Best primary schools in Auckland — South 2026
121 primary 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 2026-07-12. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.
- 1Te Uho O Te Nikau Primary School
Flat Bush · Contributing · 644 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
View profile →92
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing95Trajectory100ERO review85 - 2TKKM o Manurewa
Manurewa · Full Primary · 121 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
View profile →92
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review81 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory90ERO review83 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory83ERO review87 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory88ERO review83 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review72 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review73 - 8Te Kura Rau Iti
Flat Bush · Contributing · — students · EQI 420–449
View profile →87
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing100Trajectory—ERO review75 - 9(Proposed) - Māngere Central Primary 2
Auckland — South · Contributing · — students · EQI unknown
View profile →87
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing100Trajectory—ERO review75 - 10(Proposed) - Māngere East Primary 2
Auckland — South · Full Primary · — students · EQI unknown
View profile →87
/ 100 composite
Wellbeing100Trajectory—ERO review75
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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).