# Halfway Bush School

Contributing · State · Halfway Bush, Dunedin

https://www.chch.live/school/3745-halfway-bush-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 498

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

## The record
- 54 Ashmore Street, Halfway Bush, Dunedin, 9010
- Roll: 40 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1956
- Isolation index 0.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 28 · Māori 9 · Pacific 8 · Asian 4
- Phone: 03-4763207
- Email: office@hwb.school.nz
- Contact: Brian Filipo
- Website: http://www.hwb.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Wakari School](https://www.chch.live/school/3859-wakari-school), decile 7 · EQI 440
- [St Mary's School (Dunedin)](https://www.chch.live/school/3830-st-mary-s-school-dunedin), decile 6 · EQI 403
- [Brockville School](https://www.chch.live/school/3719-brockville-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Balmacewen Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3711-balmacewen-intermediate), decile 8 · EQI 425
- [Bradford School](https://www.chch.live/school/3716-bradford-school), decile 5 · EQI 475
- [Kaikorai School](https://www.chch.live/school/3753-kaikorai-school), decile 9 · EQI 397
- [Columba College](https://www.chch.live/school/386-columba-college), decile 10 · EQI 391
- [John McGlashan College](https://www.chch.live/school/387-john-mcglashan-college), decile 10 · EQI 390

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.857001&lon=170.465985

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Halfway Bush School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Halfway Bush.

**How many students does Halfway Bush School have?**

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

**What is Halfway Bush School's Equity Index?**

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Halfway Bush School?**

54 Ashmore Street, Halfway Bush, Dunedin. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3745 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026