| Name [1] | Years [2] | Gender [2] | Authority [1] | Location [1] | Territorial authority area [1] | Decile (2015) [1] | EQI (2024) [1] | Roll (November 2024) [1] | Website [1] | School number [1] | Opening year |
|---|
| Aparima College | 7-13 | Coed | State | Riverton / Aparima | Southland | 6 | 493 | 218 | | 409 | 1973 [3] |
| Ascot Community School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Hawthorndale | Invercargill | 3 | 515 | 287 | | 1625 | 1999 [4] |
| Aurora College [5] | 7-13 | Coed | State | Heidelberg | Invercargill | 2 | 545 | 586 | | 548 | 2004 [5] |
| Balfour School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Balfour | Southland | 10 | 433 | 68 | | 3932 | 1887 [6] |
| Blackmount School (closed 2014) [7] [8] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Blackmount | Southland | - | - | 3 | | 3933 | 1901 [7] |
| Bluff School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Bluff | Invercargill | 3 | 504 | 129 | | 2120 | 1867 [9] |
| Brydone School (closed 2007) [10] [11] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Brydone | Southland | - | - | 6 | - | 3936 | 1906 [12] |
| Cargill High School (closed 1998) [5] [13] | 9-13 | Coed | State | Appleby | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 406 | 1978 [14] |
| Central Southland College | 9-15 | Coed | State | Winton | Southland | 6 | 459 | 599 | | 399 | 1965 [15] |
| Clifton School (closed 2004) [16] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Clifton | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 3939 | 1872 [17] |
| Clarendon School (closed 2004) [16] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Kingswell | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 3937 | 1971 [18] |
| Collingwood Intermediate School (closed 2004) [19] | 7-8 | Coed | State | Grasmere | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | - | 1976 [20] |
| Dacre School (closed 2008) [21] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Dacre | Southland | - | - | - | - | 3942 | 1900 [22] |
| Dipton School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Dipton | Southland | 9 | 439 | | | 3943 | 1877 [23] |
| Donovan Primary School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Grasmere | Invercargill | 6 | 461 | 410 | | 2119 | 2005 [24] |
| Drummond Primary School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Drummond | Southland | 8 | 463 | 93 | | 1650 | 1887 [25] |
| East Gore School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Gore | Gore | 3 | 515 | 103 | | 3946 | 1886 [26] |
| Edendale School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Edendale | Southland | 8 | 431 | 137 | | 3947 | 1909 [27] |
| Elston Lea Primary (closed 2004) [5] [28] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Strathern | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 3948 | 1984 [29] |
| Fiordland College | 7-13 | Coed | State | Te Anau | Southland | 9 | 435 | 275 | | 400 | 1976 [30] |
| Garston School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Garston | Southland | 8 | 423 | 23 | | 3953 | 1882 [31] |
| Glenham School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Glenham | Southland | 8 | | | | 3954 | 1899 [32] |
| Gore High School | 9-15 | Coed | State | Gore | Gore | 6 | | | | 396 | 1908 [33] |
| Gore Main School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Gore | Gore | 7 | 443 | 205 | | 3956 | 1878 [34] |
| Gorge Road School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Gorge Road | Southland | 9 | 470 | 36 | | 3957 | 1889 [35] |
| Grasmere Primary School (closed 2006) [36] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Grasmere | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 3958 | 1928 [37] |
| Halfmoon Bay School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Oban | Southland | 5 | 433 | 40 | | 3961 | 1874 [38] |
| Hauroko Valley Primary School | 1-8 [39] | Coed | State | Clifden | Southland | 7 | 431 | 88 | | 3938 | Unknown |
| Hawthorndale Primary School (closed 1999) [40] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Hawthorndale | Southland | - | - | - | - | 3962 | 1958 [41] |
| Heddon Bush School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Heddon Bush | Southland | 9 | 441 | 68 | | 3963 | 1881 [42] |
| Hedgehope School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Hedgehope | Southland | 10 | 452 | 52 | | 3964 | 1878 [43] |
| Hillside Primary School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Browns | Southland | 9 | 446 | 26 | | 3935 | Unknown |
| Invercargill Middle School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Invercargill Central | Invercargill | 3 | 485 | 177 | | 3966 | 1873 [44] |
| Invercargill South School (closed 2004) [16] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Appleby | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 3968 | 1879 [45] |
| Isla Bank School (closed 2018) [46] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Isla Bank | Southland | - | - | 10 | - | - | 1899 [47] |
| James Hargest College | 7-13 | Coed | State | Hargest & Rosedale | Invercargill | 8 | 445 | 1,903 | | 552 | 1958 [48] |
| Kaiwera School (closed 2008) [49] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Kaiwera | Gore | - | - | 8 | - | 3970 | 1879 [50] |
| Kew School (closed 2005 [16] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Kew | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 3972 | Unknown |
| Kingswell High School (closed 1998) [5] | 9-13 | Coed | State | Heidelberg | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | - | 1971 [51] |
| Knapdale School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Knapdale | Gore | 8 | 446 | 64 | | 3973 | 1879 [52] |
| Limehills School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Limehills | Southland | 10 | 429 | 156 | | 3975 | 1871 [53] |
| Lithgow Intermediate School (closed 1999) [40] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Hawthorndale | Southland | - | - | - | - | 3976 | 1965 [4] |
| Lochiel School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Lochiel | Southland | 10 | 440 | | | 3977 | 1879 [54] |
| Longford Intermediate | 7-8 | Coed | State | Gore | Gore | 4 | | | | 3979 | 1972 [34] |
| Lumsden District High School (closed 1975) [55] | 1-13 | Coed | State | Lumsden | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | - | 1962 [55] |
| Lumsden School (closed 1962) | 1-8 | Coed | State | Lumsden | Southland | - | - | - | - | - | 1879 [56] |
| Lumsden School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Lumsden | Southland | | | | | 3980 | 1976 [56] |
| Maitland School (closed 1996) | 1-8 | Coed | State | Maitland | Gore | - | - | - | - | - | 1896 |
| Makarewa School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Makarewa | Invercargill | 9 | 432 | 159 | | 3982 | 1887 [57] |
| Mararoa School | 1-8 | Coed | State | The Key | Southland | 10 | 416 | 37 | | 3984 | 1914 [58] |
| Marist College (closed 1981) | 7-13 | Boys | State integrated (Catholic) | Rockdale | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | - | 1969 [59] |
| Mataura Island School (closed 1998) [60] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Mataura Island | Southland | - | - | - | - | 3985 | 1890 [61] |
| Mataura School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Mataura | Gore | 2 | 507 | 91 | | 3986 | 1878 [62] |
| Menzies College | 7-15 | Coed | State | Wyndham | Southland | 5 | 480 | 355 | | 401 | 1885 [63] |
| Mossburn School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Mossburn | Southland | 7 | 426 | 47 | | 3990 | 1887 [64] [65] |
| Mount Anglem College (closed 2003) [5] | 9-13 | Coed | State | Heidelberg | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | - | 1999 [5] |
| Myross Bush School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Myross Bush | Invercargill | 10 | 408 | 184 | | 3991 | 1866 [66] |
| New River Primary School [16] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Kew | Invercargill | 1 | 519 | 236 | | 2116 | 2005 [16] |
| Newfield School (closed 2004) [67] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Newfield | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 3992 | Unknown |
| Newfield Park School [67] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Newfield | Invercargill | 3 | 505 | 247 | | 2118 | 2005 [67] |
| Northern Southland College | 7-15 | Coed | State | Lumsden | Southland | 7 | 460 | 193 | | 395 | 1976 [55] |
| Otama School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Otama | Gore | 9 | 483 | 17 | | 3997 | 1883 [68] |
| Otatara School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Otatara | Invercargill | 10 | 406 | 275 | | 4000 | 1879 [69] |
| Otautau School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Otautau | Southland | 6 | 458 | 154 | | 4001 | 1880 [70] |
| Pukerau School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Pukerau | Gore | 7 | 438 | 68 | | 4003 | 1879 [71] |
| Rimu School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Kennington | Southland | 9 | 439 | 116 | | 4006 | 1893 [72] |
| Riversdale School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Riversdale | Southland | 9 | 434 | 155 | | 4007 | 1882 [73] |
| Riverton District High School (closed 1972) | 1-13 | Coed | State | Riverton / Aparima | Southland | - | - | - | - | - | 1859 [74] |
| Riverton School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Riverton / Aparima | Southland | 6 | 469 | 146 | | 4008 | 1973 [75] |
| Rockdale Park School (closed 2004) [67] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Rockdale | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 4009 | 1973 [76] |
| Rosedale Intermediate (closed 2004) [77] [19] | 7-8 | Coed | State | Rosedale | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 4010 | 1963 |
| Ruru Special School | - | Coed | State | Waikiwi | Invercargill | 4 | 524 | 119 | | 4011 | 1967 [78] |
| Sacred Heart School | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Waikiwi | Invercargill | 9 | 432 | 76 | | 4013 | 1962 [79] |
| Salford School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Hargest | Invercargill | 8 | 424 | 285 | | 4014 | 1970 [80] |
| Seaward Downs School (closed 1975) [81] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Seaward Downs | Southland | - | - | - | - | - | 1891 [82] |
| Southland Adventist Christian School | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated (Adventist) | Waikiwi | Invercargill | 5 | 448 | 112 | | 4112 | 1955 [83] |
| Southland Boys' High School | 7-13 | Boys | State | Gladstone | Invercargill | 6 | 467 | 985 | 404 | 1881 [84] |
| Southland Girls' High School | 7-13 | Girls | State | Georgetown | Invercargill | 5 | 466 | 1,031 | | 405 | 1879 [85] |
| St Catherine's College (closed 1981) | 7-13 | Girls | State integrated (Catholic) | Rockdale | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | - | 1882 [86] |
| St George Primary (closed 2004) [5] [28] [87] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Strathern | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 4024 | 1915 [87] |
| St John's Girls' School | 1-8 | Girls | State integrated (Catholic) | Avenal | Invercargill | 9 | 405 | 140 | | 4131 | 1917 [88] |
| St Joseph's School | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Invercargill Central | Invercargill | 3 | 479 | 183 | | 4017 | 1882 [89] |
| St Mary's School | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Gore | Gore | 7 | 426 | 224 | | 4018 | 1890 [90] |
| St Patrick's School, Invercargill | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Heidelberg | Invercargill | 3 | 476 | 297 | | 4020 | 1944 [91] |
| St Patrick's School, Nightcaps | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Nightcaps | Southland | 2 | 552 | 23 | | 4019 | 1917 [92] |
| St Peter's College | 7-15 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Gore | Gore | 8 | 438 | 383 | | 397 | 1969 [93] |
| St Teresa's School, Bluff | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Bluff | Invercargill | 3 | 498 | 14 | | 4021 | 1901 [94] |
| St Theresa's School, Invercargill | 1-6 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Windsor | Invercargill | 7 | 409 | 286 | | 4022 | 1931 [95] |
| St Thomas School, Winton | 1-8 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Winton | Southland | 9 | 413 | 111 | | 4023 | 1898 [96] |
| Surrey Park School (closed 1999) [97] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Hawthorndale | Southland | - | - | - | - | 4025 | 1940 [98] |
| Takitimu Primary School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Nightcaps | Southland | 4 | 468 | 104 | | 398 | 1884 [99] [100] |
| Te Anau School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Te Anau | Southland | 9 | 423 | 325 | | 4026 | 1937 [101] |
| Fernworth Primary School / Te Kura o Whare Pā [5] [28] | 1-6 | Coed | State | Strathern | Invercargill | 2 | 530 | 288 | | 2117 | 2005 [5] |
| Te Tipua School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Te Tipua | Southland | 5 | 493 | 30 | | 4027 | 1907 [102] |
| Te Wharekura o Arowhenua | 1-15 | Coed | State | Newfield | Invercargill | 2 | 536 | 199 | | 4217 | 1992 [103] |
| Thornbury School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Thornbury | Southland | 7 | 429 | 71 | | 4028 | 1883 [104] |
| Tisbury School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Tisbury | Invercargill | 4 | 466 | 115 | | 4029 | 1891 [105] |
| Tokanui School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Tokanui | Southland | 10 | 452 | 51 | | 4030 | 1885 [106] |
| Tuturau Primary School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Tuturau | Southland | 4 | 488 | 22 | | 4032 | 1871 [107] |
| Tweedsmuir Intermediate School (closed 1998) [20] [108] | 7-8 | Coed | State | Georgetown | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 4033 | 1943 [20] |
| Tweedsmuir Junior High School (closed 2004) [20] [108] | 7-10 | Coed | State | Georgetown | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 4033 | 1999 [20] |
| Verdon College | 7-13 | Coed | State integrated (Catholic) | Rockdale | Invercargill | 6 | 461 | 713 | | 408 | 1982 [109] |
| Waianiwa School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Waianiwa | Southland | 9 | 435 | 70 | | 4034 | 1863 [110] |
| Waiau Area School | 1-15 | Coed | State | Tuatapere | Southland | 3 | 525 | | | 402 | 1910 [111] |
| Waihopai School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Gladstone | Invercargill | 8 | 423 | 339 | | 4035 | 1914 [112] |
| Waikaia School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Waikaia | Southland | 9 | 421 | 22 | | 4036 | 1882 [113] |
| Waikaka School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Waikaka | Gore | 10 | 431 | 68 | | 4037 | 1863 [114] |
| Waikaka Valley School (closed 1996) | 1-8 | Coed | State | Maitland | Gore | - | - | - | - | - | 1877 |
| Waikiwi School (closed 2005) [115] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Waikiwi | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 4039 | 1872 [116] |
| Waimahaka School (closed 2012) | 1-8 | Coed | State | Waimahaka | Southland | - | - | 4 | - | 4040 | 1901 [117] |
| Waimumu School (closed 1996) [118] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Waimumu | Gore | - | - | - | - | 3970 | 1888 [118] |
| Wallacetown School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Wallacetown | Southland | 9 | 448 | 75 | | 4046 | 1865 [119] |
| Waverley Park School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Windsor | Invercargill | 4 | 494 | 263 | | 4047 | 1954 |
| West Gore School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Gore | Gore | 6 | 480 | 165 | | 4050 | 1953 [120] |
| West Plains School (closed 2005) [115] | 1-8 | Coed | State | West Plains | Invercargill | - | - | - | - | 4051 | 1882 [121] |
| Willowbank School (closed 2016) [122] [123] | 1-8 | Coed | State | Maitland | Gore | - | - | - | - | 3981 | 1997 [123] |
| Windsor North School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Windsor | Invercargill | 8 | 420 | 335 | | 3967 | 1877 [124] |
| Winton School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Winton | Southland | 7 | 464 | 291 | | 4052 | 1870 [125] |
| Woodlands Full Primary School | 1-8 | Coed | State | Woodlands | Southland | 10 | 440 | 116 | | 4053 | 1871 [126] |
| Wyndham School | 1-6 | Coed | State | Wyndham | Southland | 6 | 453 | 143 | | 4054 | 1885 [63] |