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Spotswood College

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

888 students on the roll · EQI 493.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 493. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 129 South Road, New Plymouth, 4344
  • Roll: 888 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1960
  • Isolation index 0.98, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
  • Setting: Large urban area
  • Phone: 06-7512416
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Contact: Nicola Ngarewa
  • Website: spotswoodcollege.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 675 · 76%
Pacific 36 · 4%
Asian 46 · 5%
MELAA 18 · 2%
Other 26 · 3%
International 21 · 2%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Spotswood College?

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational.

How many students does Spotswood College have?

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

What is Spotswood College's Equity Index?

EQI 493, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

Where is Spotswood College?

129 South Road, , New Plymouth. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.