Best intermediate schools in Taranaki & Manawatū
9 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 2026-05-27. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.
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Wellbeing67Trajectory53ERO review85 - View profile →
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Wellbeing73Trajectory27ERO review70 - 3Monrad - Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga
Palmerston North · Intermediate · 383 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Wellbeing40Trajectory59ERO review75 - View profile →
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Wellbeing43Trajectory47ERO review76 - View profile →
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Wellbeing42Trajectory27ERO review65 - View profile →
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Wellbeing0Trajectory46ERO review63 - View profile →
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Wellbeing0Trajectory22ERO review76 - View profile →
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Wellbeing0Trajectory31ERO review58 - 9Te Kura Waenga O Rutherford | Rutherford Intermediate School
Tawhero · Intermediate · 142 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Wellbeing0Trajectory23ERO review49
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).