Central School Te Kura Waenga O Ngāmotu
Contributing · State · New Plymouth
224 students on the roll · EQI 417 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 417. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 40 Lemon Street, New Plymouth, 4310
- Roll: 224 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1884
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.88, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 06-7583240
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Natasha Jackson
- Website: central.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Central School, in force from 2017-07-24 · 5 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- New Plymouth Boys' High School, decile 7 · EQI 446 · 609 m
- New Plymouth Girls' High School, decile 7 · EQI 447 · 1.4 km
- Welbourn School, decile 8 · EQI 425 · 1.8 km
- St Pius X School (New Plymouth), decile 9 · EQI 391 · 1.8 km
- Highlands Intermediate, decile 7 · EQI 444 · 1.9 km
- Sacred Heart Girls' College (N Plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 414 · 2.1 km
- Westown School, decile 3 · EQI 533 · 2.1 km
- Merrilands School, decile 7 · EQI 479 · 2.1 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational.
224 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 417, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.