Best intermediate schools in Hamilton 2026
5 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 2026-07-12. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.
- 1Berkley Normal Middle School
Hillcrest · Restricted Composite (Year 7-10) · 807 students · EQI 420–449
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/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing72Trajectory53ERO review79 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing0Trajectory100ERO review72 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing44Trajectory49ERO review64 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Wellbeing18Trajectory41ERO review64 - 5St Andrews Middle School
Te Rapa · Restricted Composite (Year 7-10) · 140 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing0Trajectory77ERO review73
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).