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Elgin School

Contributing · State · Elgin-Gisborne, Gisborne

42 students on the roll in Elgin-Gisborne · EQI 562.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 562. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 2 Knox Street, Elgin-Gisborne, Gisborne, 4010
  • Roll: 42 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1955
  • Isolation index 0.86, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Setting: Large urban area
  • Phone: 06-8675454
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Contact: Waiarani Eruera
  • Website: elgin.schoolzone.net.nz

Who the roll is

European 7 · 17%
Pacific 4 · 10%
Asian 2 · 5%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Elgin School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Elgin-Gisborne.

How many students does Elgin School have?

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

What is Elgin School's Equity Index?

EQI 562, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

Where is Elgin School?

2 Knox Street, Elgin-Gisborne, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.