Last updated October 2026
Fraser High School is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 72 Ellicott Road, Dinsdale, Hamilton. It opened in 1920 and had 1,419 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 18 suburbs in full and parts of 7 more, among them Te Rapa Park, Northgate, Burbush, Baverstock, Te Kowhai and Whatawhata; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a vocational learning centre with industry work experience, a hauora health centre, Hei Taniwha and Aiga Tasi groups that support Māori and Pacific students, ESOL classes and a learning support centre. He Puaawai Young Parents’ Centre, part of the school, offers a pathway for pregnant and parenting students, and the school also runs adult community education.
At a glance
- Principal
- Virginia Crawford
- Address
- 72 Ellicott Road, Dinsdale, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 847 9044
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Burbush, Rotokauri Hamilton, Grandview Heights, Western Heights Hamilton, Te Rapa, Forest Lake, Te Rapa Park, Nawton, Maeroa, Northgate, Baverstock, Avalon, Whatawhata near Hamilton, Dinsdale Hamilton, Pukete, Te Kowhai near Hamilton, Beerescourt Hamilton and St Andrews.
Parts of Whitiora Hamilton, Horotiu, Frankton Hamilton, Temple View, Karamu near Hamilton, Ngāruawāhia near Hamilton and Ngāhinapōuri near Hamilton: 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 1,419 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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 School Evaluation Report from November 2024. ERO found that progress and achievement had not yet improved since its previous review and that results remain uneven for Māori and Pacific students.
Less than half of students gain NCEA Level 1 or Level 3, a small majority gain Level 2, and few gain University Entrance.
Only about a third of students attend regularly. ERO noted some steps forward: leaders now track NCEA task completion more closely, attendance follow-up has been strengthened with a small improvement, and the school has brought in outside expertise on curriculum and school culture.
ERO recommended that the Ministry of Education consider an intervention under the Education and Training Act to bring about improvement in health and safety and school culture, leadership of learning, attendance and achievement, planning, and employment.
The agreed next steps are to redevelop the junior curriculum, build reliable tracking of Year 9 and 10 literacy and maths, review learning support, reduce behaviour incidents and stand-downs, and lift regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Fraser High School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of residence is needed. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. The enrolment page shows whether in-zone and out-of-zone applications are open.
Families apply online, and the school then arranges an interview and orientation before a student starts. The enrolment page also lists the information evening and Year 8 open day, and links the zone map, uniform guidelines and subject options.
Schools nearby
In Nawton
Fraser High School is in Nawton. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Nawton guide →Questions parents ask
Is Fraser High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Burbush, Rotokauri Hamilton, Grandview Heights, Western Heights Hamilton, Te Rapa, Forest Lake, Te Rapa Park, Nawton, Maeroa, Northgate, Baverstock, Avalon, Whatawhata near Hamilton, Dinsdale Hamilton, Pukete, Te Kowhai near Hamilton, Beerescourt Hamilton and St Andrews and parts of Whitiora Hamilton, Horotiu, Frankton Hamilton, Temple View, Karamu near Hamilton, Ngāruawāhia near Hamilton and Ngāhinapōuri near Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,419 at 1 Sep 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?
508. 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, 61.6% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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