Newtown School
Contributing · State · Newtown, Wellington
325 students on the roll in Newtown · EQI 417 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5. Current Equity Index: 417. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- Mein Street, Newtown, Wellington, 6021
- Roll: 325 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1879
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.11, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Phone: 04-3896667
- Email: admin@newtown.school.nz
- Contact: Nicki Read
- Website: newtown.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
- Newtown School, in force from 2018-01-29 · 2 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
- St Annes School (Newtown), decile 3 · EQI 435 · 173 m
- South Wellington Intermediate, decile 8 · EQI 400 · 799 m
- Wellington College, decile 10 · EQI 383 · 836 m
- Wellington East Girls' College, decile 8 · EQI 416 · 1.1 km
- St Mark's Church School (Mt Victoria), private, not rated · 1.1 km
- Kilbirnie School, decile 10 · EQI 377 · 1.2 km
- Wellington High School and Com Ed Centre, decile 9 · EQI 401 · 1.2 km
- Brooklyn School (Wellington), decile 10 · EQI 362 · 1.2 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Newtown.
325 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 417, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.