Russell Street School
Contributing · State · Palmerston North
332 students on the roll · EQI 429 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8. Current Equity Index: 429. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Russell Street, Palmerston North, 4414
- Roll: 332 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1929
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.08, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 06-3586671
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Nick Rate
- Website: russellst.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
- Russell Street School, in force from 2003-01-31 · 2 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
- St Mary's School (P North), decile 6 · EQI 389 · 803 m
- Milson School, decile 4 · EQI 486 · 920 m
- St Peter's College (Palmerston North), decile 6 · EQI 436 · 929 m
- Palmerston North Boys' High School, decile 8 · EQI 441 · 930 m
- Mana Tamariki, decile 5 · EQI 444 · 1.0 km
- Queen Elizabeth College, decile 3 · EQI 556 · 1.1 km
- Te Ohanui (Palmerston North Specialist School) (Proposed opening date: 2027-07-19), not rated · 1.1 km
- Ross Intermediate, decile 6 · EQI 473 · 1.1 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.
332 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 429, 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.