Every school in Christchurch

146 schools in the Ministry of Education’s directory: Christchurch City’s territorial authority, Lyttelton and Banks Peninsula included. Two ratings ride each row: the decile the school last had (1–10, measured 2022: higher meant less disadvantage) and its current Equity Index (344–569: higher means more disadvantage). Both describe the community a school draws its students from. Neither measures how well it teaches, and the Ministry does not rate private schools at all.

Schools open: 144
Students on their rolls: 65,157
Kinds of school: 9
With enrolment zones: 111

Full Primary 59

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Avonhead School - Rakipaoa	Avonhead	604	decile 7 · EQI 406
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto	Beckenham	482	decile 8 · EQI 412
Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū	Cashmere	499	decile 10 · EQI 368
Christ The King School (Burnside)	Burnside	321	decile 8 · EQI 369
Christchurch East School	Christchurch Central	293	decile 3 · EQI 454
Diamond Harbour School	diamond-harbour	114	decile 10 · EQI 412
Heathcote Valley School	Heathcote Valley	186	decile 9 · EQI 424
Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa	Halswell	667	EQI 385
Little River School	little-river	39	decile 9 · EQI 423
Lyttelton Primary School	lyttelton	129	decile 9 · EQI 424
Mairehau Primary School		383	decile 6 · EQI 466
Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki	Hillsborough	120	EQI 434
Medbury Preparatory School	Fendalton	379	private, not rated
Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara	Avonhead	463	decile 8 · EQI 398
Mt Pleasant School	Mt Pleasant	392	decile 10 · EQI 393
New Brighton Catholic School (Chch)	New Brighton	195	decile 6 · EQI 445
Ngutuawa School	Woolston	132	decile 3 · EQI 526
Nova Montessori School	New Brighton	37	private, not rated
Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka	Halswell	645	decile 9 · EQI 410
Okains Bay School	okains-bay	10	decile 4 · EQI 545
Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)	Hoon Hay	334	decile 10 · EQI 401
Our Lady of Victories	Sockburn	258	decile 6 · EQI 376
Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch)	Sumner	104	decile 10 · EQI 401
Ōuruhia Model School	Ouruhia	22	decile 8 · EQI 445
Parkview Pārua	Parklands	384	decile 6 · EQI 477
Pūtahi Belfast School	Belfast	444	decile 7 · EQI 458
Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka	Parklands	461	decile 8 · EQI 453
Rāwhiti School	North New Brighton	541	decile 3 · EQI 478
Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)	Addington	191	decile 4 · EQI 404
Selwyn House School	Merivale	306	private, not rated
South New Brighton School	South New Brighton	395	decile 6 · EQI 454
St Anne’s School (Woolston)	Woolston	179	decile 3 · EQI 447
St Bernadette’s School (Hornby)	Hornby	166	decile 4 · EQI 423
St Francis of Assisi Catholic School	Mairehau	476	decile 8 · EQI 408
St Joseph’s School (Papanui)	Papanui	444	decile 9 · EQI 395
St Mark’s School (Christchurch)	Opawa	237	decile 10 · EQI 398
St Martins School	St Martins	492	decile 9 · EQI 402
St Mary’s School (Christchurch)		125	decile 4 · EQI 397
St Michael’s Church School	Christchurch Central	126	private, not rated
St Patrick’s School (Bryndwr)	Bryndwr	173	decile 10 · EQI 376
St Peter’s School Te Kura Haoika	Beckenham	161	decile 8 · EQI 397
St Teresa’s School (Riccarton)		173	decile 4 · EQI 398
Sumner School	Sumner	331	decile 10 · EQI 382
Tamariki School	Woolston	51	decile 4 · EQI 464
Te Kāpehu Riccarton School	Sockburn	378	decile 3 · EQI 462
Te Kura o Ōhinetahi - Governors Bay	governors-bay	93	decile 10 · EQI 386
Te Kura o Ōpāwaho, Opawa School	Opawa	371	decile 4 · EQI 463
Te Kura o Rātā Templeton School	Templeton	286	decile 8 · EQI 449
Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School	Halswell	753	decile 10 · EQI 385
Te Mātaitihi (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01) proposed	Halswell		not rated
Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School	Avonhead	432	decile 7 · EQI 420
Te Raekura Redcliffs School	Redcliffs	267	decile 10 · EQI 400
Te Rito Harakeke - Marshland School	Marshland	602	decile 9 · EQI 404
Te Waka Unua School	Woolston	500	decile 2 · EQI 509
The Cathedral Grammar School		252	private, not rated
Waltham School	Waltham	261	decile 3 · EQI 489
Westburn Te Kura O Hereora	Ilam	476	decile 9 · EQI 383
Wharenui School	Riccarton	433	decile 3 · EQI 457
Yaldhurst School, Tōtara Tūkaha	yaldhurst	132	decile 5 · EQI 432

Contributing 36

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Addington Te Kura Taumatua	Addington	349	decile 3 · EQI 470
Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu	Bishopdale	174	decile 3 · EQI 521
Cotswold Mātāhae School	Bishopdale	557	decile 8 · EQI 419
Duvauchelle School	duvauchelle	28	decile 6 · EQI 420
Elmwood Normal School	Merivale	559	decile 10 · EQI 376
Gilberthorpe School	Hei Hei	236	decile 2 · EQI 475
Harewood School	Harewood	165	decile 8 · EQI 410
Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka	Hoon Hay	448	decile 8 · EQI 416
Hornby Primary School	Hornby	266	decile 3 · EQI 489
Ilam School	Ilam	404	decile 6 · EQI 394
Papanui Primary School	Papanui	231	decile 6 · EQI 452
Paparoa Street School	Papanui	352	decile 10 · EQI 398
Pareawa Banks Avenue School	Richmond	358	decile 4 · EQI 466
Redwood School (Christchurch)	Redwood	297	decile 8 · EQI 443
Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo	Somerfield	566	decile 8 · EQI 419
St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch)	St Albans	112	decile 9 · EQI 394
St Albans School	St Albans	581	decile 8 · EQI 414
St James School (Aranui)	Aranui	102	decile 1 · EQI 501
Te Ahuwai Bromley School	Bromley	363	decile 3 · EQI 513
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School	Spreydon	275	decile 4 · EQI 445
Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School	Burnside	295	decile 10 · EQI 395
Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School	Shirley	370	decile 3 · EQI 494
Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School	Linwood	343	decile 2 · EQI 499
Te Kōmanawa Rowley School	Hoon Hay	225	decile 1 · EQI 535
Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington	Cashmere	449	decile 10 · EQI 377
Te Kura o Matarangi - Northcote School	Redwood	157	decile 3 · EQI 533
Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School	Hoon Hay	281	decile 3 · EQI 453
Te Kura o Te Mātāpuna Isleworth School	Bishopdale	239	decile 5 · EQI 466
Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School	Hornby	306	decile 4 · EQI 464
Tuia Burnside Primary School	Ilam	325	decile 4 · EQI 437
Tūora Fendalton School	Burnside	445	decile 10 · EQI 371
Waimairi School		327	decile 9 · EQI 418
Wairakei School (Christchurch)	Bryndwr	208	decile 6 · EQI 478
Waitākiri Primary School	Burwood	554	decile 8 · EQI 452
Whītau School	Linwood	301	decile 2 · EQI 513
Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kāhu	Wigram	496	decile 4 · EQI 392

Secondary (Year 9-15) 14

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Avonside Girls' High School	North New Brighton	1,095	decile 6 · EQI 472
Burnside High School	Burnside	2,743	decile 8 · EQI 416
Cashmere High School	Somerfield	2,454	decile 9 · EQI 413
Christ’s College	Christchurch Central	708	private, not rated
Christchurch Boys' High School	Riccarton	1,413	decile 10 · EQI 418
Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora	Riccarton	1,314	decile 9 · EQI 419
Mairehau High School		411	decile 4 · EQI 510
Marian College	Northcote-Christchurch	428	decile 8 · EQI 426
New Zealand IT College (Proposed) proposed	Addington		private, not rated
Papanui High School	Papanui	1,425	decile 7 · EQI 461
Riccarton High School	Sockburn	1,112	decile 6 · EQI 440
Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa		1,302	decile 6 · EQI 464
St Bede’s College	Papanui	803	decile 9 · EQI 415
Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College	Christchurch Central	1,987	decile 6 · EQI 468

Composite 13

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Aidanfield Christian School	Aidanfield	487	decile 8 · EQI 377
Akaroa Area School	akaroa	115	decile 8 · EQI 455
Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery	Christchurch	657	decile 7 · EQI 442
Christchurch Adventist School	Papanui	294	decile 5 · EQI 435
Haeata Community Campus	Wainoni	606	decile 1 · EQI 545
Hillview Christian School	St Martins	559	decile 7 · EQI 418
Middleton Grange School	Riccarton	1,403	decile 9 · EQI 404
Rudolf Steiner School (Chch)	Opawa	282	decile 8 · EQI 410
St Andrew’s College (Christchurch)	Bryndwr	1,647	private, not rated
St Margaret’s College	Merivale	868	private, not rated
Te Pā o Rākaihautū	Linwood	206	decile 4 · EQI 517
TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi	Spreydon	233	decile 3 · EQI 494
TKKM o Waitaha	Waltham	226	decile 1 · EQI 519

Intermediate 8

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Breens Intermediate	Bishopdale	274	decile 7 · EQI 443
Casebrook Intermediate	Casebrook	436	decile 6 · EQI 466
Chisnallwood Intermediate	Avondale	420	decile 5 · EQI 482
Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School	Spreydon	489	decile 8 · EQI 411
He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate	Merivale	546	decile 9 · EQI 407
Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate	Riccarton	297	decile 7 · EQI 430
Te Oraka	Shirley	194	decile 4 · EQI 505
Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate	Fendalton	684	decile 8 · EQI 405

Secondary (Year 7-15) 8

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Catholic Cathedral College	Phillipstown	602	decile 4 · EQI 448
Christchurch North College	Burnside	69	EQI 446
Hornby High School	Hornby	1,018	decile 3 · EQI 489
Rangi Ruru Girls' School	Merivale	705	private, not rated
St Thomas of Canterbury College	Sockburn	691	decile 8 · EQI 430
Te Aratai College	Phillipstown	1,243	decile 3 · EQI 507
Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High School	Barrington	1,420	decile 4 · EQI 467
Villa Maria College	Upper Riccarton	835	decile 9 · EQI 411

Specialist School 6

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Ferndale Te Ahu	Merivale	140	decile 4 · EQI 521
Kingslea School	Richmond	124	decile 1 · EQI 569
Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand	Sumner	101	EQI 516
Pītau-Allenvale School	Belfast	135	decile 6 · EQI 466
Southern Health School	Hillmorton	16	decile 1 · EQI 569
Te Whānau o Ōtūmatua	Halswell	7	decile 2 · EQI 540

Composite (Year 1-10) 1

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Emmanuel Christian School	Bishopdale	289	decile 8 · EQI 409

Teen Parent Unit 1

School	Suburb	Roll	Rating
Kimihia Parents' College	Woolston		decile 1 · EQI 569

Filtered live at /schools, by name, suburb, type and rating, with every enrolment zone drawn on the map; the area filter widens the roll to greater Christchurch or the whole national directory. Ministry of Education directory via data.govt.nz; zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map.

Questions, answered briefly

How many schools are there in Christchurch?

146 in the Ministry of Education’s directory, 144 open, 2 closed or proposed.

Which Christchurch school has the biggest roll?

Burnside High School, 2,743 students on the Ministry’s directory.

What do the decile and Equity Index numbers mean?

Both describe the community a school draws its students from, the decile (1–10, measured 2022) and the Equity Index (higher means more disadvantage). Neither measures how well a school teaches, and the Ministry does not rate private schools.