Best intermediate schools in Auckland — South
14 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.
- 1Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Middle School
Otara · Intermediate · 322 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
View profile →89
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing98Trajectory85ERO review83 - 2South Auckland Middle School
Manurewa · Restricted Composite (Year 7-10) · 178 students · EQI 475–509
View profile →76
/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing91Trajectory54ERO review74 - 3Chapel Downs Junior College (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01)
Flat Bush · Restricted Composite (Year 7-10) · — students · EQI unknown
View profile →76
/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing—Trajectory—ERO review76 - View profile →
74
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing83Trajectory47ERO review84 - 5Waimahia Intermediate School
Clendon Park · Intermediate · 254 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
View profile →71
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing72Trajectory62ERO review76 - 6Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate School
Mangere · Intermediate · 261 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
View profile →70
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing97Trajectory73ERO review45 - View profile →
70
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing89Trajectory35ERO review75 - View profile →
66
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing82Trajectory31ERO review74 - View profile →
64
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing20Trajectory100ERO review81 - View profile →
61
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing30Trajectory67ERO review85
View the remaining 4 ranked intermediate schools in Auckland — South
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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).