# Whanganui High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/189-whanganui-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 482

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

## The record
- 76 Purnell Street, Whanganui, 4541
- Roll: 1,456 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1958
- Isolation index 0.32, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 1091 · Pacific 78 · Asian 119 · MELAA 19 · Other 12 · International 40
- Phone: 06-3490178
- Email: principal@whs.ac.nz
- Contact: Martin McAllen
- Website: http://www.whanganuihigh.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Carlton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2345-carlton-school), decile 3 · EQI 507
- [Whanganui Collegiate School](https://www.chch.live/school/192-whanganui-collegiate-school), decile 9 · EQI 417
- [St George's School](https://www.chch.live/school/4130-st-george-s-school), private, not rated
- [Arahunga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2334-arahunga-school), decile 3 · EQI 527
- [St Anthony's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/1585-st-anthony-s-school-wanganui), private, not rated
- [St Dominic's College](https://www.chch.live/school/454-st-dominic-s-college), private, not rated
- [Gonville School](https://www.chch.live/school/2361-gonville-school), decile 2 · EQI 513
- [Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/2442-te-kura-waenga-o-rutherford-rutherford-intermediate-school), decile 1 · EQI 539

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.933791&lon=175.031552

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whanganui High School?**

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

**How many students does Whanganui High School have?**

1,456 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Whanganui High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 482, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Whanganui High School?**

76 Purnell 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=189 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026