Education
There are three schools within the central city, and suburban schools in Fitzroy, Frankleigh Park, Lynmouth, Mangorei, Marfell, Merrilands, Moturoa, Spotswood, Vogeltown, Welbourn and Westown. The Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki has its main campus in central New Plymouth.
In the inner city, New Plymouth Boys' High School and New Plymouth Girls' High School are single-sex secondary (years 9–13) schools with rolls of 1219 and 1218 respectively. The Boys' School was founded in 1882. The decile ratings of the two schools are 8 and 7, respectively.
Central School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) schools with a roll of 212 and a decile rating of 8. Central School opened in 1884 and is one of the oldest schools in the region.
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