# Te Whirika Sara Cohen Specialist School

Specialist School · State · Calton Hill, Dunedin

https://www.chch.live/school/3816-te-whirika-sara-cohen-specialist-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · 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
- 38 Riselaw Road, Calton Hill, Dunedin, 9012
- Roll: 81 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1926
- Isolation index 0.16, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 64 · Māori 18 · Pacific 5 · Asian 6 · MELAA 2 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-4558347
- Email: office@saracohen.school.nz
- Contact: Barbara Dinnissen (Acting)
- Website: http://www.saracohen.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [St Bernadette's School (Forbury)](https://www.chch.live/school/3819-st-bernadette-s-school-forbury), decile 6 · EQI 425
- [Carisbrook School](https://www.chch.live/school/648-carisbrook-school), decile 3 · EQI 520
- [Bathgate Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/647-bathgate-park-school), decile 3 · EQI 510
- [Queen's High School](https://www.chch.live/school/384-queen-s-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 463
- [Kings High School (Dunedin)](https://www.chch.live/school/383-kings-high-school-dunedin), decile 7 · EQI 453
- [St Francis Xavier School (Mornington)](https://www.chch.live/school/3822-st-francis-xavier-school-mornington), decile 9 · EQI 387
- [St Clair School](https://www.chch.live/school/3835-st-clair-school), decile 8 · EQI 422
- [Balaclava School](https://www.chch.live/school/3709-balaclava-school), decile 8 · EQI 428

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.898837&lon=170.482778

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Whirika Sara Cohen Specialist School?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Calton Hill.

**How many students does Te Whirika Sara Cohen Specialist School have?**

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

**What is Te Whirika Sara Cohen Specialist School's Equity Index?**

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Te Whirika Sara Cohen Specialist School?**

38 Riselaw Road, Calton Hill, Dunedin. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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