Best secondary schools in Northland
40 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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Oruawharo · Composite · 96 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review83 - 2Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hokianga
Opononi · Composite · 143 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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/ 100 composite
Academic98Outcomes—Retention100Wellbeing100Trajectory80ERO review76 - View profile →
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/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory58ERO review76 - View profile →
80
/ 100 composite
Academic93Outcomes—Retention67Wellbeing69Trajectory65ERO review76 - View profile →
76
/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing—Trajectory—ERO review76 - 6Tumanako Christian College
Waipapakauri · Composite · — students · EQI unknown
View profile →76
/ 100 composite
Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing—Trajectory—ERO review76 - View profile →
74
/ 100 composite
Academic90Outcomes42Retention84Wellbeing82Trajectory67ERO review85 - View profile →
73
/ 100 composite
Academic98Outcomes5Retention100Wellbeing100Trajectory80ERO review87 - View profile →
72
/ 100 composite
Academic90Outcomes31Retention94Wellbeing—Trajectory75ERO review79 - View profile →
67
/ 100 composite
Academic66Outcomes—Retention60Wellbeing100Trajectory34ERO review64
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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).