Dannevirke High School
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State
- Year levels
- 9–13
- Total roll
- 415
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Grant Street, Dannevirke
- Territorial authority
- Tararua District
- Phone
- 06-3748302
- admin@dannevirkehigh.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Manawatū-Whanganui
What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- Uniform
- Required
The Dannevirke High School uniform is compulsory for all students.
- Required
- Where to buy the uniform
- https://dannevirkehigh.nzuniforms.com/
Currently, the Dannevirke High School Girls’ and Boys’ Uniform is supplied by NZ Uniforms.A physical store can be found at 589B Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North but uniform items can also be ordered online - [https://dannevirkehigh.nzuniforms.com](https://dannevirkehigh.nzuniforms.com/)
- https://dannevirkehigh.nzuniforms.com/
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- On offer
- weekly Itinerant music lessons
Lessons offered on the piano, guitar and singing through weekly Itinerant music lessons.
- Student Council
At Dannevirke High School, our Student Council is a passionate, committed group of rangatahi who volunteer their time and energy to give back
- CACTUS programme (Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit Support)
we are proud to run the CACTUS programme (Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit Support) – an intensive eight-week physical and mental military style training course designed to challenge and grow our rangatahi
- weekly Itinerant music lessons
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 292
- Māori
- 169
- Pacific
- 11
- Asian
- 21
- MELAA
- 8
- Other
- 0
- International
- 0
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 09 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 90 |
| Year 10 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 100 |
| Year 11 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 102 |
| Year 12 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 64 |
| Year 13+ | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 56 |
| Total | 161 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 308 | 0 | 412 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 13 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 76 |
| Age 14 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 98 |
| Age 15 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 98 |
| Age 16 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 73 |
| Age 17 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 54 |
| Age 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 19+ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 161 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 308 | 0 | 412 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Academic results
Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above — 2025
84.8%
| Dannevirke High School | 84.8% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 84.7% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 88% |
| State: Not integrated | 83.6% |
| New Zealand | 85.2% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 89.8% |
|---|---|
| Male | 79.1% |
| Māori | 76.9% |
| Pacific | Too few to report |
| Asian | Too few to report |
| MELAA | Not applicable |
| Other | Not applicable |
| European/Pākehā | 87.7% |
| Total | 84.8% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 1 data (2023-2025)
Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above — 2025
77.2%
| Dannevirke High School | 77.2% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 76.7% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 81% |
| State: Not integrated | 75.4% |
| New Zealand | 77.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 83.7% |
|---|---|
| Male | 69.8% |
| Māori | 64.1% |
| Pacific | Too few to report |
| Asian | Too few to report |
| MELAA | Not applicable |
| Other | Not applicable |
| European/Pākehā | 78.5% |
| Total | 77.2% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 2 data (2023-2025)
Percentage with NCEA level 3 or above — 2025
56.5%
| Dannevirke High School | 56.5% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 55.5% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 61.8% |
| State: Not integrated | 55.2% |
| New Zealand | 59% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 69.4% |
|---|---|
| Male | 41.9% |
| Māori | 43.6% |
| Pacific | Too few to report |
| Asian | Too few to report |
| MELAA | Not applicable |
| Other | Not applicable |
| European/Pākehā | 60% |
| Total | 56.5% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 3 data (2023-2025)
Percentage with VP Award — 2025
9.8%
| Dannevirke High School | 9.8% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 14.5% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 15.2% |
| State: Not integrated | 14.4% |
| New Zealand | 14.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 18.4% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Too few to report |
| Asian | Too few to report |
| MELAA | Not applicable |
| Other | Not applicable |
| European/Pākehā | 12.3% |
| Total | 9.8% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison Vocational Pathway data (2023-2025)
Retention
Percentage staying until at least 17th birthday — 2025
81.5%
| Dannevirke High School | 81.5% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 81.1% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 83.5% |
| State: Not integrated | 81.4% |
| New Zealand | 83% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 85.7% |
|---|---|
| Male | 76.7% |
| Māori | 79.5% |
| Pacific | Too few to report |
| Asian | Too few to report |
| MELAA | Not applicable |
| Other | Not applicable |
| European/Pākehā | 83.1% |
| Total | 81.5% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison trend data (2023-2025)
— 2024
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
— 2023
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
— 2024
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
— 2023
not reported
| Female | not reported |
|---|---|
| Male | not reported |
| Māori | not reported |
| Pacific | not reported |
| Asian | not reported |
| MELAA | not reported |
| Other | not reported |
| European/Pākehā | not reported |
| Total | not reported |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
70.3%
| Dannevirke High School | 70.3% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 45.5% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 35.8% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 56.1% |
|---|---|
| Male | 85.9% |
| Māori | 115.2% |
| Pacific | 259.9% |
| Asian | 39.6% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 56.2% |
| Total | 70.3% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
19.2%
| Dannevirke High School | 19.2% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 6.2% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 4% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 8.8% |
|---|---|
| Male | 30.4% |
| Māori | 40.4% |
| Pacific | 37.4% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 13.8% |
| Total | 19.2% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
5.5%
| Dannevirke High School | 5.5% |
|---|---|
| Manawatū-Whanganui Region | 2.8% |
| Secondary (Year 9-15) | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 11.1% |
| Māori | 12.8% |
| Pacific | 40.3% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 3.7% |
| Total | 5.5% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 501
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 20 April 1903
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 5
- Last reviewed
- 21 April 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (21 April 2023)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The board assurance report of 21 April 2023 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 415 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
September 2018
408
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 11 December 2018
September 2015
393
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 October 2015
We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 21 April 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
Background
This Profile Report was written within eight months of the Education Review Office and Dannevirke High School working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Dannevirke High School, situated in Dannevirke in the Tararua District, caters for students from Years 9-13. The school aims to empower students to become confident, actively involved, self-aware, lifelong learners through a student-centred curriculum.
Dannevirke High School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
redevelopment of the school curriculum to reflect the central role of the learner within a culturally responsive framework
professional learning and consolidation of culturally responsive practice for all staff
ensuring meaningful engagement and consultation with whānau, Māori and other partners.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Dannevirke High School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate to what extent changes to curriculum and teaching practices result in improved outcomes for learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
maintaining focus on equity and excellence for all learners through giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
further develop a curriculum reflective of student aspirations, interests and identities - including Māori succeeding as Māori
support teachers to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of innovative, responsive and localised learning experiences.
The school expects to see a more culturally responsive school environment. This will be seen in increased opportunities for involvement in cultural activities and a flexible curriculum which responds to student needs. The school expects this to result in improved outcomes for learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to raise achievement for students in need of accelerated progress through culturally responsive practice:
a clear programme of planned self-review across school conditions that informs improvement and recognises success
use of internal expertise and student/ whānau consultation to review schoolwide initiatives with “what makes a difference” and “what next” factors identified
partnerships with iwi, whānau and learning partners that support the development of teacher expertise in culturally responsive learning strategies.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
strengthening staff capability to use culturally responsive practices and pedagogy
developing high quality programmes of teaching and learning incorporating the NZ Refresh, NZ Histories Curriculum and NCEA changes
implementing the use of self-review tools to help leaders and teachers better understand the factors most affecting the achievement of students.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Kathy Lye Acting Director Review and Improvement (Southern) Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
21 April 2023
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 5 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).