Central Normal School
Contributing · State · Palmerston North
486 students on the roll · EQI 491 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 491. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 201 Featherston Street, Palmerston North, 4410
- Roll: 486 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1873
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.05, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 06-3593337
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Regan Orr
- Website: centralnormal.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 Normal School, in force from 2019-01-28 · 4 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
- Queen Elizabeth College, decile 3 · EQI 556 · 453 m
- Te Ohanui (Palmerston North Specialist School) (Proposed opening date: 2027-07-19), not rated · 477 m
- Palmerston North Boys' High School, decile 8 · EQI 441 · 630 m
- Mana Tamariki, decile 5 · EQI 444 · 1.1 km
- Palmerston North Adventist Christian School, decile 3 · EQI 433 · 1.2 km
- Palmerston North Intermediate, decile 8 · EQI 426 · 1.3 km
- Our Lady of Lourdes School (P North), decile 5 · EQI 422 · 1.4 km
- Russell Street School, decile 8 · EQI 429 · 1.5 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.
486 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 491, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.