# Southern Cross Campus

Composite · State · Mangere, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/452-southern-cross-campus

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 515

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

## The record
- 237 Buckland Road, Mangere, Auckland, 2153
- Roll: 1,671 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1998
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.15, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 59 · Māori 222 · Pacific 1417 · Asian 180 · MELAA 22 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-2550404
- Email: admin@southerncross.school.nz
- Contact: Samantha Smith
- Website: http://www.southerncross.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Southern Cross Campus (Yrs 7-8), in force from 2009-07-16 · 4 km²
- Southern Cross Campus (Yrs 9-15), in force from 2009-07-16 · 6 km²
- Southern Cross Campus (Yrs 1-6), in force from 2009-07-16 · 1 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura Māori o Ngā Tapuwae](https://www.chch.live/school/630-te-kura-maori-o-nga-tapuwae), decile 2 · EQI 499
- [St Mary MacKillop Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1633-st-mary-mackillop-catholic-school), decile 1 · EQI 475
- [Robertson Road School](https://www.chch.live/school/1467-robertson-road-school), decile 1 · EQI 507
- [Māngere East School](https://www.chch.live/school/1348-mangere-east-school), decile 1 · EQI 505
- [Sutton Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1520-sutton-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 494
- [Jean Batten School](https://www.chch.live/school/1322-jean-batten-school), decile 1 · EQI 491
- [Koru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1336-koru-school), decile 1 · EQI 504
- [Rise UP Academy](https://www.chch.live/school/879-rise-up-academy), EQI 485

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.964291&lon=174.816726

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Southern Cross Campus?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Mangere.

**How many students does Southern Cross Campus have?**

1,671 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Southern Cross Campus's Equity Index?**

EQI 515, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Does Southern Cross Campus have an enrolment zone?**

3 zone polygons on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=452 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026