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Best secondary schools in Tauranga 2026

9 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.

  1. 1
    TKKM o Te Kura Kokiri logo
    TKKM o Te Kura Kokiri

    Welcome Bay · Composite · 268 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    87

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    86
    Outcomes
    —
    Retention
    72
    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    83
  2. 2
    Aquinas College logo
    Aquinas College

    Pyes Pa · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 831 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    83

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    92
    Outcomes
    72
    Retention
    90
    Wellbeing
    84
    Trajectory
    58
    ERO review
    85
  3. 3
    Bethlehem College logo
    Bethlehem College

    Bethlehem · Composite · 2,050 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    77

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    86
    Outcomes
    63
    Retention
    88
    Wellbeing
    92
    Trajectory
    66
    ERO review
    33
  4. 4
    Ōtūmoetai College logo
    Ōtūmoetai College

    Tauranga Central · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 1,961 students · EQI 450–474

    69

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    77
    Outcomes
    50
    Retention
    76
    Wellbeing
    76
    Trajectory
    60
    ERO review
    84
  5. 5
    ACG Tauranga logo
    ACG Tauranga

    Pyes Pa · Composite · 409 students · EQI unknown

    67

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    88
    Outcomes
    14
    Retention
    81
    Wellbeing
    —
    Trajectory
    100
    ERO review
    85
  6. 6
    Tauranga Boys' College logo
    Tauranga Boys' College

    Tauranga · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 2,161 students · EQI 450–474

    64

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    71
    Outcomes
    49
    Retention
    70
    Wellbeing
    63
    Trajectory
    64
    ERO review
    80
  7. 7
    Papamoa College logo
    Papamoa College

    Papamoa · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 1,766 students · EQI 450–474

    64

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    73
    Outcomes
    41
    Retention
    74
    Wellbeing
    62
    Trajectory
    70
    ERO review
    85
  8. 8
    Tauranga Girls' College logo
    Tauranga Girls' College

    Gate Pa · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 1,399 students · EQI 450–474

    62

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    74
    Outcomes
    46
    Retention
    77
    Wellbeing
    40
    Trajectory
    54
    ERO review
    83
  9. 9
    Te Wharekura o Mauao logo
    Te Wharekura o Mauao

    Bethlehem · Secondary (Year 7-15) · 280 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    57

    / 100 composite

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    Academic
    87
    Outcomes
    10
    Retention
    84
    Wellbeing
    14
    Trajectory
    73
    ERO review
    84

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).