Balaclava School
Contributing · State · Balaclava, Dunedin
260 students on the roll in Balaclava · EQI 428 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 428. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 2 Mercer Street, Balaclava, Dunedin, 9011
- Roll: 260 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1964
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 03-4884667
- Email: reception@balaclava.school.nz
- Contact: Gary Marsh
- Website: balaclava.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
- Balaclava School, in force from 2009-09-28 · 3 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
- St Francis Xavier School (Mornington), decile 9 · EQI 387 · 695 m
- Kaikorai Valley College, decile 5 · EQI 502 · 759 m
- Mornington School, decile 7 · EQI 439 · 936 m
- Bradford School, decile 5 · EQI 475 · 1.4 km
- Carisbrook School, decile 3 · EQI 520 · 1.5 km
- Te Whirika Sara Cohen Specialist School, decile 5 · EQI 498 · 1.7 km
- St Bernadette's School (Forbury), decile 6 · EQI 425 · 1.8 km
- Concord School, decile 4 · EQI 498 · 1.9 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
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Balaclava.
260 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 428, 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.