# East Otago High School

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Palmerston

https://www.chch.live/school/371-east-otago-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 488

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

## The record
- Stour Street, Palmerston, 9443
- Roll: 196 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- Isolation index 1.12, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 154 · Māori 61 · Pacific 15 · Asian 6 · MELAA 6 · Other 2
- Phone: 03-4651513
- Email: office@eohs.school.nz
- Contact: Helen Newcombe
- Website: http://www.eohs.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Palmerston School](https://www.chch.live/school/3797-palmerston-school), decile 6 · EQI 461
- [Waikouaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3852-waikouaiti-school), decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Hampden School](https://www.chch.live/school/3746-hampden-school), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [Karitane School](https://www.chch.live/school/3756-karitane-school), decile 6 · EQI 463
- [Macraes Moonlight School](https://www.chch.live/school/3764-macraes-moonlight-school), decile 10 · EQI 461
- [Warrington School](https://www.chch.live/school/3862-warrington-school), decile 8 · EQI 397
- [Waitati School](https://www.chch.live/school/3857-waitati-school), decile 9 · EQI 421
- [Pūrākaunui School](https://www.chch.live/school/3807-purakaunui-school), decile 10 · EQI 443

## 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.
- [Palmerston Railway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/727-palmerston-railway-reserve), 193 m to its edge
- [Palmerston Railway Embankment](https://www.chch.live/park/729-palmerston-railway-embankment), 214 m to its edge
- [Ross Park](https://www.chch.live/park/737-ross-park), 324 m to its edge
- [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/741-centennial-park), 349 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=-45.478911&lon=170.721208

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is East Otago High School?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does East Otago High School have?**

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

**What is East Otago High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 488, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**What is near East Otago High School?**

Palmerston Railway Reserve, Palmerston Railway Embankment, Ross Park and 1 more, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=371 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026