Best secondary schools in Auckland — Central
49 secondary 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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Academic96Outcomes83Retention97Wellbeing90Trajectory67ERO review85 - View profile →
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Academic99Outcomes72Retention100Wellbeing—Trajectory65ERO review85 - View profile →
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Academic98Outcomes72Retention98Wellbeing—Trajectory62ERO review85 - 4St Mary's College (Ponsonby)
Ponsonby · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 1,001 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic95Outcomes77Retention96Wellbeing98Trajectory44ERO review85 - 5Elim Christian College Mt Albert
Mt Albert · Composite · 440 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic93Outcomes—Retention89Wellbeing87Trajectory57ERO review76 - 6Sacred Heart College (Auckland)
Glendowie · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 1,420 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic93Outcomes75Retention94Wellbeing85Trajectory63ERO review85 - 7Epsom Girls Grammar School
Epsom · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 2,274 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic92Outcomes74Retention95Wellbeing96Trajectory56ERO review85 - View profile →
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Academic98Outcomes65Retention98Wellbeing—Trajectory67ERO review87 - 9Sancta Maria College
Howick South · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 1,062 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic94Outcomes79Retention95Wellbeing85Trajectory52ERO review73 - View profile →
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Academic96Outcomes63Retention91Wellbeing—Trajectory100ERO review76
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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).