# Spotswood College

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

https://www.chch.live/school/173-spotswood-college

## 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
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 675 · Pacific 36 · Asian 46 · MELAA 18 · Other 26 · International 21
- Phone: 06-7512416
- Email: admin@spotswoodcollege.school.nz
- Contact: Nicola Ngarewa
- Website: http://spotswoodcollege.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Pi'ipi'inga Kakano Mai I Rangiatea](https://www.chch.live/school/4145-te-pi-ipi-inga-kakano-mai-i-rangiatea), decile 3 · EQI 514
- [Spotswood Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2232-spotswood-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 507
- [Moturoa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2203-moturoa-school), decile 4 · EQI 458
- [Marfell Community School](https://www.chch.live/school/2192-marfell-community-school), decile 2 · EQI 542
- [St Joseph's School (New Plymouth)](https://www.chch.live/school/2236-st-joseph-s-school-new-plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 384
- [Devon Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2161-devon-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 494
- [Francis Douglas Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/175-francis-douglas-memorial-college), decile 8 · EQI 418
- [West End Te Kura O Morere](https://www.chch.live/school/2265-west-end-te-kura-o-morere), decile 6 · EQI 462

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.071205&lon=174.036087

## 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.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=173 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026