# Dargaville High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Dargaville

https://www.chch.live/school/19-dargaville-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 515

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

## The record
- Plunket Street, Dargaville, 310
- Roll: 389 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1921
- Isolation index 1.58, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 212 · Pacific 60 · Asian 29 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 09-4397229
- Email: office@darghigh.school.nz
- Contact: Curtis Gaylor
- Website: http://www.dargavillehighschool.co.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Dargaville Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1008-dargaville-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Dargaville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1098-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-dargaville), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Selwyn Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1097-selwyn-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Dargaville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1009-dargaville-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Tangowahine School](https://www.chch.live/school/1105-tangowahine-school), decile 4 · EQI 513
- [Arapohue School](https://www.chch.live/school/1002-arapohue-school), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [Te Kopuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1111-te-kopuru-school), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Kaihu Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1020-kaihu-valley-school), decile 2 · EQI 563

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.931691&lon=173.868056

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 515, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Dargaville High School?**

Plunket Street, , Dargaville. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=19 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026