# Whanganui Girls' College

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Whanganui East, Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/188-whanganui-girls-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · 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
- 21 Jones Street, Whanganui East, Whanganui, 4540
- Roll: 347 (October 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1891
- Isolation index 0.34, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 260 · Pacific 32 · Asian 16 · MELAA 9 · Other 5 · International 7
- Phone: 06-3490944
- Email: admin@wgc.ac.nz
- Contact: Nita Pond
- Website: http://www.whanganui-girls.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Keith Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2378-keith-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Whanganui East School](https://www.chch.live/school/2476-whanganui-east-school), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [St Mary's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2454-st-mary-s-school-wanganui), decile 3 · EQI 469
- [Cullinane College](https://www.chch.live/school/190-cullinane-college), decile 4 · EQI 497
- [St Anne's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2447-st-anne-s-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Whanganui Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2477-whanganui-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 505
- [Whanganui City College](https://www.chch.live/school/187-whanganui-city-college), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [St George's School](https://www.chch.live/school/4130-st-george-s-school), private, not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.919788&lon=175.055093

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whanganui Girls' College?**

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

**How many students does Whanganui Girls' College have?**

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

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

EQI 493, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Whanganui Girls' College?**

21 Jones Street, Whanganui East, Whanganui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=188 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026