Little River School

Little River School is a co-educational full primary school in Little River, within the Canterbury Region, operating in the state sector, with 39 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 423. The school has been open since 1872.

With 39 students on roll, Little River School is a very small school — larger than about 12% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 423, which is below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm.

80% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Pasifika descent make up 11.1%.

On the isolation index the school scores 1.04 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.