# Botany Downs Secondary College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Botany Downs, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/6930-botany-downs-secondary-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 403

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

## The record
- 575 Chapel Road, Botany Downs, Auckland, 2016
- Roll: 2,001 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 2004
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.24, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 599 · Māori 74 · Pacific 122 · Asian 1311 · MELAA 95 · Other 48 · International 156
- Phone: 09-2732310
- Email: admin@bdsc.school.nz
- Contact: Karen Brinsden
- Website: http://www.bdsc.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Botany Downs Secondary College, in force from 2026-06-20 · 31 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Point View School](https://www.chch.live/school/6921-point-view-school), decile 9 · EQI 344
- [Willowbank School (Howick)](https://www.chch.live/school/6959-willowbank-school-howick), decile 8 · EQI 374
- [Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Howick)](https://www.chch.live/school/1514-our-lady-star-of-the-sea-school-howick), decile 9 · EQI 355
- [Elim Christian College](https://www.chch.live/school/1190-elim-christian-college), decile 8 · EQI 379
- [Baverstock Oaks School](https://www.chch.live/school/6960-baverstock-oaks-school), decile 6 · EQI 388
- [Botany Downs School](https://www.chch.live/school/1235-botany-downs-school), decile 9 · EQI 392
- [Riverhills School](https://www.chch.live/school/1465-riverhills-school), decile 4 · EQI 494
- [Sancta Maria College](https://www.chch.live/school/491-sancta-maria-college), decile 7 · EQI 390

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.934108&lon=174.915446

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Botany Downs Secondary College?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational, in Botany Downs.

**How many students does Botany Downs Secondary College have?**

2,001 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Botany Downs Secondary College's Equity Index?**

EQI 403, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Does Botany Downs Secondary College have an enrolment zone?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=6930 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026