Top 40 secondary schools by ncea level 2 attainment in Wellington (2026)

Secondary schools ranked by the percentage of school leavers who left with at least NCEA Level 2 (Ministry of Education), for schools with 30 or more leavers. Ordered by the measure shown, with the Success Index (NZ) for context; 40 schools shown.

1
75
St Catherines College (Kilbirnie)Kilbirnie · State integrated Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 100%
2
76
St Matthew's Collegiate (Masterton)Masterton · State integrated Secondary (Year 7-15)NCEA L2: 100%
3
73
Rathkeale CollegeOpaki · State integrated Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 100%
4
90
Hutt International Boys' SchoolTrentham · State integrated Secondary (Year 7-15)NCEA L2: 98.9%
5
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Scots CollegeStrathmore · Private CompositeNCEA L2: 96.9%
6
81
St Oran's CollegeBoulcott · State integrated Secondary (Year 7-15)NCEA L2: 95.8%
7
82
Wellington Girls' CollegeThorndon · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 95.6%
8
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Samuel Marsden Collegiate SchoolKarori · Private CompositeNCEA L2: 95%
9
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Queen Margaret CollegeThorndon · Private CompositeNCEA L2: 94.7%
10
89
Wellington CollegeMount Victoria · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 94.4%
11
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Whitby CollegiateWhitby · Private Secondary (Year 7-15)NCEA L2: 93.3%
12
68
St Mary's College (Wellington)Wellington CBD · State integrated Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 93.3%
13
73
Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt)Lower Hutt · State integrated Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 93.2%
14
66
Tawa CollegeTawa · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 91.6%
15
70
St Patrick's College (Kilbirnie)Kilbirnie · State integrated Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 91%
16
71
St Patrick's College (Silverstream)Upper Hutt · State integrated Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 91%
17
62
Kuranui CollegeGreytown · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 90.6%
18
72
Paraparaumu CollegeParaparaumu · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 90%
19
71
Kāpiti CollegeRaumati Beach · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 89.6%
20
74
Onslow CollegeJohnsonville · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 89.3%
21
70
Wellington East Girls' CollegeMount Victoria · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 88.7%
22
66
Rongotai CollegeKilbirnie · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 88.1%
23
81
Wellington High School and Com Ed CentreWellington · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 87.9%
24
77
Newlands CollegeNewlands · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 86.2%
25
58
TKKM o Nga MokopunaSeatoun · State CompositeNCEA L2: 85.3%
26
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Silverstream Christian SchoolSilverstream · Private CompositeNCEA L2: 85.3%
27
69
Aotea CollegePorirua · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 84.1%
28
47
Wairarapa CollegeMasterton · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 83.3%
29
33
Mākoura CollegeMasterton · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 82.5%
30
62
St Bernard's CollegeLower Hutt · State integrated Secondary (Year 7-15)NCEA L2: 81.9%
31
72
Hutt Valley High SchoolLower Hutt · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 80.6%
32
45
Heretaunga CollegeTrentham · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 77.2%
33
42
Bishop Viard CollegePorirua · State integrated Secondary (Year 7-15)NCEA L2: 75.9%
34
51
Upper Hutt CollegeTrentham · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 73.8%
35
28
Porirua CollegeCannons Creek · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 70%
36
35
Wainuiomata High SchoolWainuiomata · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 67.2%
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39
Naenae CollegeLower Hutt · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 67.1%
38
33
Mana CollegeTakapuwahia · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 66.3%
39
27
Otaki CollegeŌtaki · State Secondary (Year 7-15)NCEA L2: 60.6%
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21
Taita CollegeTaita · State Secondary (Year 9-15)NCEA L2: 58.8%

#	School	Sector	NCEA L2	Success Index (NZ)	Equity Index (EQI)	Students
1	St Catherines College (Kilbirnie) Kilbirnie · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State integrated	100%	75.2 Top 25%	435	206
2	St Matthew's Collegiate (Masterton) Masterton · Secondary (Year 7-15) · Years 7–13	State integrated	100%	75.5 Top 25%	404	274
3	Rathkeale College Opaki · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State integrated	100%	72.8 Top 25%	415	317
4	Hutt International Boys' School Trentham · Secondary (Year 7-15) · Years 7–13	State integrated	98.9%	89.8 Top 5%	366	652
5	Scots College Strathmore · Composite · Years 1–13	Private	96.9%	– Not rated	–	1,161
6	St Oran's College Boulcott · Secondary (Year 7-15) · Years 7–13	State integrated	95.8%	80.5 Top 10%	380	502
7	Wellington Girls' College Thorndon · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	95.6%	82.1 Top 10%	375	1,423
8	Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Karori · Composite · Years 1–13	Private	95%	– Not rated	–	396
9	Queen Margaret College Thorndon · Composite · Years 1–13	Private	94.7%	– Not rated	–	758
10	Wellington College Mount Victoria · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	94.4%	88.5 Top 5%	383	1,934
11	Whitby Collegiate Whitby · Secondary (Year 7-15) · Years 7–13	Private	93.3%	– Not rated	–	350
12	St Mary's College (Wellington) Wellington CBD · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State integrated	93.3%	68.4 Top 25%	429	556
13	Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) Lower Hutt · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State integrated	93.2%	72.7 Top 25%	444	828
14	Tawa College Tawa · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	91.6%	66.0 Top 50%	440	1,031
15	St Patrick's College (Kilbirnie) Kilbirnie · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State integrated	91%	69.5 Top 25%	417	722
16	St Patrick's College (Silverstream) Upper Hutt · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State integrated	91%	70.8 Top 25%	433	737
17	Kuranui College Greytown · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	90.6%	61.7 Top 50%	468	748
18	Paraparaumu College Paraparaumu · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	90%	72.4 Top 25%	442	1,499
19	Kāpiti College Raumati Beach · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	89.6%	70.5 Top 25%	430	1,410
20	Onslow College Johnsonville · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	89.3%	73.5 Top 25%	398	1,180
21	Wellington East Girls' College Mount Victoria · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	88.7%	70.1 Top 25%	416	996
22	Rongotai College Kilbirnie · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	88.1%	66.2 Top 50%	428	701
23	Wellington High School and Com Ed Centre Wellington · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	87.9%	80.8 Top 10%	401	1,652
24	Newlands College Newlands · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	86.2%	76.9 Top 25%	410	1,254
25	TKKM o Nga Mokopuna Seatoun · Composite · Years 1–13	State	85.3%	57.8 Top 50%	459	177
26	Silverstream Christian School Silverstream · Composite · Years 1–13	Private	85.3%	– Not rated	–	29
27	Aotea College Porirua · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	84.1%	68.7 Top 25%	441	1,358
28	Wairarapa College Masterton · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	83.3%	47.1 Lower 50%	479	935
29	Mākoura College Masterton · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	82.5%	33.4 Lower 50%	537	356
30	St Bernard's College Lower Hutt · Secondary (Year 7-15) · Years 7–13	State integrated	81.9%	62.3 Top 50%	444	676
31	Hutt Valley High School Lower Hutt · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	80.6%	72.0 Top 25%	421	2,001
32	Heretaunga College Trentham · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	77.2%	45.2 Lower 50%	471	850
33	Bishop Viard College Porirua · Secondary (Year 7-15) · Years 7–13	State integrated	75.9%	41.7 Lower 50%	505	391
34	Upper Hutt College Trentham · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	73.8%	51.4 Top 50%	466	1,125
35	Porirua College Cannons Creek · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	70%	28.4 Lower 50%	529	573
36	Wainuiomata High School Wainuiomata · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	67.2%	34.8 Lower 50%	509	685
37	Naenae College Lower Hutt · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	67.1%	39.1 Lower 50%	500	862
38	Mana College Takapuwahia · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	66.3%	33.3 Lower 50%	509	507
39	Otaki College Ōtaki · Secondary (Year 7-15) · Years 7–13	State	60.6%	26.6 Lower 50%	495	422
40	Taita College Taita · Secondary (Year 9-15) · Years 9–13	State	58.8%	20.5 Lower 50%	520	331

St Catherines College (Kilbirnie) in Kilbirnie leads the 2026 list of secondary schools by ncea level 2 attainment in Wellington with NCEA L2 100%. Of the 40 schools shown, 24 are state, 11 are state integrated, 5 are private.

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St Catherines College (Kilbirnie) in Kilbirnie ranks first among secondary schools by ncea level 2 attainment in Wellington with NCEA L2 100% (Equity Index (EQI): 435).

How are secondary schools by ncea level 2 attainment in Wellington ranked?

Secondary schools ranked by the percentage of school leavers who left with at least NCEA Level 2 (Ministry of Education), for schools with 30 or more leavers. Figures are the most recent published by the national authority and matched to the school directory.

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