Best primary schools in Christchurch 2026
89 primary schools ranked by the SchoolsNearMe composite — a 5-axis score (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory) compared against EQI-band peers. Methodology.
Data refreshed from Education Counts 2026-07-12. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.
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Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review84 - 2Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch)
Sumner · Full Primary · 109 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review78 - 3Milns Road School (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-25)
Halswell · Full Primary · — students · EQI unknown
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Wellbeing100Trajectory75ERO review79 - 6St Francis of Assisi Catholic School
Mairehau · Full Primary · 467 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Wellbeing90Trajectory84ERO review78 - 7Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)
Hoon Hay · Full Primary · 348 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Wellbeing100Trajectory77ERO review74 - 8St Mary's School (Christchurch)
Christchurch · Full Primary · 126 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Wellbeing100Trajectory59ERO review83 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory63ERO review77
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About this ranking
SchoolsNearMe's composite combines five axes — academic achievement, post-school destinations, Y9→Y13 retention, wellbeing (low stand-down rate), and roll trajectory — into a single 0–100 score. The math compares each school against its EQI-band peers (12 bands covering NZ's socio-economic spread), so a school serving more disadvantaged students isn't unfairly penalised against schools serving the most-advantaged.
Schools below 30 students aren't given a rollup score (per-axis data is still on each profile). Schools without composite-eligible data don't appear on this page.
Source data: Education Counts (NCEA, retention, destinations, discipline, funding) · Ministry of Education (roll, EQI, identity).