Best intermediate schools in Auckland — Central
16 intermediate schools ranked by the SchoolsNearMe composite — a 5-axis score (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory) compared against EQI-band peers. Methodology.
Data refreshed from Education Counts 2026-05-27. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing86Trajectory84ERO review80 - View profile →
83
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing95Trajectory56ERO review89 - 3Somerville Intermediate School
Howick South · Intermediate · 1,004 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing94Trajectory54ERO review86 - 4Bucklands Beach Intermediate
Bucklands Beach · Intermediate · 916 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing91Trajectory56ERO review83 - View profile →
75
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing81Trajectory51ERO review85 - View profile →
73
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing85Trajectory40ERO review82 - View profile →
69
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing87Trajectory45ERO review68 - View profile →
69
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing98Trajectory17ERO review76 - 9Blockhouse Bay Intermediate
Blockhouse Bay · Intermediate · 868 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing72Trajectory54ERO review72 - View profile →
62
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing76Trajectory40ERO review64
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About this ranking
SchoolsNearMe's composite combines five axes — academic achievement, post-school destinations, Y9→Y13 retention, wellbeing (low stand-down rate), and roll trajectory — into a single 0–100 score. The math compares each school against its EQI-band peers (12 bands covering NZ's socio-economic spread), so a school serving more disadvantaged students isn't unfairly penalised against schools serving the most-advantaged.
Schools below 30 students aren't given a rollup score (per-axis data is still on each profile). Schools without composite-eligible data don't appear on this page.
Source data: Education Counts (NCEA, retention, destinations, discipline, funding) · Ministry of Education (roll, EQI, identity).