Wellington Girls' College
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Thorndon, Wellington
1,423 students on the roll in Thorndon · EQI 375 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10. Current Equity Index: 375. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 18 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, Wellington, 6144
- Roll: 1,423 (September 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1883
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.05, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 04-4725743
- Email: elmarie.els@wgc.school.nz
- Contact: Julia Davidson
- Website: wgc.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
- Wellington Girls' College, in force from 2017-08-07 · 158 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
- Thorndon School, decile 10 · EQI 362 · 178 m
- Queen Margaret College, private, not rated · 333 m
- Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu, EQI 506 · 357 m
- Sacred Heart Cathedral School, decile 9 · EQI 375 · 415 m
- St Mary's College (Wellington), decile 9 · EQI 429 · 461 m
- Clifton Terrace Model School, decile 8 · EQI 372 · 1.1 km
- Wadestown School, decile 10 · EQI 349 · 1.8 km
- Northland School, decile 10 · EQI 360 · 1.8 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Girls School, in Thorndon.
1,423 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 375, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.