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Best primary schools in Hawke's Bay & Gisborne

100 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 2026-05-27. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.

  1. 1
    TKKM o Takapau

    Takapau · Full Primary · 39 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    92

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    81
  2. 2
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    Muriwai School

    Muriwai · Full Primary · 64 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    90

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    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    76
  3. 3
    Omahu School

    Hastings · Full Primary · 56 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    90

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    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    76
  4. 4
    Patutahi School

    Patutahi · Full Primary · 84 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    90

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    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    76
  5. 5
    Potaka School

    Hicks Bay · Full Primary · 50 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    90

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    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    76
  6. 6
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    Sherwood School (Hawkes Bay)

    Takapau · Full Primary · 37 students · EQI 450–474

    90

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    100
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    100
    ERO review
    76
  7. 7
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    Tikokino School

    Tikokino · Full Primary · 81 students · EQI 420–449

    90

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    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    76
  8. 8
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    Parkside Christian S D A School

    Greenmeadows · Full Primary · 59 students · EQI 450–474

    90

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    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    76
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    Rere School

    Rere · Full Primary · 38 students · EQI 420–449

    88

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    100
    Trajectory
    89
    ERO review
    76
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    Whangara School

    Whangara · Full Primary · 97 students · EQI 475–509

    87

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    100
    Trajectory
    87
    ERO review
    76
View the remaining 90 ranked primary schools in Hawke's Bay & Gisborne
  1. 11. Wairoa Primary School Wairoa
    86
  2. 12. St Matthew's Primary School (Hastings) Hastings
    85
  3. 13. Hereworth School Havelock North
    85
  4. 14. Bridge Pa School Bridge Pa
    83
  5. 15. Omakere School Waipawa
    83
  6. 16. St Joseph's School (Wairoa) Wairoa
    83
  7. 17. Otane School Otane
    82
  8. 18. Matawai School Matawai
    81
  9. 19. Waikirikiri School Kaiti
    81
  10. 20. Te Mahia School Nuhaka
    80
  11. 21. Te Kura o Pakipaki Pakipaki
    80
  12. 22. St Mary's Catholic School (Hastings) Mahora
    79
  13. 23. Taradale School Taradale
    79
  14. 24. Twyford School Hastings
    79
  15. 25. Bledisloe School Taradale
    78
  16. 26. Greenmeadows School Greenmeadows
    78
  17. 27. Mangapapa School Mangapapa
    78
  18. 28. Te Kura o Kimi Ora Flaxmere
    78
  19. 29. Flemington School (Waipukurau) Waipukurau
    77
  20. 30. Havelock North Primary School Havelock North
    77
  21. 31. St Joseph's School (Hastings) Akina
    77
  22. 32. St Mary's Catholic School (Gisborne) Gisborne
    77
  23. 33. Wainui Beach School Wainui
    77
  24. 34. Lucknow School Havelock North
    76
  25. 35. Poukawa School Hastings
    76
  26. 36. Sherenden and Districts School Hastings
    76
  27. 37. Takapau School Takapau
    75
  28. 38. Mohaka School Mohaka
    74
  29. 39. Nelson Park School Napier
    74
  30. 40. Porritt School Tamatea
    74
  31. 41. Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay) Puketapu
    74
  32. 42. Reignier Catholic School Greenmeadows
    74
  33. 43. Tikitiki School Tikitiki
    74
  34. 44. Elsthorpe School Elsthorpe
    73
  35. 45. Gisborne Central School Whataupoko
    73
  36. 46. Te Mata School (Havelock North) Havelock North
    73
  37. 47. Waipawa School Waipawa
    73
  38. 48. Eskdale School Napier
    72
  39. 49. Frasertown School Frasertown
    72
  40. 50. Makaraka School Makaraka
    72
  41. 51. Makauri School Gisborne
    72
  42. 52. Meeanee School Meeanee
    72
  43. 53. Awapuni School (Gisborne) Gisborne
    71
  44. 54. Marewa School Marewa
    71
  45. 55. Ormond School Ormond
    71
  46. 56. Pakowhai School Pakowhai
    71
  47. 57. Patoka School Patoka
    71
  48. 58. Napier Central School Napier
    70
  49. 59. Pukehamoamoa School Hastings
    70
  50. 60. St Joseph's School (Central Hawke's Bay) Waipukurau
    70
  51. 61. Waerenga-O-Kuri School Waerengaokuri
    70
  52. 62. Clive School Clive
    69
  53. 63. St Patrick's School (Napier) Marewa
    69
  54. 64. Irongate School Flaxmere
    68
  55. 65. Frimley School Frimley
    66
  56. 66. Port Ahuriri School Ahuriri
    66
  57. 67. Ongaonga School Ongaonga
    65
  58. 68. Arthur Miller School Taradale
    64
  59. 69. Argyll East School Otane
    63
  60. 70. Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier) Maraenui
    63
  61. 71. Elgin School Elgin-Gisborne
    62
  62. 72. Kaiti School Kaiti
    62
  63. 73. Maraekakaho School Maraekakaho
    61
  64. 74. Onekawa School Onekawa
    61
  65. 75. Ebbett Park School Raureka
    59
  66. 76. Te Wharau School (Gisborne) Kaiti
    57
  67. 77. Hastings Central School Hastings
    56
  68. 78. Henry Hill School Onekawa
    54
  69. 79. Hiruharama School Waitakaro
    52
  70. 80. Mayfair School Mayfair
    52
  71. 81. Richmond School (Napier) Maraenui
    52
  72. 82. Mangateretere School Whakatu
    51
  73. 83. Nuhaka School Nuhaka
    47
  74. 84. The Terrace School (Waipukurau) Waipukurau
    47
  75. 85. Parkvale School Hastings
    46
  76. 86. Pukehou School Pukehou
    46
  77. 87. Flaxmere Primary School Flaxmere
    44
  78. 88. Camberley School Camberley
    43
  79. 89. Waipukurau School Waipukurau
    43
  80. 90. Haumoana School Hastings
    40
  81. 91. Mahora School Mahora
    40
  82. 92. Te Awa School Napier South
    40
  83. 93. Te Whai Hiringa Flaxmere
    39
  84. 94. Raureka School Raureka
    37
  85. 95. Te Hapara School Te Hapara
    37
  86. 96. Westshore School Westshore
    32
  87. 97. Tiaho Primary School Wairoa
    30
  88. 98. Tamatea School Tamatea
    28
  89. 99. Porangahau School Porangahau
    25
  90. 100. Riverdale School (Gisborne) Gisborne
    17

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).