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Rangitoto College

564 East Coast Road, Browns Bay · Auckland — North

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Total roll 4,069
EQI 397
Founded 1956
83

Composite score

Strong

A

Top 10% in NZ

Rank #229 of scored NZ schools

Top 25% in University Entrance Top 25% in NCEA Level 2

In summary

Rangitoto College's board confirmed compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements for board administration, curriculum, and health and safety in their November 2022 board assurance review. The school is not currently subject to active Ministry of Education intervention.

Best suited for

Students aged 13-18 in Browns Bay looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Rangitoto College a good school?

Rangitoto College scores 83/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 10% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

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%
L1 95% · L2 93% · UE 83% · near band median (n=66) · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: near band median (n=66).
92
Outcomes
25%
Uni 57% · Te Pūkenga 2% · Industry 4% · below band median (n=64) · 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. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: below band median (n=64).
63
Retention
15%
93% to Y13 · near band median (n=66) · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: near band median (n=66).
93
Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 13.3/1k · suspensions 1.0/1k · exclusions 0.5/1k · 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%
+26.0% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top 10% of band (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: top 10% of band (n=534).
83
ERO review
5%
83/100 from ERO review 2022-11 · above band median (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: above band median (n=539).
83

⚠ 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): 83/100.

Latest ERO review

2022-11-29 · Filivaifale Jason Swann, Northern Region | Te Tai Raki

ERO report
  • Board has attested to meeting Board Administration regulatory and legislative requirements
  • Board has attested to meeting Curriculum regulatory and legislative requirements
  • Board has attested to meeting Management of Health, Safety and Welfare requirements
  • Board has attested to meeting Personnel Management requirements
  • Board has attested to meeting Finance requirements
"As of November 2022, the Rangitoto College School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements:"
— ERO, 2022-11-29 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2015–2022. Click a point to read that review.

latest 83
0 25 50 75 100 20152022 2015-11-05 · 84/100 2022-11-29 · 83/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2024 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$48.49M

Surplus / (deficit)

+$1192k

Net assets / equity

$14.99M

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

NCEA achievement

School leavers with NCEA at each level. National average is ~85% (Level 1).

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

94.7%

585 of 618 leavers

-1.2pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

92.7%

573 of 618 leavers

+1.4pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

83.3%

515 of 618 leavers

+4.9pt vs prior year

Data: Ministry of Education / Education Counts, CC-BY-4.0

Stay-on rate

Percentage of students who stay at school until at least their 17th birthday — the standard NZ proxy for Year-9-to-Year-13 retention.

Education Counts

92.9%

2024 cohort · 618 students

+0.6pt vs 2023

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

13.3

76 this year · NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

1.0

7 this year · NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.5

3 this year · NZ avg ~1.5

Vocational Pathway Awards

School leavers achieving Vocational Pathway Awards by industry sector (2024).

Education Counts
  • Creative Industries 56
  • Service Industries 48
  • Social and Community Services 15
  • Construction and Infrastructure 4
  • Manufacturing and Technology 2

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

$26.25M

Per-student funding · 2022

$6,452

2018

$22.8M

2019

$22.9M

2020

$27.4M

2021

$24.2M

2022

$26.3M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 09
    830
  • Year 10
    819
  • Year 11
    891
  • Year 12
    832
  • Year 13+
    709

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Asian
    54.1%
  • European/Pākehā
    42.4%
  • Other / MELAA
    6.1%
  • Māori
    5.4%
  • International
    5.3%
  • Pacific
    2.2%

Location

564 East Coast Road, Browns Bay. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Rangitoto College a good school?

Rangitoto College scores 83/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 10% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2022-11 review identified 6 key findings. Board has attested to meeting Board Administration regulatory and legislative requirements

How do I enrol my child at Rangitoto College?

Contact the school directly on 09-4770150, email info@rangitoto.school.nz, or visit www.rangitoto.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

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

What is the roll size?

Rangitoto College has 4,069 students, with an EQI of 397 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Rangitoto College in 2022-11, 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 2024

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