Whanganui Girls' College
Whanganui Girls' College is located in Jones Street Whanganui near the Dublin Street Bridge. The school is one of the oldest single sex educational facilities in New Zealand, founded in 1891.
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• Name — Whanganui Girls' College • Motto — Ad Astra Poutamatia • Fundingtype — State • Gender — Single-sex Secondary School for Girls • Years — 9–13 • Established — 1891 • Address — Jones Street, Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand • Principal — Nita Pond • Enrollment — • Decile — 3I • Moe — 188 • Website — http: www.wanganui-girls.school.nz/
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Enrolment
As of, Whanganui Girls' College has a roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori. As of, the school has an Equity Index of, placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 4 under the former socio-economic decile system).
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Principals
• Mary Isabel Fraser
Notable alumnae
Notable alumnae
• Jackie Abraham-Lawrie – rower • Monica Brewster – arts patron and women's rights advocate • Edith Collier – artist • Dorothy Davies – pianist • Ellen France – lawyer and judge • Patricia France – artist • Nola Luxford – radio pioneer • Jennie McCormick – astronomer • Christine McElwee – politician, historian, author and teacher • Mina McKenzie – museum director • Anne Noble – photographer • Victoria Ransom – entrepreneur • Ruth Ross – historian • Gillian Weir – organist
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- 1.Ministry of Education. Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools.
- 2.Wanganui Girls' College. Contact us.
- 3.Centennial Committee, Wanganui Girls College. Wanganui Girls College Centennial Programme 1891 to 1991. 1991.
- 4.Centennial Committee, Wanganui Girls College. Wanganui Girls College Centennial Retrospect, A Supplement to the Programme 1891 to 1991. 1991.
- 5.School Equity Index Bands and Groups. www.educationcounts.govt.nz.
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