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Best intermediate schools in Wellington 2026

15 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 2026-07-12. Schools without enough data to score on the composite are omitted from this page but still appear in the directory.

  1. 1
    Newlands Intermediate logo
    Newlands Intermediate

    Newlands · Intermediate · 511 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    78

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    50
    ERO review
    75
  2. 2
    Raroa Normal Intermediate logo
    Raroa Normal Intermediate

    Johnsonville · Intermediate · 594 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    76

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    100
    Trajectory
    31
    ERO review
    84
  3. 3
    Hutt Intermediate logo
    Hutt Intermediate

    Woburn · Intermediate · 599 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    68

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    81
    Trajectory
    40
    ERO review
    75
  4. 4
    South Wellington Intermediate logo
    South Wellington Intermediate

    Newtown · Intermediate · 367 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    67

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    92
    Trajectory
    44
    ERO review
    60
  5. 5
    Avalon Intermediate logo
    Avalon Intermediate

    Avalon · Intermediate · 219 students · EQI 475–509

    66

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    67
    Trajectory
    52
    ERO review
    75
  6. 6
    Titahi Bay Intermediate logo
    Titahi Bay Intermediate

    Titahi Bay · Intermediate · 181 students · EQI 475–509

    66

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    49
    Trajectory
    75
    ERO review
    75
  7. 7
    Brandon Intermediate logo
    Brandon Intermediate

    Cannons Creek · Intermediate · 180 students · EQI 510+ (most disadvantaged)

    65

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    77
    Trajectory
    31
    ERO review
    75
  8. 8
    Tawa Intermediate logo
    Tawa Intermediate

    Tawa · Intermediate · 469 students · EQI 420–449

    61

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    67
    Trajectory
    30
    ERO review
    75
  9. 9
    Wainuiomata Intermediate logo
    Wainuiomata Intermediate

    Wainuiomata · Intermediate · 323 students · EQI 475–509

    57

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    26
    Trajectory
    66
    ERO review
    79
  10. 10
    Evans Bay Intermediate logo
    Evans Bay Intermediate

    Kilbirnie · Intermediate · 356 students · EQI <420 (most advantaged)

    56

    / 100 composite

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    Wellbeing
    71
    Trajectory
    25
    ERO review
    61
View the remaining 5 ranked intermediate schools in Wellington
  1. 11. Naenae Intermediate Naenae
    54
  2. 12. Levin Intermediate Levin
    49
  3. 13. Maidstone Intermediate Upper Hutt
    44
  4. 36
  5. 15. Masterton Intermediate Masterton
    34

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).