Best primary schools in Dunedin 2026

35 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.

1
Sacred Heart School (Dunedin)
North East Valley · Contributing · 73 students · EQI 420–449
91
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
100
ERO review
78
2
St Mary's School (Dunedin)
Wakari · Contributing · 62 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
91
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
100
ERO review
77
3
Liberton Christian School
Pine Hill · Full Primary · 126 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
84
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
74
ERO review
75
4
Wakari School
Wakari · Contributing · 326 students · EQI 420–449
78
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
51
ERO review
75
5
Dunedin Rudolf Steiner School
Maia · Full Primary · 84 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
77
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
59
Trajectory
94
ERO review
81
6
Andersons Bay School
Andersons Bay · Contributing · 312 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
77
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
46
ERO review
77
7
St Joseph's Cathedral School
City Rise · Contributing · 160 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
77
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
48
ERO review
76
8
Macandrew Bay School
Macandrew Bay · Contributing · 140 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
76
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
27
ERO review
86
9
Maori Hill School
Maori Hill · Contributing · 271 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
75
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
80
Trajectory
55
ERO review
83
10
Fairfield School (Dunedin)
Fairfield · Full Primary · 515 students · EQI 420–449
74
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
90
Trajectory
61
ERO review
67

View the remaining 25 ranked primary schools in Dunedin

11. St Bernadette's School (Forbury) Dunedin
74
12. St Francis Xavier School (Mornington) Mornington
73
13. St Peter Chanel School (Green Island) Green Island
73
14. Balaclava School Balaclava
71
15. Halfway Bush School Halfway Bush
70
16. St Brigids School (Tainui) Andersons Bay
67
17. Pine Hill School (Dunedin) Pine Hill
66
18. Arthur Street School City Rise
64
19. George Street Normal School Dunedin
64
20. Grants Braes School Waverley
64
21. Tainui School Tainui
63
22. Ōpoho School Opoho
62
23. Mornington School Mornington
59
24. St Clair School St Clair
53
25. Abbotsford School Karaka
52
26. Kaikorai School Roslyn
46
27. Green Island School Green Island
45
28. Portobello School Portobello
44
29. Bradford School Bradford
43
30. Carisbrook School Caversham
42
31. Musselburgh School Musselburgh
42
32. North East Valley Normal School North East Valley
42
33. Brockville School Brockville
37
34. Concord School Concord
33
35. Bathgate Park School South Dunedin
32

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).