# College Street Normal School

Contributing · State · Hokowhitu, Palmerston North

https://www.chch.live/school/2353-college-street-normal-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 409

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

## The record
- 402 College Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North, 4410
- Roll: 623 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1893
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.04, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 314 · Pacific 53 · Asian 242 · MELAA 35 · Other 9 · International 1
- Phone: 06-3581092
- Email: office@csn.school.nz
- Contact: Simon Marshall
- Website: http://www.csn.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- College Street Normal School, in force from 2004-04-06 · 8 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Palmerston North Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/203-palmerston-north-girls-high-school), decile 8 · EQI 433
- [Palmerston North Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2419-palmerston-north-intermediate), decile 8 · EQI 426
- [Hokowhitu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2365-hokowhitu-school), decile 7 · EQI 426
- [St James' Catholic School Te Kura Katorika o Hato Heemi](https://www.chch.live/school/2449-st-james-catholic-school-te-kura-katorika-o-hato-heemi), decile 8 · EQI 410
- [Palmerston North Adventist Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/4126-palmerston-north-adventist-christian-school), decile 3 · EQI 433
- [Carncot Independent School](https://www.chch.live/school/4101-carncot-independent-school), private, not rated
- [Mana Tamariki](https://www.chch.live/school/465-mana-tamariki), decile 5 · EQI 444
- [Manawatu Community High School - Manawatu Kura a Iwi](https://www.chch.live/school/6118-manawatu-community-high-school-manawatu-kura-a-iwi), EQI 569

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.360635&lon=175.619958

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is College Street Normal School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Hokowhitu.

**How many students does College Street Normal School have?**

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

**What is College Street Normal School's Equity Index?**

EQI 409, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Does College Street Normal 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=2353 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026