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Mission Heights Junior College

Jeffs Road, Flat Bush · Auckland — South

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Total roll 932
EQI 407
Founded 2008
71

Composite score

Established

B+

Above median

Rank #1,038 of scored NZ schools

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Accepts international students (SIEBA member) SIEBA member State school Co-educational Secondary school (Secondary (Year 7-10))

In summary

Mission Heights Junior College is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021 and has attested compliance with all aspects. The school has established a compliance framework with clear responsibility assigned to the principal and executive officer for annual compliance review, and has processes in place for monitoring and reporting student progress. No international students were enrolled at the time of the 2022 ERO review.

Best suited for

Students aged 13-18 in Flat Bush looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.

Is Mission Heights Junior College a good school?

Mission Heights Junior College scores 71/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Above median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • School has established compliance framework with the Code of Practice
  • Clear responsibility assigned to principal and executive officer for annual compliance review
  • Processes in place for monitoring and reporting student progress with student input

Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.

Score breakdown

6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.

How this is computed
Academic
35%
no NCEA data
no NCEA data · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts.
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Outcomes
25%
no destinations data
no destinations data · why?
Share of leavers going to a New Zealand university + Te Pūkenga + Industry Training (capped at 100%). Counts are normalised when EC publishes raw cohort sizes instead of percentages. Source: Education Counts post-school destinations.
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Retention
15%
no retention data
no retention data · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table.
—
Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 16.9/1k · suspensions 0.6/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · below band median (n=536) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: below band median (n=536).
82
Trajectory
8%
-2.9% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · near band median (n=534) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: near band median (n=534).
46
ERO review
5%
85/100 from ERO review 2022-10 · top quartile of band (n=539) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2022. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=539).
85

⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.

Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 85/100.

Latest ERO review

2022-10-31 · Filivaifale Jason Swann, Northern Region | Te Tai Raki

ERO report
  • The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021
  • The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code
  • No international students were enrolled at the time of the ERO review
  • The principal and executive officer are responsible for the annual review of the school's compliance with the code of practice
  • International students' progress and achievement is monitored and reported regularly to parents with considerable student input
"The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021established under section 534 of the Education and Training Act 2020."
— ERO, 2022-10-31 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2016–2022. Click a point to read that review.

latest 85
0 25 50 75 100 20162022 2016-12-01 · 74/100 2022-10-31 · 85/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2023 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$11.81M

Surplus / (deficit)

+$62k

Net assets / equity

$4.88M

2 years of audited data on file · View full history (Pro)

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

Stand-downs · 2024

16.9

29 this year · NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.6

1 this year · NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Government funding

Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$7.58M

Per-student funding · 2022

$8,128

2018

$5.2M

2019

$5.5M

2020

$7.5M

2021

$7.8M

2022

$7.6M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 07
    240
  • Year 08
    269
  • Year 09
    220
  • Year 10
    186

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • Asian
    76.3%
  • Pacific
    14.3%
  • European/Pākehā
    13.4%
  • Other / MELAA
    7.5%
  • Māori
    5.6%
  • International
    0.8%

International students

SIEBA member · Day school only

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Location

Jeffs Road, Flat Bush. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Mission Heights Junior College a good school?

Mission Heights Junior College scores 71/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Above median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2022-10 review identified 5 key findings. The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021

How do I enrol my child at Mission Heights Junior College?

Use the school's enrolment form: https://www.mhjc.school.nz/international/apply-to-study/ or call 09-2777881.

What are the fees?

Mission Heights Junior College is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Mission Heights Junior College has 932 students, with an EQI of 407 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Mission Heights Junior College in 2022-10, signed by Filivaifale Jason Swann. 4 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

Data transparency

Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.

Last updated

31 Dec 2023

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  • sieba.nz
  • schoolsdata.co.nz
  • crimestats.co.nz