# Napier Girls' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Bluff Hill, Napier

https://www.chch.live/school/217-napier-girls-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 448

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

## The record
- Clyde Road, Bluff Hill, Napier, 4110
- Roll: 1,003 (October 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1884
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.04, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 853 · Pacific 49 · Asian 82 · MELAA 21 · Other 12 · International 19
- Phone: 06-8351069
- Email: nghs@nghs.school.nz
- Contact: Dawn Ackroyd
- Website: http://www.nghs.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Napier Girls' High School, in force from 2006-09-13 · 9 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Sacred Heart College (Napier)](https://www.chch.live/school/219-sacred-heart-college-napier), decile 5 · EQI 446
- [Napier Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2618-napier-central-school), decile 8 · EQI 403
- [Napier Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2619-napier-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 497
- [Nelson Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/2620-nelson-park-school), decile 5 · EQI 458
- [Port Ahuriri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2648-port-ahuriri-school), decile 7 · EQI 425
- [Marewa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2606-marewa-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [St Patrick's School (Napier)](https://www.chch.live/school/2745-st-patrick-s-school-napier), decile 4 · EQI 435
- [Napier Community High School](https://www.chch.live/school/6124-napier-community-high-school), EQI 569

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.48566&lon=176.915037

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Girls School, in Bluff Hill.

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

1,003 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 448, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Napier Girls' High School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=217 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026