It is located at the southern end of the city close to the boundary between the suburbs of St Clair and Forbury, next to the parallel single-sex boys' school, King's, with which it shares some facilities.

[4] Notable people associated with Queen's include drama teacher Terry McTavish and alumna chemical engineer Gretchen Kivell.

[5][6] As of November 2024, the school has roll of 521 students, of which 128 (24.6%) identify as Māori.

As of 2024, the school has an Equity Index of 472,[7] placing it amongst schools whose students have above average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 4 under the former socio-economic decile system).

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