Ferndale Te Ahu

Ferndale Te Ahu is a co-educational specialist school school in Christchurch, within the Canterbury Region, operating in the state sector, with 140 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 521. The school has been open since 1941.

With 140 students on roll, Ferndale Te Ahu is a medium-sized school — larger than about 35% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 521, which is above the national average of 463. A higher Equity Index signals greater socio-economic need in the school's community — schools in this band receive more targeted government funding and support. The gap of 58 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 69.9%, with a meaningful Pasifika community at 13.8% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.09 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.