# Portobello School

Full Primary · State · Portobello, Dunedin

https://www.chch.live/school/3805-portobello-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 450

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

## The record
- 30 Harington Point Road, Portobello, Dunedin, 9014
- Roll: 57 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 0.48, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 46 · Māori 19 · Pacific 2 · Asian 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-4780605
- Email: office@portobello.school.nz
- Contact: Tom Hobbs
- Website: http://portobello.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Broad Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3718-broad-bay-school), decile 9 · EQI 432
- [Port Chalmers School](https://www.chch.live/school/3803-port-chalmers-school), decile 6 · EQI 448
- [Sawyers Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3817-sawyers-bay-school), decile 6 · EQI 432
- [Macandrew Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3762-macandrew-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 387
- [St Leonard's School (Dunedin)](https://www.chch.live/school/3829-st-leonard-s-school-dunedin), decile 10 · EQI 414
- [Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School](https://www.chch.live/school/1192-dunedin-rudolf-steiner-school), decile 9 · EQI 418
- [Pūrākaunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3807-purakaunui-school), decile 10 · EQI 443
- [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=-45.838224&lon=170.6572

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Portobello.

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

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

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

EQI 450, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Portobello School?**

30 Harington Point Road, Portobello, Dunedin. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3805 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026