# Port Chalmers School

Full Primary · State · Port Chalmers

https://www.chch.live/school/3803-port-chalmers-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 448

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

## The record
- 30A Albertson Avenue, Port Chalmers, 9023
- Roll: 82 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.33, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 75 · Māori 20 · Pacific 3 · Asian 3 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 03-472 8685
- Email: office@portchalmers.school.nz
- Contact: Vicki Nicolson
- Website: http://www.portchalmers.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Sawyers Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3817-sawyers-bay-school), decile 6 · EQI 432
- [Broad Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3718-broad-bay-school), decile 9 · EQI 432
- [Portobello School](https://www.chch.live/school/3805-portobello-school), decile 8 · EQI 450
- [St Leonard's School (Dunedin)](https://www.chch.live/school/3829-st-leonard-s-school-dunedin), decile 10 · EQI 414
- [Pūrākaunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3807-purakaunui-school), decile 10 · EQI 443
- [Macandrew Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3762-macandrew-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 387
- [Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School](https://www.chch.live/school/1192-dunedin-rudolf-steiner-school), decile 9 · EQI 418
- [Ravensbourne School](https://www.chch.live/school/3808-ravensbourne-school), decile 6 · EQI 479

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.821029&lon=170.617507

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Port Chalmers School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Port Chalmers School have?**

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

**What is Port Chalmers School's Equity Index?**

EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Port Chalmers School?**

30A Albertson Avenue, , Port Chalmers. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3803 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026