# Palmerston School

Contributing · State · Palmerston

https://www.chch.live/school/3797-palmerston-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 461

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

## The record
- Stromness Street, Palmerston, 9430
- Roll: 103 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1865
- Isolation index 1.11, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 84 · Māori 29 · Pacific 6 · Asian 1 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 03-4651361
- Email: office@palmerston.school.nz
- Contact: Kerry Forse
- Website: http://www.palmerston.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [East Otago High School](https://www.chch.live/school/371-east-otago-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 488
- [Waikouaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/3852-waikouaiti-school), decile 6 · EQI 440
- [Karitane School](https://www.chch.live/school/3756-karitane-school), decile 6 · EQI 463
- [Hampden School](https://www.chch.live/school/3746-hampden-school), decile 4 · EQI 489
- [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.
- [Centennial Park](https://www.chch.live/park/741-centennial-park), 97 m to its edge
- [Palmerston Railway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/727-palmerston-railway-reserve), 104 m to its edge
- [Palmerston Railway Embankment](https://www.chch.live/park/729-palmerston-railway-embankment), 133 m to its edge
- [Ross Park](https://www.chch.live/park/737-ross-park), 153 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=-45.481031&lon=170.719157

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Palmerston School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Palmerston School have?**

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

**What is Palmerston School's Equity Index?**

EQI 461, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**What is near Palmerston School?**

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


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3797 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026