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Best primary schools in Hamilton 2026

48 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. 1
    Hamilton Seventh-Day Adventist School logo
    Hamilton Seventh-Day Adventist School

    Hillcrest · Full Primary · 123 students · EQI 420–449

    90

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    75
  2. 2
    Waikato Montessori Education Centre logo
    Waikato Montessori Education Centre

    Hamilton · Full Primary · 58 students · EQI unknown

    88

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    74
    ERO review
    85
  3. 3
    Te Ao Mārama School logo
    Te Ao Mārama School

    Flagstaff-Hamilton · Contributing · 520 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    83

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    71
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    83
  4. 4
    Silverdale Normal School logo
    Silverdale Normal School

    Hillcrest · Contributing · 402 students · EQI 450–474

    82

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    87
    Trajectory
    71
    ERO review
    85
  5. 5
    St Pius X Catholic School (Melville) logo
    St Pius X Catholic School (Melville)

    Melville · Full Primary · 265 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    82

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    74
    ERO review
    71
  6. 6
    Te Rapa School logo
    Te Rapa School

    Te Rapa · Full Primary · 551 students · EQI 420–449

    80

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    48
    ERO review
    83
  7. 7
    Whatawhata School logo
    Whatawhata School

    Whatawhata · Full Primary · 280 students · EQI 420–449

    80

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    62
    ERO review
    74
  8. 8
    Te Totara Primary School logo
    Te Totara Primary School

    Rototuna North · Contributing · 775 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    79

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    43
    ERO review
    83
  9. 9
    St Joseph's Catholic School (Fairfield) logo
    St Joseph's Catholic School (Fairfield)

    Fairfield · Full Primary · 353 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    79

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    95
    Trajectory
    58
    ERO review
    77
  10. 10
    Koromatua School logo
    Koromatua School

    Hamilton · Full Primary · 224 students · EQI 450–474

    78

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    52
    ERO review
    75
View the remaining 38 ranked primary schools in Hamilton
  1. 11. TKKM o Toku Mapihi Maurea Hillcrest
    77
  2. 12. Puketaha School Puketaha
    77
  3. 13. Te Pahu School Te Pahu
    77
  4. 14. Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawatea Melville
    76
  5. 15. St Peter Chanel Catholic School (Te Rapa) Te Rapa
    76
  6. 16. Marian Catholic School (Hamilton) Hamilton East
    76
  7. 17. Gordonton School Gordonton
    74
  8. 18. Hillcrest Normal School Hillcrest
    74
  9. 19. Tauwhare School Hamilton
    74
  10. 20. Endeavour School Flagstaff-Hamilton
    74
  11. 21. Hukanui School Chartwell
    73
  12. 22. Aberdeen School Dinsdale
    71
  13. 23. Southwell School Claudelands
    70
  14. 24. Southcity Christian School Glenview
    69
  15. 25. Waikato Waldorf School ( Rudolf Steiner) Rototuna
    66
  16. 26. Insoll Avenue School Fairfield
    66
  17. 27. Tamahere Model Country School Tamahere
    65
  18. 28. Hamilton West School Hamilton West
    62
  19. 29. Rototuna Primary School Rototuna
    61
  20. 30. Glenview School (Hamilton) Glenview
    60
  21. 31. Rotokauri School Hamilton
    60
  22. 32. Horotiu School Horotiu
    57
  23. 33. Frankton School Dinsdale
    56
  24. 34. Forest Lake School Forest Lake
    54
  25. 35. Vardon School Beerescourt
    54
  26. 36. Deanwell School Melville
    49
  27. 37. St Columba's Catholic School (Frankton) Frankton
    48
  28. 38. Melville Primary School Melville
    47
  29. 39. Hamilton East School Hamilton East
    46
  30. 40. Knighton Normal School Hillcrest
    46
  31. 41. Whitiora School Whitiora
    45
  32. 42. Bankwood School Chartwell
    43
  33. 43. Woodstock School Fairfield
    42
  34. 44. Nawton School Nawton
    41
  35. 45. Pukete School Pukete
    41
  36. 46. Fairfield Primary School Fairfield
    39
  37. 47. Rhode Street School Dinsdale
    38
  38. 48. Crawshaw School Nawton
    28

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).