Best intermediate schools in New Zealand 2026

120 intermediate 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
Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Middle School
Otara · Intermediate · 322 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
89
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
98
Trajectory
85
ERO review
83
2
Takapuna Normal Intermediate
Takapuna · Intermediate · 727 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
86
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
98
Trajectory
72
ERO review
85
3
Howick Intermediate
Howick South · Intermediate · 621 students · EQI 420–449
83
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
86
Trajectory
84
ERO review
80
4
Pasadena Intermediate
Point Chevalier · Intermediate · 400 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
83
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
95
Trajectory
56
ERO review
89
5
Nelson College For Girls Prep School
Nelson · Intermediate · 96 students · EQI unknown
83
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
58
ERO review
83
6
Somerville Intermediate School
Howick South · Intermediate · 1,004 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
81
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
94
Trajectory
54
ERO review
86
7
Bucklands Beach Intermediate
Bucklands Beach · Intermediate · 916 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
79
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
91
Trajectory
56
ERO review
83
8
Northcross Intermediate
Browns Bay · Intermediate · 1,478 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
78
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
74
Trajectory
72
ERO review
86
9
Newlands Intermediate
Newlands · Intermediate · 511 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
78
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
100
Trajectory
50
ERO review
75
10
Te Atatu Intermediate
Te Atatu Peninsula · Intermediate · 465 students · EQI 420–449
77
/ 100 composite
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Wellbeing
97
Trajectory
52
ERO review
74

View the remaining 110 ranked intermediate schools in New Zealand

11. South Auckland Middle School Manurewa
76
12. Murrays Bay Intermediate Murrays Bay
76
13. Te Puke Intermediate Te Puke
76
14. Raroa Normal Intermediate Johnsonville
76
15. Nelson College (Prep Dept) Nelson
76
16. Glenfield Intermediate Glenfield
75
17. Kowhai Intermediate Kingsland
75
18. Tamatea Intermediate Tamatea
75
19. Chapel Downs Junior College (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01) Flat Bush
75
20. Kedgley Intermediate Papatoetoe
74
21. Waimahia Intermediate School Clendon Park
74
22. Belmont Intermediate Belmont
73
23. Ponsonby Intermediate Ponsonby
73
24. Bohally Intermediate Blenheim
73
25. Palmerston North Intermediate Palmerston North
71
26. Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate School Mangere
70
27. Greenmeadows Intermediate Manurewa
70
28. Ōtūmoetai Intermediate Otumoetai
70
29. Kaikohe Intermediate Kaikohe
69
30. Avondale Intermediate Avondale
69
31. Waikowhai Intermediate Mount Roskill
69
32. Wairau Intermediate Forrest Hill
69
33. Blockhouse Bay Intermediate Blockhouse Bay
68
34. Cambridge Middle School Cambridge
68
35. Hutt Intermediate Woburn
68
36. Breens Intermediate Bishopdale
68
37. Berkley Normal Middle School Hillcrest
67
38. South Wellington Intermediate Newtown
67
39. Balmacewen Intermediate Wakari
67
40. Dunedin North Intermediate Dunedin
67
41. Rosehill Intermediate Papakura
66
42. Taradale Intermediate Taradale
66
43. Avalon Intermediate Avalon
66
44. Titahi Bay Intermediate Titahi Bay
66
45. Casebrook Intermediate Casebrook
66
46. Brandon Intermediate Cannons Creek
65
47. He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate Merivale
65
48. Kelston Intermediate Kelston
64
49. Papakura Intermediate Papakura
64
50. Glen Eden Intermediate Titirangi
63
51. Henderson Intermediate Henderson
63
52. Havelock North Intermediate Havelock North
63
53. Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School Spreydon
63
54. Tahuna Normal Intermediate Musselburgh
63
55. Remuera Intermediate Remuera
62
56. Tauranga Intermediate The Avenues
62
57. Gisborne Intermediate Gisborne
62
58. Royal Oak Intermediate School Royal Oak
61
59. Manurewa Intermediate Manurewa
61
60. Mt Roskill Intermediate Mount Roskill
61
61. Pakuranga Intermediate Pakuranga
61
62. Tawa Intermediate Tawa
61
63. Kaitaia Intermediate Kaitaia
60
64. Ross Intermediate Palmerston North
60
65. Rangeview Intermediate Te Atatu South
59
66. Monrad - Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga Palmerston North
59
67. Northcote Intermediate Northcote
58
68. Pukekohe Intermediate Pukekohe
57
69. Wainuiomata Intermediate Wainuiomata
57
70. Highlands Intermediate New Plymouth
57
71. Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate Riccarton
57
72. Oamaru Intermediate Oamaru
57
73. Auckland Normal Intermediate Mount Eden
56
74. Mokoia Intermediate Owhata
56
75. Te Awamutu Intermediate Te Awamutu
56
76. Evans Bay Intermediate Kilbirnie
56
77. Waimea Intermediate Richmond
56
78. Ashburton Intermediate Netherby
56
79. Te Oraka Shirley
55
80. Ferguson Intermediate (Otara) Otara
54
81. Fairfield Intermediate Fairfield
54
82. Mt Maunganui Intermediate Mount Maunganui
54
83. Naenae Intermediate Naenae
54
84. Peachgrove Intermediate Hamilton East
53
85. Matamata Intermediate Matamata
51
86. Dargaville Intermediate Dargaville
50
87. Levin Intermediate Levin
49
88. Farm Cove Intermediate Pakuranga
47
89. Morrinsville Intermediate Morrinsville
47
90. Manukorihi Intermediate Waitara
47
91. Hastings Intermediate Hastings
47
92. Napier Intermediate Hospital Hill
47
93. Otahuhu Intermediate Otahuhu
46
94. Maidstone Intermediate Upper Hutt
44
95. Te Kamo Intermediate School Kamo
43
96. Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate Fendalton
43
97. Papatoetoe Intermediate Papatoetoe
42
98. Maeroa Intermediate Hamilton
42
99. Tokoroa Intermediate Tokoroa
42
100. Nelson Intermediate Nelson
42
101. Rotorua Intermediate Rotorua
41
102. Wesley Intermediate Mount Roskill
40
103. St Andrews Middle School Te Rapa
39
104. Whakatane Intermediate Whakatane
39
105. Broadgreen Intermediate Stoke
38
106. Bruce McLaren Intermediate Henderson
37
107. Feilding Intermediate Feilding
37
108. Fergusson Intermediate (Trentham) Trentham
36
109. Birkdale Intermediate Birkdale
35
110. Masterton Intermediate Masterton
34
111. Devon Intermediate Lynmouth
31
112. Whanganui Intermediate Whanganui
31
113. Ilminster Intermediate Gisborne
31
114. Whangarei Intermediate Whangarei
30
115. Chisnallwood Intermediate Avondale
30
116. Kaitao Intermediate Western Heights
26
117. Taupo Intermediate Hilltop
26
118. Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School Tawhero
25
119. Heretaunga Intermediate Hastings
25
120. Middle School West Auckland Henderson
20

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).