Last updated October 2026
Invercargill Middle School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 31 Jed Street, Invercargill. It opened in 1873 and had 155 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of West Invercargill and Invercargill Central, and parts of Appleby, Richmond and Avenal; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s website describes a breakfast club each morning, a free lunch every day through Ka Ora Ka Ako, Chat Bus and the Mitey mental health programme, and sports such as water polo, futsal, hockey, netball and miniball. Year 6 students go on an annual camp, and two after-school care providers collect children from the school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Sarah Calder
- Address
- 31 Jed Street, Invercargill
- Phone
- 03 218 6444
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Invercargill Central and West Invercargill.
Parts of Appleby, Richmond and Avenal: 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 155 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.
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 School Report from March 2026. ERO found good quality teaching that is helping children progress in reading, writing and maths, solid support for learners with complex needs, and te reo and tikanga Māori woven through the curriculum. It noted that a large majority of children arrive at the school well behind the expected level, that maths results have begun to recover after a drop in 2024, and that trusting relationships between staff and children make it easy for them to ask for help.
ERO also found that achievement is not yet equitable across groups, with a large majority meeting expectations in reading but only a small majority in writing and maths, and that planning and conditions for improvement are still being established. Its priorities are to lift achievement in reading, writing and maths, strengthen programmes for children at risk of not achieving, make effective teaching consistent across the school, and improve regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Invercargill Middle School
Enrolling
Children who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Each year the board decides how many out-of-zone places it expects to have and advertises them by public notice. If there are more applicants than places, a ballot decides who is offered a place.
The school runs cohort entry, so new entrants start in a group on set dates close to their fifth birthday, after a series of transition visits planned with whānau.
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 Invercargill Central
Invercargill Middle School is in Invercargill Central. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Invercargill Central guide →Questions parents ask
Is Invercargill Middle School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Invercargill Central and West Invercargill and parts of Appleby, Richmond and Avenal.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
155 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?
484. 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, 22 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).