Last updated October 2026
Rotorua Boys’ High School is a state, boys’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 1612 Pukuatua Street, Rotorua. It opened in 1927 and had 1,137 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 46 suburbs in full and parts of 1 more, among them Tumunui, Victoria, Kapenga, Hamurana, Mount Tarawera and Matipo Heights; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
Students can choose Te Whare o Raukura, a te reo Māori immersion option, and boys from further away can board at the Tai Mitchell Hostel. The school also takes international students, who either board or live with host families.
At a glance
- Principal
- John Kendal
- Address
- 1612 Pukuatua Street, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07 348 6169
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Lake Tarawera, Utuhina Rotorua, Fairy Springs, Victoria, Matipo Heights, Springfield Rotorua, Hillcrest Rotorua, Mangakakahi Rotorua, Western Heights Rotorua, Ngongotahā Valley, Fordlands, Lake Ōkāreka, Fenton Park Rotorua, Tihiotonga Rotorua, Holdens Bay Rotorua, Kawaha Point Rotorua, Pomare Rotorua, Glenholme Rotorua, Rotorua Central, Mount Tarawera, Ohinemutu, Waikite Valley, Sunnybrook Rotorua, Hannahs Bay Rotorua, Selwyn Heights Rotorua, Ngapuna Rotorua, Lynmore Rotorua, Koutu Rotorua, Tumunui, Lake Ōkataina, Pukehangi Rotorua, Ngongotahā Rotorua, Whakarewarewa, Waiotapu, Kapenga, Ngakuru Rotorua, Tikitere Rotorua, Mourea Rotorua, Ōwhata Rotorua, Mamaku Rotorua, Reporoa, Hamurana, Horohoro, Rerewhakaaitu, Lake Rotomā Rotorua and Okere Falls Rotorua.
Parts of Kaingaroa Forest: 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 1,137 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
12 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.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
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 Report from August 2026, which rated it Doing well in 10 of its 14 areas and Working towards in the other four.
Most students gain NCEA Levels 2 and 3, including many who arrive below expected curriculum levels, and ERO found teaching structured and culturally grounded, with Te Whare o Raukura giving students a Māori-medium pathway that supports belonging. ERO judged the care of international students to be effective.
The four areas still working towards are foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Year 10 (a small majority reach expected levels in literacy, less than half in numeracy), attendance (a small majority attend regularly) and equity, with significant disparity for Māori boys in University Entrance and junior literacy and numeracy.
Less than half of students gain University Entrance. ERO’s next steps are to raise University Entrance, make better use of junior achievement data, agree a shared strategic vision for the Reo Rua Level 2 immersion pathway, align programmes with the new curriculum and lift attendance. ERO also found one police vetting compliance gap, which the board has since fixed.
Read the ERO reports for Rotorua Boys’ High School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Any out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
The school takes day-student enrolments throughout the year on a single form, where families also say if they want Te Whare o Raukura or a place in the Tai Mitchell Hostel. Those two options have limited places and their own closing dates, published on the enrolment page, and every enrolment is confirmed after an interview.
Schools nearby
In Utuhina Rotorua
Rotorua Boys' High School is in Utuhina Rotorua. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Utuhina Rotorua guide →Questions parents ask
Is Rotorua Boys' High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Lake Tarawera, Utuhina Rotorua, Fairy Springs, Victoria, Matipo Heights, Springfield Rotorua, Hillcrest Rotorua, Mangakakahi Rotorua, Western Heights Rotorua, Ngongotahā Valley, Fordlands, Lake Ōkāreka, Fenton Park Rotorua, Tihiotonga Rotorua, Holdens Bay Rotorua, Kawaha Point Rotorua, Pomare Rotorua, Glenholme Rotorua, Rotorua Central, Mount Tarawera, Ohinemutu, Waikite Valley, Sunnybrook Rotorua, Hannahs Bay Rotorua, Selwyn Heights Rotorua, Ngapuna Rotorua, Lynmore Rotorua, Koutu Rotorua, Tumunui, Lake Ōkataina, Pukehangi Rotorua, Ngongotahā Rotorua, Whakarewarewa, Waiotapu, Kapenga, Ngakuru Rotorua, Tikitere Rotorua, Mourea Rotorua, Ōwhata Rotorua, Mamaku Rotorua, Reporoa, Hamurana, Horohoro, Rerewhakaaitu, Lake Rotomā Rotorua and Okere Falls Rotorua and parts of Kaingaroa Forest.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,137 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?
504. 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.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes boys only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 72.7% 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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