Best secondary schools in Auckland — North
42 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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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review79 - View profile →
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Academic96Outcomes79Retention96Wellbeing90Trajectory61ERO review83 - View profile →
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Academic94Outcomes65Retention93Wellbeing96Trajectory91ERO review85 - 4St Dominic's Catholic College (Henderson)
Henderson · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 861 students · EQI 420–449
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Academic95Outcomes68Retention98Wellbeing97Trajectory56ERO review75 - 5Rangitoto College
Browns Bay · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 4,069 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic92Outcomes63Retention93Wellbeing82Trajectory83ERO review83 - 6Takapuna Grammar School
Takapuna · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 2,183 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic90Outcomes62Retention93Wellbeing95Trajectory79ERO review85 - 7Westlake Girls' High School
Takapuna · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 2,319 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic93Outcomes71Retention96Wellbeing88Trajectory52ERO review73 - View profile →
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention60Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review83 - View profile →
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Academic97Outcomes58Retention98Wellbeing—Trajectory56ERO review84 - View profile →
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention75Wellbeing—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).