Best primary schools in Hawke's Bay & Gisborne 2026

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 2026-07-12. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.

1
TKKM o Takapau
Takapau · Full Primary · 39 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
92
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
100
ERO review
81
2
Tikokino School
Tikokino · Full Primary · 81 students · EQI 420–449
92
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
100
ERO review
79
3
Whangara School
Whangara · Full Primary · 97 students · EQI 475–509
91
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
87
ERO review
86
4
Parkside Christian S D A School
Greenmeadows · Full Primary · 59 students · EQI 450–474
90
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
100
ERO review
75
5
Sherwood School (Hawkes Bay)
Takapau · Full Primary · 37 students · EQI 450–474
88
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
100
ERO review
71
6
Wairoa Primary School
Wairoa · Full Primary · 297 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
87
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
86
Trajectory
100
ERO review
80
7
Omahu School
Hastings · Full Primary · 56 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
86
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
100
ERO review
65
8
Omakere School
Waipawa · Full Primary · 78 students · EQI 420–449
86
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
71
ERO review
83
9
Hereworth School
Havelock North · Full Primary · 332 students · EQI unknown
85
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
—
Trajectory
100
ERO review
75
10
Otane School
Otane · Full Primary · 98 students · EQI 475–509
84
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
80
Trajectory
96
ERO review
80

View the remaining 90 ranked primary schools in Hawke's Bay & Gisborne

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