List of schools in the Auckland Region
Auckland Grammar School
The Auckland Region is the most populous region of New Zealand, containing the country's most populous city, Auckland , as well the towns of Wellsford , Warkworth , Helensville , the Hibiscus Coast , Pukekohe and Waiuku and their surrounding rural areas, plus many islands in the Hauraki Gulf including Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island . It contains a few small rural primary schools, some small town primary and secondary schools, and a large number of city schools. As of June 2011, there are 538 primary and secondary schools in Auckland, enrolling over 267,000 students.[ 1]
In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five.[ 2] Year 13 is the traditional final year of secondary education, although students are entitled to stay in secondary school until the end of the calendar year of their 19th birthday if need be. The list of schools below is broken up into primary and intermediate schools, which includes contributing primary schools (Years 1–6), full primary schools (Years 1–8), and intermediate schools (Years 7 and 8); secondary schools, which includes normal secondary schools (Years 9-13), secondary schools with intermediate (Years 7–13), junior secondary schools (Years 7–10) and senior secondary schools (Years 11–13); composite schools (Years 1–13); and special schools and teen parent units. Primary and intermediate schools are further broken up into the local board of the Auckland Council in which each school is located.
State schools are those fully funded by the government and at which no fees for tuition of domestic students (i.e. New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, and Australian citizens) can be charged, although a donation is commonly requested.[ 3] A state integrated school is a former private school with a special character based on a religious or philosophical belief that has been integrated into the state system. State integrated schools charge "attendance dues" to cover the building and maintenance of school buildings, which are not owned by the government, but otherwise they like state schools cannot charge fees for tuition of domestic students but may request a donation. Private schools charge fees to its students for tuition, as do state and state integrated schools for tuition of international students.[ 4]
The socioeconomic decile indicates the socioeconomic status of the school's catchment area. A decile of 1 indicates the school draws from a poor area; a decile of 10 indicates the school draws from a well-off area.[ 5] The decile ratings used here come from the Ministry of Education Te Kete Ipurangi website and from the decile change spreadsheet listed in the references. The deciles were last revised using information from the 2006 census .[ 6] The roll of each school changes frequently as students start school for the first time, move between schools, and graduate. The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education, and are based on figures from November 2024.[ 7] The Ministry of Education institution number links to the Education Counts page for each school.
Unless otherwise stated, all primary and intermediate schools in the Auckland region are coeducational .
Rodney
Hibiscus and Bays
Upper Harbour
Kaipatiki
Devonport–Takapuna
Henderson–Massey
Waitākere Ranges
Great Barrier
Waiheke
Waitematā
The Waitematā local board is the central-most Auckland board, covering the Auckland central business district and several adjacent suburbs, including Freemans Bay , Grey Lynn , Grafton , Herne Bay , Newmarket , Newton , Parnell , Ponsonby and Westmere .
Whau
Albert–Eden
Puketapapa
Ōrākei
Maungakiekie–Tāmaki
The Maungakiekie–Tāmaki local board covers the south-eastern part of the Auckland isthmus . Major suburbs include Glen Innes , Mount Wellington , Onehunga , Panmure , Penrose , Point England , and parts of Royal Oak .
Howick
Māngere–Ōtāhuhu
Otara–Papatoetoe
Manurewa
Papakura
Franklin
Secondary schools
Name
MOE
Years
Gender
Suburb
Authority
Opened
Roll
Website
Notes
Albany Junior High School
6948
7–10
Coed
Albany
State
2005
1,235
[366]
Albany Senior High School
563
11–13
Coed
Albany
State
2009
792
[367]
Alfriston College
6929
9–13
Coed
Alfriston
State
2004
1,204
[368]
Ambury Park Centre for Riding Therapy
462
9–13
Coed
Māngere Bridge
Private
7
[369]
Aorere College
96
9–13
Coed
Papatoetoe
State
1964
1,380
[370]
Auckland Girls' Grammar School
53
9–13
Girls
Newton
State
1888
922
[371]
Auckland Grammar School
54
9–13
Boys
Epsom
State
1869
2,699
[372]
Boarding
Auckland International College
473
11–13
Coed
Blockhouse Bay
Private
2003
[373]
Boarding
Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School
93
9–13
Coed
Māngere Bridge
State integrated
1970
326
[374]
Seventh-day Adventist
Avondale College
78
9–13
Coed
Avondale
State
1945
2,812
[375]
Baradene College of the Sacred Heart
61
7–13
Girls
Remuera
State integrated
1909
1,452
[376]
Catholic
Birkenhead College
31
9–13
Coed
Birkdale
State
1972
498
[377]
Botany Downs Secondary College
6930
9–13
Coed
Dannemora
State
2004
1,910
[378]
Carmel College
35
7–13
Girls
Milford
State integrated
1957
1,060
[379]
Catholic
City Impact Church School (Secondary)
617
9–13
Coed
Pinehill
Private
[380]
Evangelical Christian
De La Salle College
94
7–13
Boys
Māngere East
State integrated
1953
937
[381]
Catholic
Edgewater College
79
9–13
Coed
Pakuranga
State
639
[382]
Epsom Girls' Grammar School
64
9–13
Girls
Epsom
State
1917
2,241
[383]
Boarding
Glendowie College
65
9–13
Coed
Glendowie
State
1961
1,190
[384]
Glenfield College
30
9–13
Coed
Glenfield
State
668
[385]
Green Bay High School
42
9–13
Coed
Green Bay
State
1972
1,738
[386]
Henderson High School
45
9–13
Coed
Henderson
State
1953
1,050
[387]
Hobsonville Point Secondary School
6977
9–13
Coed
Hobsonville
State
2014
857
[388]
Howick College
87
9–13
Coed
Somerville
State
1974
2,106
[389]
James Cook High School
100
9–13
Coed
Manurewa
State
1968
1,528
[390]
Kaipara College
26
9–13
Coed
Helensville
State
748
[391]
Kelston Boys' High School
83
9–13
Boys
Kelston
State
1963
725
[392]
Kelston Girls' College
84
9–13
Girls
Kelston
State
1963
501
[393]
Kia Aroha College
631
1–13
Coed
Clover Park
State
347
[394]
King's College
89
9–13
Boys/Coed[ 15]
Ōtāhuhu
Private
1896
1,191
[395]
Anglican, Boarding
Liston College
46
7–13
Boys
Henderson North
State integrated
1974
820
[396]
Catholic
Long Bay College
27
9–13
Coed
Long Bay
State
1975
1,755
[397]
Lynfield College
75
9–13
Coed
Lynfield
State
1958
1,901
[398]
Macleans College
41
9–13
Coed
Bucklands Beach
State
1980
2,887
[399]
Mahurangi College
24
7–13
Coed
Warkworth
State
1,483
[400]
Māngere College
91
9–13
Coed
Māngere
State
1971
731
[401]
Manurewa High School
99
9–13
Coed
Homai
State
1960
2,147
[402]
Marcellin College
63
7–13
Coed
Royal Oak
State integrated
1958
612
[403]
Catholic
Marist College
70
7–13
Girls
Mount Albert
State integrated
1928
759
[404]
Catholic
Massey High School
43
9–13
Coed
Massey West
State
1969
1,814
[405]
McAuley High School
90
9–13
Girls
Ōtāhuhu
State integrated
1962
761
[406]
Catholic
Mission Heights Junior College
553
7–10
Coed
Mission Heights
State
2009[ 16]
952
[407]
Mount Albert Grammar School
69
9–13
Coed
Mount Albert
State
1922
3,537
[408]
Boarding
Mount Roskill Grammar School
74
9–13
Coed
Mount Roskill
State
1954
1,818
[409]
Northcote College
32
9–13
Coed
Northcote
State
1877
1,387
[410]
Odyssey House School
425
9–13
Coed
New Windsor
Private
[411]
One Tree Hill College
85
9–13
Coed
Penrose
State
1955
1,399
[412]
Onehunga High School
86
9–13
Coed
Onehunga
State
1959
951
[413]
Orewa College
25
7–13
Coed
Orewa
State
1956
2,058
[414]
Ormiston Junior College
709
7–10
Coed
Flat Bush
State
2017
1357
[415]
[ 17]
Ormiston Senior College
564
11–13
Coed
Flat Bush
State
2011
1,394
[416]
Otahuhu College
88
9–13
Coed
Ōtāhuhu
State
1931
1,109
[417]
Pakuranga College
80
9–13
Coed
Half Moon Bay
State
1961
2,246
[418]
Papakura High School
101
9–13
Coed
Papakura
State
1954
1,059
[419]
Papatoetoe High School
95
9–13
Coed
Papatoetoe
State
1956
1,677
[420]
Pukekohe High School
103
9–13
Coed
Pukekohe
State
1921
1,783
[421]
Rangitoto College
28
9–13
Coed
Windsor Park
State
1956
3,801
[422]
Rodney College
23
9–13
Coed
Wellsford
State
310
[423]
Rosehill College
102
9–13
Coed
Rosehill
State
1970
1,573
[424]
Rosmini College
39
7–13
Boys
Takapuna
State integrated
1962
1,141
[425]
Catholic
Rutherford College
40
9–13
Coed
Te Atatū Peninsula
State
1961
1,419
[426]
Sacred Heart College
59
7–13
Boys
Glendowie
State integrated
1903
1,264
[427]
Catholic, Boarding
Sancta Maria College
491
7–13
Coed
Flat Bush
State integrated
2004
1,025
[428]
Catholic
Selwyn College
49
9–13
Coed
Kohimarama
State
1956
1,582
[429]
Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
97
9–13
Coed
Ōtara
State
1966
566
[430]
South Auckland Middle School
876
7–10
Coed
Weymouth
State
2014
177
[431]
Designated character (s156)
St Dominic's Catholic College
47
7–13
Girls
Henderson North
State integrated
1952
791
[432]
Catholic
St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College
949
7–13
Coed
Drury
State integrated
2024
[433]
Catholic
St Kentigern College
81
7–13
Coed
Pakuranga
Private
1953
2,316
[434]
Presbyterian, Boarding
St Mary's College
50
7–13
Girls
Saint Marys Bay
State integrated
1850
1,012
[435]
Catholic
St Paul's College
51
7–13
Boys
Ponsonby
State integrated
1955
402
[436]
Catholic
St Peter's College
62
7–13
Boys
Grafton
State integrated
1939
1,296
[437]
Catholic
Takapuna Grammar School
36
9–13
Coed
Belmont
State
1927
2,076
[438]
Tāmaki College
57
9–13
Coed
Glen Innes
State
1955
705
[439]
Tangaroa College
58
9–13
Coed
Ōtara
State
1976
913
[440]
Te Wharekura o Manurewa
3113
9–13
Coed
Manurewa
State
63
—
UP International College Auckland
1606
9–13
Coed
Auckland CBD
Private
2005
288
[441]
Vanguard Military School
694
11–13
Coed
Rosedale
State
2014
—
Designated character (s156)
Waiheke High School
530
7–13
Coed
Waiheke Island
State
1986
384
[442]
Waitakere College
44
9–13
Coed
Henderson North
State
1975
1,591
[443]
Waiuku College
105
9–13
Coed
Waiuku
State
892
[444]
Wentworth College
484
7–13
Coed
Gulf Harbour
Private
2003
411
[445]
Wesley College
104
9–13[ 18]
Coed[ 19]
Paerata
State integrated
1844
342
[446]
Methodist, Boarding
Western Springs College
48
9–13
Coed
Western Springs
State
1964
1,844
[447]
Westlake Boys High School
37
9–13
Boys
Takapuna
State
1962
2,676
[448]
Westlake Girls High School
38
9–13
Girls
Takapuna
State
1962
2,275
[449]
Whangaparaoa College
6763
7–13
Coed
Stanmore Bay
State
2005
1,779
[450]
Zayed College for Girls
471
7–13
Girls
Māngere
State integrated
211
[451]
Islamic
Composite schools
Name
MOE
Gender
Suburb
Authority
Opened
Roll
Website
Notes
ACG Parnell College
2085
Coed
Parnell
Private
1998
1841
[452]
ACG Strathallan
441
Coed
Hingaia
Private
2001
1,232
[453]
ACG Sunderland
571
Coed
Lincoln
Private
2007
844
[454]
Al-Madinah School
544
Coed
Māngere
Integrated
579
[455]
Islamic
Atea College
460
Coed
Panmure
Private
1987
16
[456]
Evangelical Christian
Destiny School
1655
Coed
Wiri
Private
64
[457]
Evangelical Christian
Dilworth School
66
Boys
Epsom
Private
1906
472
[458]
Boarding
Diocesan School for Girls
67
Girls
Epsom
Private
1903
1,709
[459]
Anglican, Boarding
Drury Christian School
506
Coed
Drury
Private
37
[460]
Christian
Elim Christian College
1190
Coed
Botany Downs
Integrated
1988
1,024
[461]
Evangelical Christian
Kingsway School
432
Coed
Red Beach
Integrated
1,853
[462]
Non-denominational Christian
Kristin School
29
Coed
Albany
Private
1973
1,748
[463]
Christian
Living Way Learning Centre
1132
Coed
Wellsford
Private
[464]
Evangelical Christian
Manukau Christian School
466
Coed
Manurewa
Private
283
[465]
Christian
Michael Park School
424
Coed
Ellerslie
Integrated
1979
327
[466]
Waldorf education
MindAlive
547
Coed
Auckland CBD
Private
[467]
Mount Hobson Middle School
487
Coed
Remuera
Private
158
[468]
Pinehurst School
440
Coed
Albany
Private
1991
1,149
[469]
Pukekohe Christian School
456
Coed
Buckland
Private
344
[470]
Christian
Southern Cross Campus
452
Coed
Māngere East
State
1997
1,611
[471]
St Cuthbert's College
68
Girls
Epsom
Private
1915
1,618
[472]
Presbyterian, Boarding
TKKM o Puau Te Moananui-a-Kiwa
4228
Coed
Glen Innes
State
107
-
Te Kura Maori o Nga Tapuwae
630
Coed
Māngere East
State
278
[473]
Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School
1595
Coed
Woodlands Park
Private
1987
230
[474]
Waldorf education
TKKM o Hoani Waititi
279
Coed
Glen Eden West
State
239
[475]
TKKM o Mangere
4208
Coed
Māngere
State
327
[476]
TKKM o Te Raki Paewhenua
1584
Coed
Windsor Park
State
132
—
Tyndale Park Christian School
52
Coed
Flat Bush
Private
141
[477]
Christian
Special schools and teen parent units
Closed schools
Name
Years
Gender
Suburb
Authority
Date of closure
Reason of closure
Ref
Auckland Montessori Primary School
1–8
Coed
Parnell
Private
January 2011
closed voluntarily
[ 8]
Clover Park Middle School
7–13
Coed
State
January 2011
merged with Te Whanau o Tupuranga to become Kia Aroha College
[ 8]
The Corelli International Academic School of the Arts
1–13
Coed
Private
April 2016
receivership
[ 21]
Destiny College
7–15
Coed
Private
January 2011
merged with Destiny School
[ 8]
Hill Top School
1–8
Coed
Blockhouse Bay
Private
January 2011
closed voluntarily
[ 8]
Pakuranga Health Camp School
Special
Coed
Half Moon Bay
State
January 2012
closed by Minister
[ 8]
St Stephen's Native School
Boys
Bombay Hills
Private
closed voluntarily
Tamaki Intermediate
7–8
Coed
Tamaki
State
January 2012
closed by Minister
[ 8]
Tau Te Arohanoa Akoranga
1–12
Coed
Helensville
Private
February 2011
merged with Kingsway School
[ 8]
Te Whanau o Tupuranga
7–10
Coed
State
January 2011
merged with Clover Park Middle School to become Kia Aroha College
[ 8]
Titirangi Rudolf Steiner High School
9–15
Coed
Woodlands Park
Private
January 2013
merged with Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School
[ 8]
TKKM Pumau Ki Te Reo o Ngapuhi
1–8
Coed
Kelston
State
April 2011
closed by Minister
[ 8]
Kelston High School – opened 1954, became Kelston Girls High School (later College) in 1963 after Kelston Boys' High School opened
Westlake High School – opened 1958, became Westlake Girls High School in 1962 after Westlake Boys High School opened.[ 22]
References
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^ "School Fees" . New Zealand Government. 31 October 2016.
^ "about NZ education" . EduSearch. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2008 .
^ "How The Decile Is Calculated" . New Zealand Ministry of Education . Retrieved 8 June 2008 .
^ "Reviews of Deciles - General Information" . New Zealand Ministry of Education . Retrieved 8 June 2008 .
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "School Mergers, Closures and New Schools - Education Counts" . Ministry of Education. Retrieved 13 January 2013 .
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^ "Establishment of a New School in Flatbush, South Auckland - 2013-go5860 - New Zealand Gazette" .
^ Parata, Hekia (3 March 2017). "Three new primary schools to open in 2019" . New Zealand Government. Retrieved 4 March 2016 .
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^ "School Mergers, Closures and New Schools – 2015 tables" . Ministry of Education. Retrieved 20 January 2016 .
^ Parata, Hekia (22 July 2015). "New School Establishment Notice – Takanini New School #1" . New Zealand Gazette . 2015 (6). New Zealand Government: 120. Retrieved 1 February 2015 .
^ Boys only Years 9–11, coeducational years 12–15
^ "School Establishment - 2006-go6530 - New Zealand Gazette" .
^ Parata, Hekia (31 July 2014). "New School Establishment Notice – Ormiston Junior College" . New Zealand Gazette . 2014 (82). New Zealand Government: 2259. Retrieved 1 February 2015 .
^ TKI gives the range as 7–15, but the school website says 9–15, and the ERO 2007 report doesn't mention years 7 and 8 apart from a mention in the "school type" field.
^ School is now fully Coed
^ a b c d Teen Parent Unit rolls are returned with their host school. These are James Cook High School for the Clendon TPU, Auckland Girls' Grammar School for Eden Campus TPU, Henderson High School for He Wero o nga Wahine, and Tangaroa College for Tangaroa TPU.
^ Dougan, Patrice (22 April 2016). "Prestigious school in receivership" . The New Zealand Herald .
^ Sparks, Zizi (17 February 2017). "Former Westlake High School students celebrate 60-year reunion" . North Shore Times .
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