# Stirling School

Full Primary · State · Stirling

https://www.chch.live/school/3836-stirling-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 469

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

## The record
- 2 Boyd Street, Stirling, 9231
- Roll: 79 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1879
- Isolation index 1.6, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 46 · Māori 25 · Pacific 13 · Asian 11 · MELAA 4
- Phone: 027-429 9272
- Email: principal@stirling.school.nz
- Contact: Donna Watson
- Website: http://www.stirling.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Balclutha School](https://www.chch.live/school/3710-balclutha-school), decile 5 · EQI 481
- [St Joseph's School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3826-st-joseph-s-school-balclutha), decile 5 · EQI 410
- [South Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/393-south-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 475
- [Rosebank School (Balclutha)](https://www.chch.live/school/3812-rosebank-school-balclutha), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [Kaitangata School](https://www.chch.live/school/3754-kaitangata-school), decile 4 · EQI 496
- [Romahapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3811-romahapa-school), decile 9 · EQI 438
- [Warepa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3861-warepa-school), decile 7 · EQI 433
- [St Mary's School (Milton)](https://www.chch.live/school/3831-st-mary-s-school-milton), decile 4 · EQI 465

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-46.248153&lon=169.779596

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 469, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Stirling School?**

2 Boyd Street, , Stirling. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3836 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026