Rotorua Girls' High School

Rotorua Girls' High School was formed in 1959 after Rotorua High School, founded in 1927, was divided into Rotorua Boys' High School and Rotorua Girls'.{{cite web|url=http://www.rghs.school.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=130|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220061427/http://www.rghs.school.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=130|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-20|title=History|publisher=Rotorua Girls' High School|access-date=2009-02-15}} Rotorua Boys' kept the original site, and the Rotorua Girls' was given a new site further down Old Taupo Road.

As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Rotorua Girls' High School has roll of {{NZ school roll data|153|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|153m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|153m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|153|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}

As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an Equity Index of {{NZ school equity index data|153|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have the {{NZ school equity index data|153b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 1 and 2 under the former socio-economic decile system).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}

The three houses of Rotorua Girls' High School are named after Maori women.{{cite web|url=http://www.rghs.school.nz/downloads/Prospectus%202015_Web2.pdf|title=Rotorua Girls High School Prospectus|publisher=Rotorua Girls' High School|access-date=10 September 2015|page=19}}

• Taini – Purple
• Makereti – Pink
• Witarina – Orange

These have returned to former houses as of 2020.

• Rangiuru – Green
• Karenga – Blue
• Rukuwai – Yellow
• Hinemoa – Red

• Nina Hogan 1959–1967
• Sheila Peacocke 1967–1984
• Alison Thomson 1985–1997
• Annette Joyce 1997–2013
• Ally Gibbons 2013–2018{{cite web|url=http://www.rghs.school.nz/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=24 |title=Principal's Message |date=22 February 2007 |publisher=Rotorua Girls' High School |format=PDF |access-date=2009-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526195154/http://www.rghs.school.nz/index.php?option=com_docman |archive-date=26 May 2010 }}
• Sarah Davis 2019–present

{{Main category|People educated at Rotorua Girls' High School}}

• Claire Charters, academic{{Cite web |last=Husband |first=Dale |date=2020-12-12 |title=Claire Charters: Working towards a true partnership |url=https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/claire-charters-working-towards-a-true-partnership/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=E-Tangata |language=en-NZ}}
• Natalie Delamere, rugby union player{{Cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=Get to know your Black Ferns: Natalie Delamere |url=https://www.allblacks.com/news/get-to-know-your-black-ferns-natalie-delamere/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=allblacks.com |language=en-NZ}}
• Tania Tapsell, New Zealand politician{{Cite web |last=Taipari |first=Greg |date=2023-10-19 |title=Te Maori: Another brick in success wall |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/lifestyle/te-maori-another-brick-in-success-wall/WXU3AZ6Z7XQIXHNKV2SZBLKX5Y/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}

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• [http://www.rghs.school.nz/ Rotorua Girls' High School website]
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