Last updated October 2026
Palmerston North Intermediate is a state, co-educational intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 at 56 Linton Street, Palmerston North. It opened in 1941 and had 751 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Hokowhitu, Fitzherbert and West End, and parts of Aokautere, Turitea, Palmerston North Central, Linton, Takaro, Terrace End, Awapuni and Whakarongo; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes specialist subjects including music with taonga pūoro, visual art and design, hard materials, food technology, science and Kaupapa Māori lessons, with learning organised across academic, sport, citizenship, cultural and performing arts. It also supports Pasifika students as they move into and on from the school, and takes international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Vicki James (Acting)
- Address
- 56 Linton Street, Palmerston North
- Phone
- 06 358 0548
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of West End Palmerston North, Hokowhitu and Fitzherbert Palmerston North.
Parts of Aokautere, Turitea Palmerston North, Palmerston North Central, Linton Palmerston North, Takaro, Terrace End Palmerston North, Awapuni Palmerston North and Whakarongo Palmerston North: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 751 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
3 international students
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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from September 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how far evidence-based teaching lifts students’ confidence, progress and achievement.
ERO noted strengths the school can draw on: a positive, inclusive culture that affirms students’ backgrounds, leadership that backs teachers’ professional learning, a school-wide focus on growing strong teachers, and consistent school-wide practices that support teaching and learning.
Next, the school plans to strengthen evidence-based teaching further, refine its local school-wide approach to teaching and learning, and speed up progress in literacy and numeracy for the students it is targeting.
Read the ERO reports for Palmerston North Intermediate
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and in-zone families confirm their address with a declaration form.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the number of out-of-zone places depends on how many in-zone students enrol. The school publishes its out-of-zone application and ballot dates, and the ballot priority order, on its enrolment page each year.
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 Palmerston North Central
Palmerston North Intermediate is in Palmerston North Central. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Questions parents ask
Is Palmerston North Intermediate zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of West End Palmerston North, Hokowhitu and Fitzherbert Palmerston North and parts of Aokautere, Turitea Palmerston North, Palmerston North Central, Linton Palmerston North, Takaro, Terrace End Palmerston North, Awapuni Palmerston North and Whakarongo Palmerston North.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 8.
How many students go there?
751 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
426. 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, 24 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (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).