Last updated October 2026
Ross Intermediate is a state, co-educational intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 at 25 Freyberg Street, Palmerston North. It opened in 1958 and had 444 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Roslyn, and parts of Terrace End, Milson, Palmerston North Central, Kelvin Grove, Whakarongo and Cloverlea; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a focus on technology in learning, a local curriculum built around its vision Poipoia te kākano kia puawai (Connect, Nurture, Grow), and the PB4L approach, with attention to student and teacher wellbeing. Students with proven sporting ability can trial for a Sports Development Programme, and the school offers extra-curricular sport and the arts.
At a glance
- Principal
- Kara Mason
- Address
- 25 Freyberg Street, Palmerston North
- Phone
- 06 358 5461
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Roslyn.
Parts of Terrace End Palmerston North, Milson Palmerston North, Palmerston North Central, Kelvin Grove, Whakarongo Palmerston North and Cloverlea 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 444 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.
Stand-downs: 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 Evaluation Report from November 2024. ERO found that a large majority of students achieved at expected curriculum levels in reading and maths and a majority in writing, with fairer results for Māori students and for boys in writing a priority. Most students feel they belong, in a caring and inclusive environment.
Only a small majority attend regularly, so the school has not yet reached the Ministry’s attendance targets. ERO noted leadership that builds trust and good quality teaching, a local curriculum that increasingly reflects students’ identities and te ao Māori, good support for students with additional learning needs, and established partnerships with whānau and iwi.
The agreed next steps are to keep improving attendance, make assessment and teaching more consistent to lift equity for Māori students and for boys in writing, evaluate the impact of the school’s actions more systematically, and strengthen te reo Māori, tikanga and mātauranga Māori in everyday classroom practice.
Read the ERO reports for Ross Intermediate
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and in-zone families can enrol directly online. Out-of-zone places are limited and are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
The school publishes its enrolment dates, open evening and any out-of-zone ballot on its enrolment page each year, with links to zone maps.
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 Roslyn
Ross Intermediate is in Roslyn. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Roslyn guide →Questions parents ask
Is Ross Intermediate zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Roslyn and parts of Terrace End Palmerston North, Milson Palmerston North, Palmerston North Central, Kelvin Grove, Whakarongo Palmerston North and Cloverlea Palmerston North.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 8.
How many students go there?
444 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?
473. 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).