# New Plymouth Girls' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · New Plymouth

https://www.chch.live/school/172-new-plymouth-girls-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 447

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

## The record
- 60 Northgate, New Plymouth, 4342
- Roll: 1,276 (October 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1885
- Isolation index 0.91, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 1046 · Pacific 73 · Asian 161 · MELAA 26 · Other 20 · International 12
- Phone: 06-7573899
- Email: admin@npghs.school.nz
- Contact: Jacqui Brown
- Website: http://www.npghs.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Sacred Heart Girls' College (N Plymouth)](https://www.chch.live/school/174-sacred-heart-girls-college-n-plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 414
- [St John Bosco School (New Plymouth)](https://www.chch.live/school/2233-st-john-bosco-school-new-plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 385
- [Fitzroy School](https://www.chch.live/school/2167-fitzroy-school), decile 8 · EQI 422
- [New Plymouth Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/171-new-plymouth-boys-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 446
- [Merrilands School](https://www.chch.live/school/2197-merrilands-school), decile 7 · EQI 479
- [Central School Te Kura Waenga O Ngāmotu](https://www.chch.live/school/2160-central-school-te-kura-waenga-o-ngamotu), decile 8 · EQI 417
- [Welbourn School](https://www.chch.live/school/2264-welbourn-school), decile 8 · EQI 425
- [Highlands Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2172-highlands-intermediate), decile 7 · EQI 444

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.054795&lon=174.09477

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is New Plymouth Girls' High School?**

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

**How many students does New Plymouth Girls' High School have?**

1,276 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is New Plymouth Girls' High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 447, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is New Plymouth Girls' High School?**

60 Northgate, , New Plymouth. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=172 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026