# Whanganui East School

Contributing · State · Whanganui East, Whanganui

https://www.chch.live/school/2476-whanganui-east-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 547

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

## The record
- Patapu Street, Whanganui East, Whanganui, 4500
- Roll: 166 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1904
- Isolation index 0.37, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 74 · Pacific 12 · Asian 4 · MELAA 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-3438054
- Email: office@whanganuieast.school.nz
- Contact: Eleanore Barry
- Website: http://www.whanganuieast.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Anne's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2447-st-anne-s-school-wanganui), decile 5 · EQI 459
- [Whanganui Girls' College](https://www.chch.live/school/188-whanganui-girls-college), decile 3 · EQI 493
- [St Mary's School (Wanganui)](https://www.chch.live/school/2454-st-mary-s-school-wanganui), decile 3 · EQI 469
- [Cullinane College](https://www.chch.live/school/190-cullinane-college), decile 4 · EQI 497
- [Keith Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/2378-keith-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 528
- [Whanganui City College](https://www.chch.live/school/187-whanganui-city-college), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [Whanganui Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2477-whanganui-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 505
- [St George's School](https://www.chch.live/school/4130-st-george-s-school), private, not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.91454&lon=175.063803

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Whanganui East School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Whanganui East.

**How many students does Whanganui East School have?**

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

**What is Whanganui East School's Equity Index?**

EQI 547, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Whanganui East School?**

Patapu Street, Whanganui East, Whanganui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2476 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026