Best secondary schools in Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast
25 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 2026-05-27. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.
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/ 100 composite
Academic84Outcomes64Retention86Wellbeing83Trajectory80ERO review85 - View profile →
76
/ 100 composite
Academic80Outcomes69Retention84Wellbeing79Trajectory60ERO review68 - View profile →
67
/ 100 composite
Academic79Outcomes44Retention80Wellbeing60Trajectory55ERO review89 - View profile →
63
/ 100 composite
Academic75Outcomes48Retention74Wellbeing54Trajectory49ERO review70 - View profile →
62
/ 100 composite
Academic71Outcomes47Retention77Wellbeing37Trajectory62ERO review85 - View profile →
62
/ 100 composite
Academic86Outcomes19Retention80Wellbeing72Trajectory41ERO review73 - View profile →
60
/ 100 composite
Academic74Outcomes42Retention74Wellbeing32Trajectory62ERO review81 - View profile →
60
/ 100 composite
Academic76Outcomes56Retention80Wellbeing0Trajectory45ERO review85 - View profile →
60
/ 100 composite
Academic71Outcomes24Retention74Wellbeing82Trajectory46ERO review81 - View profile →
59
/ 100 composite
Academic48Outcomes—Retention40Wellbeing100Trajectory64ERO review83
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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).