: office@abbotsford.school.nz
- Contact: Stephanie Madden
- Website: abbotsford.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
- Abbotsford School, in force from 2005-12-15 · 9 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
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rau Toroa, decile 2 · EQI 527 · 946 m
- St Peter Chanel School (Green Island), decile 8 · EQI 427 · 1.2 km
- Green Island School, decile 6 · EQI 490 · 1.5 km
- Fairfield School (Dunedin), decile 9 · EQI 420 · 2.2 km
- Concord School, decile 4 · EQI 498 · 3.0 km
- Balaclava School, decile 8 · EQI 428 · 3.8 km
- Kaikorai Valley College, decile 5 · EQI 502 · 4.0 km
- Bradford School, decile 5 · EQI 475 · 4.3 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Karaka.
290 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 438, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.