Best primary schools in Napier & Hastings 2026

45 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
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
2
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
3
Twyford School
Hastings · Full Primary · 174 students · EQI 420–449
82
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
54
ERO review
83
4
St Mary's Catholic School (Hastings)
Mahora · Full Primary · 299 students · EQI 420–449
79
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
56
ERO review
76
5
Taradale School
Taradale · Contributing · 442 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
79
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
38
ERO review
85
6
Te Kura o Kimi Ora
Flaxmere · Full Primary · 148 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
79
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
52
ERO review
78
7
St Matthew's Primary School (Hastings)
Hastings · Full Primary · 159 students · EQI 420–449
78
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
80
ERO review
57
8
Bledisloe School
Taradale · Contributing · 311 students · EQI 450–474
78
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
43
ERO review
80
9
Reignier Catholic School
Greenmeadows · Full Primary · 202 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
78
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
34
ERO review
85
10
Sherenden and Districts School
Hastings · Full Primary · 54 students · EQI 420–449
78
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
42
ERO review
81

View the remaining 35 ranked primary schools in Napier & Hastings

11. Poukawa School Hastings
77
12. St Joseph's School (Hastings) Akina
76
13. Greenmeadows School Greenmeadows
75
14. Nelson Park School Napier
75
15. Puketapu School (Hawkes Bay) Puketapu
75
16. Eskdale School Napier
72
17. Meeanee School Meeanee
72
18. Porritt School Tamatea
71
19. Napier Central School Napier
70
20. St Patrick's School (Napier) Marewa
70
21. Marewa School Marewa
69
22. Port Ahuriri School Ahuriri
68
23. Pukehamoamoa School Hastings
68
24. Patoka School Patoka
67
25. Frimley School Frimley
66
26. Irongate School Flaxmere
66
27. Arthur Miller School Taradale
64
28. Pakowhai School Pakowhai
61
29. Ebbett Park School Raureka
59
30. Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier) Maraenui
59
31. Henry Hill School Onekawa
56
32. Onekawa School Onekawa
55
33. Hastings Central School Hastings
53
34. Mayfair School Mayfair
52
35. Richmond School (Napier) Maraenui
45
36. Flaxmere Primary School Flaxmere
44
37. Parkvale School Hastings
44
38. Camberley School Camberley
43
39. Haumoana School Hastings
41
40. Te Awa School Napier South
40
41. Mahora School Mahora
39
42. Te Whai Hiringa Flaxmere
39
43. Raureka School Raureka
37
44. Westshore School Westshore
29
45. Tamatea School Tamatea
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).