Best secondary schools in Auckland — South

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.

1

Drury Christian School
Drury · Composite · 39 students · EQI unknown

92

/ 100 composite

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Academic

—

Outcomes

—

Retention

—

Wellbeing

—

Trajectory

100

ERO review

80
2

King's College
Otahuhu · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 1,198 students · EQI unknown

85

/ 100 composite

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Academic

95

Outcomes

70

Retention

97

Wellbeing

—

Trajectory

61

ERO review

85
3

ACG Strathallan
Karaka · Composite · 1,260 students · EQI unknown

81

/ 100 composite

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Academic

94

Outcomes

49

Retention

92

Wellbeing

—

Trajectory

99

ERO review

85
4

McAuley High School
Otahuhu · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 772 students · EQI 475–509

78

/ 100 composite

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Academic

93

Outcomes

44

Retention

97

Wellbeing

100

Trajectory

49

ERO review

88
5

Ormiston Senior College
Flat Bush · Secondary (Year 11-15) · 1,493 students · EQI 420–449

77

/ 100 composite

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Academic

83

Outcomes

58

Retention

92

Wellbeing

60

Trajectory

100

ERO review

84
6

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Papaonekura
Papakura · Composite · — students · EQI 475–509

76

/ 100 composite

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Academic

—

Outcomes

—

Retention

—

Wellbeing

—

Trajectory

—

ERO review

76
7

TIPENE
Bombay · Secondary (Year 9-15) · — students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

76

/ 100 composite

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Academic

—

Outcomes

—

Retention

—

Wellbeing

—

Trajectory

—

ERO review

76
8

Sisters United Academy
Epsom · Secondary (Year 9-15) · — students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

76

/ 100 composite

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Academic

—

Outcomes

—

Retention

—

Wellbeing

—

Trajectory

—

ERO review

76
9

Ormiston Junior College
Flat Bush · Secondary (Year 7-10) · 1,448 students · EQI 420–449

75

/ 100 composite

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Academic

—

Outcomes

—

Retention

—

Wellbeing

58

Trajectory

100

ERO review

77
10

De La Salle College
Mangere East · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 954 students · EQI 475–509

71

/ 100 composite

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Academic

93

Outcomes

22

Retention

96

Wellbeing

87

Trajectory

55

ERO review

73

View the remaining 32 ranked secondary schools in Auckland — South

11. Mission Heights Junior College Flat Bush
71
12. Manukau Christian School Manurewa
70
13. Al-Madinah School Mangere
65
14. Zayed College for Girls Mangere
64
15. Pukekohe High School Pukekohe
62
16. Pukekohe Christian School Pukekohe
62
17. Kia Aroha Campus Otara
62
18. Papatoetoe High School Papatoetoe
61
19. Waiuku College Waiuku
60
20. Tuakau College Tuakau
60
21. TKKM o Mangere Mangere
60
22. Te Wharekura o Manurewa Manurewa
58
23. KingsGate School Pukekohe West
57
24. Alfriston College Manurewa
57
25. Manurewa High School Manurewa
56
26. Rosehill College Papakura
56
27. Wesley College Pukekohe
56
28. Southern Cross Campus Mangere
56
29. Te Kura Māori o Ngā Tapuwae Mangere
56
30. Pacific Advance Secondary School Otahuhu
56
31. Tangaroa College Otara
55
32. Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist H S Mangere Bridge
55
33. Aorere College Papatoetoe
55
34. James Cook High School Manurewa
54
35. Otahuhu College Otahuhu
53
36. Tyndale Park Christian School Flat Bush
51
37. Mangere College Mangere
49
38. Papakura High School Papakura
49
39. Onewhero Area School Onewhero
48
40. St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College Drury
47
41. Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School Otara
44
42. Destiny School Wiri
6

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).