# Hampden School

Full Primary · State · Hampden

https://www.chch.live/school/3746-hampden-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 489

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

## The record
- 41-47 Norwich Street, Hampden, 9410
- Roll: 32 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1864
- Isolation index 1.25, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 29 · Māori 9 · Pacific 4 · Asian 2
- Phone: 03-439 4603
- Email: office@hampden.school.nz
- Contact: Siobhan Murphy
- Website: http://www.hampden.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Kakanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3755-kakanui-school), decile 1 · EQI 450
- [Maheno School](https://www.chch.live/school/3765-maheno-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [East Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/371-east-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 488
- [Palmerston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3797-palmerston-school), decile 6 · EQI 461
- [Totara School](https://www.chch.live/school/3847-totara-school), decile 6 · EQI 450
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Weston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3864-weston-school), decile 8 · EQI 434

## 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.
- [Hampden Square](https://www.chch.live/park/845-hampden-square), Reserve · 268 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.
- [Hampden Hall](https://www.chch.live/facility/hall-47), Hall · 127 m
- [Hampden Public Toilets](https://www.chch.live/facility/public-toilet-96), Public toilet · 128 m
- [Hampden Community Energy](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-9), Transfer station · 212 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.325318&lon=170.815932

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Hampden School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Hampden School have?**

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

**What is Hampden School's Equity Index?**

EQI 489, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**What is near Hampden School?**

Hampden Square, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3746 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026