Last updated October 2026
St Andrews Middle School is a state, co-educational composite school for Years 7 to 10 at Heath Street, Te Rapa, Hamilton. It opened in 1977 and had 133 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Te Rapa Park, Northgate, St Andrews, Pukete and Te Rapa, and parts of Beerescourt, Harrowfield, Horotiu, Forest Lake, Burbush, Queenwood and Maeroa; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a curriculum across the eight learning areas, with Years 9 and 10 preparing students for NCEA, a commitment to the bicultural nature of Aotearoa that acknowledges Waikato Tainui as mana whenua, and an enrolment scheme that includes a Rūmaki Reo (Māori language) programme as well as English-medium classes. It lists school teams in netball, football, volleyball and basketball and inter-school sports days, and says free lunches are provided to every student.
At a glance
- Principal
- Casey-lee Bell
- Address
- Heath Street, Te Rapa, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 849 2819
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Te Rapa Park, Te Rapa, Northgate, St Andrews and Pukete.
Parts of Beerescourt Hamilton, Harrowfield, Horotiu, Forest Lake, Burbush, Queenwood Hamilton and Maeroa: 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.
Who goes here
Share of the 133 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.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from February 2025. ERO found the school is working towards better outcomes for all learners.
A majority of learners make expected or faster progress in reading, writing and maths, but less than a third achieve at or above the expected curriculum level, so raising achievement remains a priority.
Less than half of students attend regularly, although attendance is improving. On the positive side, students feel they belong and take pride in their progress, leadership is collaborative and models the school’s values, te reo, tikanga and mātauranga Māori run through the curriculum, classrooms are calm and inclusive, and students know their next steps and set their own goals. A new Graduate Profile sets out what students need for life beyond school.
ERO’s next steps are to review attendance initiatives so more students attend regularly, keep lifting literacy and maths results through consistent, quality teaching, embed the Graduate Profile, and carry on with the board’s plan for a rumaki unit that would help students gain fluency in te reo Māori and a deeper understanding of te ao Māori.
Enrolling
The school has two home zones, one for Years 7 and 8 and one for Years 9 and 10, and students who live in the relevant zone have the right to enrol.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, with separate priority orders for the Rūmaki Reo programme and for English-medium classes.
The board decides the number of out-of-zone places each year and announces them, with the application deadline and ballot dates, by public notice. Families can apply online or on a paper form from reception, and the school then invites them in for an interview.
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Questions parents ask
Is St Andrews Middle School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Te Rapa Park, Te Rapa, Northgate, St Andrews and Pukete and parts of Beerescourt Hamilton, Harrowfield, Horotiu, Forest Lake, Burbush, Queenwood Hamilton and Maeroa.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 10.
How many students go there?
133 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?
541. 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.
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, 10 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).