East Otago High School
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
East Otago High School
Stour Street, Palmerston, Palmerston
This school accepts enrolments from any address. The map shows the school location.
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How enrolment at East Otago High School works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
No enrolment scheme is listed for East Otago High School, so it is open enrolment: a family can apply from any address, and there is no home zone and no out-of-zone ballot. Whether a place exists still turns on capacity at the year level you need — ask the school which intakes it is taking applications for and by when.
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Quick answers
What families ask about East Otago High School
- Does East Otago High School have an enrolment zone?
- No current enrolment scheme is listed. Applications are generally open, subject to the school's enrolment process and available places.
- What year levels does East Otago High School teach?
- East Otago High School teaches Year 7–13.
- What is East Otago High School's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 488. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 192 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- No recent ERO review date is available in the current public data.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1969
- Principal
- Helen Newcombe
- Urban/rural setting
- Rural settlement
- Donation requests
- Not RequestedDonations not requested (except school camps)
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