Whakarongo School
Full Primary · State · Palmerston North
487 students on the roll · EQI 424 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 424. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Stoney Creek Road, Palmerston North, 4470
- Roll: 487 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1877
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Large urban area
- Phone: 06-3569640
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Christopher Symon
- Website: whakarongo.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
- Whakarongo School, in force from 2015-01-01 · 34 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
- Cornerstone Christian School, decile 7 · EQI 417 · 2.2 km
- TKKM o Manawatu, decile 5 · EQI 506 · 2.6 km
- Roslyn School, decile 3 · EQI 518 · 3.7 km
- Parkland School (P North), decile 7 · EQI 443 · 4.1 km
- Aokautere School, decile 10 · EQI 393 · 4.3 km
- Freyberg High School, decile 5 · EQI 488 · 4.3 km
- Whakatipuria Teen Parent Unit, decile 1 · EQI 569 · 4.5 km
- Ross Intermediate, decile 6 · EQI 473 · 4.5 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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.
487 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 424, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.