Last updated October 2026
Keith Street School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 38 Keith Street, Whanganui. It opened in 1887 and had 178 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes learning grounded in the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa, and says the school takes part in the Fruit in Schools and Milk in Schools programmes and is a water-only school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Linda Ireton
- Address
- 38 Keith Street, Whanganui
- Phone
- 06 349 1111
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
Who goes here
Share of the 178 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from December 2025. Since its previous review the school has greatly strengthened partnerships between teachers, students and whānau, put a structured approach to literacy fully in place, and seen some students make accelerated progress.
ERO found good quality teaching, a large majority of students at the expected level in maths and a small majority in reading and writing, with results even across groups of learners. Students who need extra learning or behaviour support are identified early, and te reo Māori, tikanga and te ao Māori are strongly part of school life.
ERO raised concerns about attendance: fewer than half of students attend regularly, the school is behind the government target, and chronic absence is not yet falling, although a suitable plan is in place.
ERO also found the school is not on track to meet the government’s reading, writing and maths targets, which the school agrees must be a key priority. Its priorities are to lift achievement in all three areas, strengthen assessment in line with the new curriculum, build leaders’ and teachers’ skill with data, and raise regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Keith Street School
Enrolling
Keith Street School does not have a home zone, so any student can apply. Families are asked to make a time, about three months before their child turns five, to meet the principal, tour the school and complete enrolment.
New entrants start school in groups at set points during each term, and the enrolment page lists the entry dates.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Whanganui Central
Keith Street School is in Whanganui Central. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Whanganui Central guide →Questions parents ask
Is Keith Street School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
178 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
528. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 29 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).