Last updated October 2026
Pukekohe High School is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 14 Harris Street, Pukekohe. It opened in 1921 and had 1,901 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes 6 suburbs in full and parts of 11 more, among them Puni, Mauku, Bombay, Patumāhoe, Pukekohe East and Pukekohe Central; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s website covers sport, clubs and groups, a house system, learning support, careers advice and Te Maahuri, set time for mentoring, connection and wellbeing. It also takes international students and helps arrange homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Murray Saunders
- Address
- 14 Harris Street, Pukekohe
- Phone
- 09 237 0117
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Patumāhoe, Pukekohe Central, Puni, Pukekohe East, Bombay and Mauku.
Parts of Paerata, Mangatāwhiri near Pukekohe, Ararimu, Ramarama, Buckland Pukekohe, Mercer near Pukekohe, Kingseat, Aka Aka near Pukekohe, Pōkeno near Pukekohe, Runciman and Glenbrook: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,901 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
22 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from March 2024. ERO and the school agreed to look at how well professional learning is building the skills of teachers and leaders, with a focus on lifting engagement and achievement for all students, especially Māori and Pacific students.
ERO noted a well-planned and funded professional development programme, systems that support the review of learning programmes, and ongoing consultation with whānau, hapū and iwi on the curriculum and the school’s direction.
For its next steps, the school is refining its framework for what good teaching looks like so it can measure practice and find areas to develop. It also plans to use regular cycles of professional learning so staff can work together and share changes in their teaching, and to keep building evaluation systems that draw on student voice to show what is working and for whom.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone are entitled to enrol. Families apply online, upload documents such as proof of address, and attend an enrolment interview before a place is confirmed.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, with applicants placed in priority groups and selected by ballot when there are more applicants than places. The board sets the number of out-of-zone places each year, and the school updates its enrolment page once places are confirmed.
Schools nearby
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Questions parents ask
Is Pukekohe High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Patumāhoe, Pukekohe Central, Puni, Pukekohe East, Bombay and Mauku and parts of Paerata, Mangatāwhiri near Pukekohe, Ararimu, Ramarama, Buckland Pukekohe, Mercer near Pukekohe, Kingseat, Aka Aka near Pukekohe, Pōkeno near Pukekohe, Runciman and Glenbrook.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,901 at 1 Oct 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
465. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 84.6% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 9 Nov 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).