# Gisborne Girls' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Te Hapara, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/210-gisborne-girls-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 488

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

## The record
- 555 Gladstone Road, Te Hapara, Gisborne, 4040
- Roll: 686 (October 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1955
- Isolation index 0.82, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 392 · Pacific 53 · Asian 46 · MELAA 6 · Other 5 · International 13
- Phone: 06-8686092
- Email: info@gghs.school.nz
- Contact: Belinda Hannah
- Website: https://www.gisbornegirlshigh.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [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 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
- [Gisborne Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/209-gisborne-boys-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 486
- [Te Hapara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2692-te-hapara-school), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Gisborne Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2566-gisborne-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 486
- [Turanganui-A-Kiwa Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6125-turanganui-a-kiwa-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Elgin School](https://www.chch.live/school/2555-elgin-school), decile 1 · EQI 562
- [Mangapapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2597-mangapapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 478

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.655219&lon=178.008233

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Girls School, in Te Hapara.

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

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

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

EQI 488, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

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

555 Gladstone Road, Te Hapara, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=210 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026