Best secondary schools in Napier & Hastings 2026
20 secondary 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.
- 1TKKM o Te Wananga Whare Tapere o Takitimu
Waipatu · Composite · 278 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Academic72Outcomes—Retention80Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review88 - 2Lindisfarne College
Stortford Lodge · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 472 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Academic92Outcomes66Retention85Wellbeing70Trajectory66ERO review85 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Academic89Outcomes67Retention92Wellbeing60Trajectory56ERO review82 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention100Wellbeing—Trajectory35ERO review75 - 5Te Aratika High School
Mangateretere · Secondary (Year 7-15) · — students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing—Trajectory—ERO review75 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Academic79Outcomes59Retention81Wellbeing66Trajectory70ERO review84 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Academic93Outcomes10Retention100Wellbeing73Trajectory67ERO review83 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Academic88Outcomes22Retention91Wellbeing47Trajectory88ERO review83 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Academic87Outcomes41Retention89Wellbeing24Trajectory63ERO review82 - View profile →
66
/ 100 composite
Academic92Outcomes4Retention80Wellbeing100Trajectory59ERO review89
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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).