# Timaru Girls' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Timaru

https://www.chch.live/school/361-timaru-girls-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 474

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- Cain Street, Timaru, 7940
- Roll: 484 (September 2026)
- Girls School
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1880
- Isolation index 0.7, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 353 · Māori 77 · Pacific 57 · Asian 48 · MELAA 18 · Other 3 · International 21
- Phone: 03-6881122
- Email: principal@timarugirls.school.nz
- Contact: Deb Hales
- Website: http://www.timarugirls.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Roncalli College](https://www.chch.live/school/358-roncalli-college), decile 7 · EQI 446
- [Sacred Heart School (Timaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3498-sacred-heart-school-timaru), decile 5 · EQI 438
- [Timaru South School](https://www.chch.live/school/2115-timaru-south-school), decile 2 · EQI 511
- [Timaru Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/360-timaru-boys-high-school), decile 7 · EQI 457
- [Timaru Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1611-timaru-christian-school), decile 8 · EQI 446
- [Bluestone School](https://www.chch.live/school/2113-bluestone-school), decile 5 · EQI 474
- [Waimataitai School](https://www.chch.live/school/3572-waimataitai-school), decile 6 · EQI 464
- [Craighead Diocesan School](https://www.chch.live/school/357-craighead-diocesan-school), decile 9 · EQI 409

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Aynsley / Rhodes Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/246-aynsley-rhodes-st-reserve), 274 m to its edge
- [Harper / College Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/247-harper-college-rd-reserve), 282 m to its edge
- [Anzac Square](https://www.chch.live/park/545-anzac-square), Sports ground · 335 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.405382&lon=171.244212

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Timaru Girls' High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Girls School.

**How many students does Timaru Girls' High School have?**

484 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Timaru Girls' High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 474, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**What is near Timaru Girls' High School?**

Aynsley / Rhodes St Reserve, Harper / College Rd Reserve, Anzac Square, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=361 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026