Best secondary schools in New Zealand 2026
548 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 Ngaringaomatariki
Oruawharo · Composite · 96 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review83 - 2Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa
Enderley · Composite · 315 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review87 - 3Wellington Hills Christian College
Johnsonville · Composite · 124 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review85 - View profile →
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review82 - View profile →
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review79 - View profile →
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review76 - 7Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hokianga
Opononi · Composite · 143 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Academic98Outcomes—Retention100Wellbeing100Trajectory80ERO review75 - 8Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarunui
Taumarunui · Composite · 92 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review75 - 9Te Kura o Te Wainui-ā-Rua
Ranana · Composite · 58 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review71 - View profile →
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review65
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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).