# Whanganui City College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/187-whanganui-city-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 547

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

## The record
- 84 Ingestre Street, Whanganui, 4541
- Roll: 272 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1911
- Isolation index 0.29, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 104 · Pacific 24 · Asian 9 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-3490180
- Email: office@wcc.school.nz
- Contact: Martyn Knapton
- Website: http://www.wcc.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Whanganui Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2477-whanganui-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 505
- [St George's School](https://www.chch.live/school/4130-st-george-s-school), private, not rated
- [Whanganui Collegiate School](https://www.chch.live/school/192-whanganui-collegiate-school), decile 9 · EQI 417
- [Keith Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2378-keith-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Whanganui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/189-whanganui-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 482
- [Carlton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2345-carlton-school), decile 3 · EQI 507
- [Whanganui Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/188-whanganui-girls-college), decile 3 · EQI 493
- [TKKM o Te Atihaunui-A-Paparangi](https://www.chch.live/school/4160-tkkm-o-te-atihaunui-a-paparangi), decile 2 · EQI 507

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.931369&lon=175.046397

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whanganui City College?**

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

**How many students does Whanganui City College have?**

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

**What is Whanganui City College's Equity Index?**

EQI 547, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Whanganui City College?**

84 Ingestre Street, , Whanganui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=187 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026