# Gisborne Boys' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/209-gisborne-boys-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 486

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

## The record
- 80 Stanley Road, Gisborne, 4040
- Roll: 772 (October 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1909
- Isolation index 0.82, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 340 · Pacific 78 · Asian 56 · MELAA 16 · Other 61 · International 7
- Phone: 06-8688159
- Email: office@gisboyshigh.net
- Contact: Tom Cairns
- Website: http://www.gisboyshigh.net

## Other schools near here
- [Gisborne Specialist School (Proposed opening date: 2028-01-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4586-gisborne-specialist-school-proposed-opening-date-2028-01-01), not rated
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga](https://www.chch.live/school/737-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-horouta-wananga), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Gisborne Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/210-gisborne-girls-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 488
- [Gisborne Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2566-gisborne-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 486
- [Awapuni School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2544-awapuni-school-gisborne), decile 3 · EQI 499
- [Te Hapara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2692-te-hapara-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Turanganui-A-Kiwa Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6125-turanganui-a-kiwa-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou](https://www.chch.live/school/4535-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-hawaiki-hou), EQI 555

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.658874&lon=178.009033

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Gisborne Boys' High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Boys School.

**How many students does Gisborne Boys' High School have?**

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

**What is Gisborne Boys' High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 486, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Gisborne Boys' High School?**

80 Stanley Road, , Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=209 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026