# St Mark's School (Christchurch) Full Primary · State : Integrated · Opawa, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/4135-st-mark-s-school-christchurch ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 398 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - Cholmondeley Avenue, Opawa, Christchurch, 8023 - Roll: 241 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations may be requested - Opened 1921 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.13 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Roll by ethnicity: European 213 · Māori 25 · Pacific 9 · Asian 22 · MELAA 12 - Phone: 03-3327339 - Email: office@saintmarks.school.nz - Contact: Adrian Rennie - Website: http://www.saintmarks.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/cholmondeley-avenue - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/opawa ## Other schools near here - [TKKM o Waitaha](https://www.chch.live/school/4212-tkkm-o-waitaha) — decile 1 · EQI 519 - [Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-te-kura-o-opawaho-opawa-school) — decile 4 · EQI 463 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) — decile 7 · EQI 418 - [Rudolf Steiner School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/419-rudolf-steiner-school-chch) — decile 8 · EQI 410 - [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489 - [Te Waka Unua School](https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-school) — decile 2 · EQI 509 - [St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-school) — decile 9 · EQI 402 - [Kimihia Parents' College](https://www.chch.live/school/2761-kimihia-parents-college) — decile 1 · EQI 569 ## 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. - [Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park) — Botanic · 82 m to its edge - [Acorn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1231-acorn-reserve) — 186 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate. - St Martins Rd near Ensors Rd — 163 m · route Oa ## The register nearby Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place. - [Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme](https://www.chch.live/place/37) — 22 Cholmondeley Avenue - [9 Ford Road](https://www.chch.live/place/532) — 9 Ford Road - [Dwelling and Setting, Cardowan](https://www.chch.live/place/167) — 64 Opawa Road ## The reports nearby 418 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8995889) — 28 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8948615) — Ensors Rd, Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8797759) — 15 Ensors Road, Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8780299) — 22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8703066) — 22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8676155) — 24 Ensors Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8632052) — 125 Fifield Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8629901) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8557803) — 1 Ensors Road, Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8489916) — 25 Ensors Road, Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8397386) — 25 Ensors Road, Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8390168) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [Graded TC3 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) — Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Heathcote River — the managed reach - [The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.552887&lon=172.659307 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is St Mark's School (Christchurch)?** Full Primary · State : Integrated · Co-Educational — in Opawa. **How many students does St Mark's School (Christchurch) have?** 241 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is St Mark's School (Christchurch)'s Equity Index?** EQI 398 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10. **Does St Mark's School (Christchurch) have an enrolment zone?** An enrolment scheme on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=4135 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026