# Merrilands School

Contributing · State · New Plymouth

https://www.chch.live/school/2197-merrilands-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 479

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

## The record
- Kauri Street, New Plymouth, 4312
- Roll: 136 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1960
- Isolation index 0.95, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 83 · Pacific 19 · Asian 21 · MELAA 6
- Phone: 06-7588644
- Email: admin@merrilands.school.nz
- Contact: James Willson
- Website: http://www.merrilands.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Sacred Heart Girls' College (N Plymouth)](https://www.chch.live/school/174-sacred-heart-girls-college-n-plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 414
- [New Plymouth Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/172-new-plymouth-girls-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 447
- [St John Bosco School (New Plymouth)](https://www.chch.live/school/2233-st-john-bosco-school-new-plymouth), decile 8 · EQI 385
- [Welbourn School](https://www.chch.live/school/2264-welbourn-school), decile 8 · EQI 425
- [New Plymouth Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/171-new-plymouth-boys-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 446
- [Fitzroy School](https://www.chch.live/school/2167-fitzroy-school), decile 8 · EQI 422
- [Highlands Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2172-highlands-intermediate), decile 7 · EQI 444
- [Central School Te Kura Waenga O Ngāmotu](https://www.chch.live/school/2160-central-school-te-kura-waenga-o-ngamotu), decile 8 · EQI 417

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.063254&lon=174.103854

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Merrilands School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Merrilands School have?**

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

**What is Merrilands School's Equity Index?**

EQI 479, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Merrilands School?**

Kauri Street, , New Plymouth. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2197 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026