Best primary schools in Northland 2026
89 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.
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Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review84 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory96ERO review85 - 3TKKM o Tūtūtarakihi
Kaitaia · Full Primary · 30 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review75 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory76ERO review85 - View profile →
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Wellbeing86Trajectory96ERO review83 - 7Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi
Whangarei · Contributing · 111 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review68 - 8Te Kura ā Iwi o Te Waimate (Proposed opening date: 2026-07-20)
Waimate · Full Primary · — students · EQI unknown
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Wellbeing100Trajectory—ERO review75 - View profile →
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Wellbeing100Trajectory91ERO review67
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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).