Best secondary schools in Waikato
51 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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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review76 - 2Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa
Enderley · Composite · 315 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review76 - 3Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarunui
Taumarunui · Composite · 92 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)
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Academic—Outcomes—Retention—Wellbeing100Trajectory100ERO review76 - 4Waikato Diocesan School For Girls
Hamilton · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 690 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)
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Academic98Outcomes86Retention97Wellbeing100Trajectory52ERO review65 - View profile →
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Academic93Outcomes76Retention92Wellbeing—Trajectory71ERO review85 - View profile →
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Academic96Outcomes65Retention98Wellbeing—Trajectory51ERO review85 - 7Sacred Heart Girls' College (Ham)
Hamilton East · Secondary (Year 9-15) · 917 students · EQI 420–449
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Academic86Outcomes61Retention92Wellbeing87Trajectory74ERO review85 - View profile →
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Academic86Outcomes—Retention60Wellbeing86Trajectory85ERO review76 - View profile →
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Academic85Outcomes58Retention85Wellbeing81Trajectory58ERO review63 - View profile →
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Academic88Outcomes55Retention80Wellbeing73Trajectory69ERO review82
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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).