Dunstan High School

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Dunstan High School
Dunstan High School logo.svg
Address
Dunstan High School
12 Enterprise Street
Alexandra 9320
New Zealand
Coordinates 45°14′43″S169°23′11″E / 45.2454°S 169.3864°E / -45.2454; 169.3864
Information
TypeState co-ed secondary (years 9 to 13)
MottoSeek Wisdom As Gold
Established1962
Ministry of Education Institution no. 372
PrincipalAndrew King [1]
School roll599 [2] (March 2025)
Socio-economic decile8P [3]
Website dunstan.school.nz

Dunstan High School is a state secondary school located in Alexandra, in the Central Otago district in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Dunstan High School also runs the Tititea Outdoor Education Centre, [4] which is located in the old homestead in the East Matukituki Valley on the outskirts of the Mount Aspiring National Park.

In 2009, the school installed an $800,000 clean-burning heating system, replacing a coal-fuelled system, [5] and constructed a new $2.3 million gymnasium. [6]

Enrolment

As of March 2025, Dunstan High School has roll of 599 students, of which 119 (19.9%) identify as Māori. [2]

As of 2025, Dunstan High School has an Equity Index of 445, [7] placing it amongst schools whose students have below average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 7 under the former socio-economic decile system). [8]

Notable alumni

Principals

NameTerm
1James Beath1962–1968
2Gary Jeffery1969–1976
3Graham Robinson1977–1985
4Rory Gollop1986–1987
5Dave Richardson1988–1999
6Dave Smyth1999–2010
7Brent Russell2010–2017
8Reece Goldsmith2017–2024
9Andrew King2024–present

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Aimee (20 July 2024). "Former OBHS deputy to lead Dunstan High School". The Central App.
  2. 1 2 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tititea Outdoor Education Centre". Archived from the original on 11 August 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
  5. ↑ Van Kempen, Lynda (3 March 2009). "Alexandra school switches to green energy". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  6. ↑ Manins, Rosie (22 August 2009). "Gymnasium progress". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  8. ↑ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Finn Butcher wins silver" . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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