# Whangārei Girls' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Regent, Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/16-whangarei-girls-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 471

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

## The record
- 1 Lupton Avenue, Regent, Whangarei, 140
- Roll: 1,469 (October 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1878
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.6, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 1128 · Pacific 111 · Asian 142 · MELAA 21 · Other 33 · International 25
- Phone: 09-4304460
- Email: office@wghs.school.nz
- Contact: Sonya Lockyer
- Website: http://www.wghs.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Whangarei Girls' High School, in force from 2025-01-01 · 364 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Whangārei Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/15-whangarei-boys-high-school), decile 5 · EQI 474
- [Whangarei School](https://www.chch.live/school/1130-whangarei-school), decile 4 · EQI 464
- [Whangarei Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1129-whangarei-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 506
- [St Francis Xavier Catholic School (Whangarei)](https://www.chch.live/school/1588-st-francis-xavier-catholic-school-whangarei), decile 6 · EQI 404
- [Whau Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1131-whau-valley-school), decile 2 · EQI 537
- [Te Kāpehu Whetū](https://www.chch.live/school/3619-te-kapehu-whetu), EQI 529
- [Renew School](https://www.chch.live/school/1138-renew-school), decile 4 · EQI 461
- [Blomfield Special School and Resource Ctre](https://www.chch.live/school/1007-blomfield-special-school-and-resource-ctre), decile 3 · EQI 518

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.713289&lon=174.31955

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whangārei Girls' High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Girls School, in Regent.

**How many students does Whangārei Girls' High School have?**

1,469 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Whangārei Girls' High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 471, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Does Whangārei Girls' High School 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=16 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026