Wellington High School and Com Ed Centre
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Wellington
1,652 students on the roll · EQI 401 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 401. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Taranaki Street, Wellington, 6140
- Roll: 1,652 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1886
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.06, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 04-3858911
- Email: admin@whs.school.nz
- Contact: Dominic Killalea
- Website: whs.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 High School & Com Ed Centre, in force from 2003-11-27 · 182 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
- Mt Cook School (Wellington), decile 6 · EQI 414 · 481 m
- St Mark's Church School (Mt Victoria), private, not rated · 578 m
- Wellington College, decile 10 · EQI 383 · 644 m
- Wellington East Girls' College, decile 8 · EQI 416 · 881 m
- Brooklyn School (Wellington), decile 10 · EQI 362 · 917 m
- Te Aro School, decile 7 · EQI 398 · 941 m
- Clyde Quay School, decile 10 · EQI 369 · 972 m
- Central Regional Health School, decile 1 · EQI 569 · 1.1 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 · Co-Educational.
1,652 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 401, 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.