Kelston Boys' High School

In 1954, Kelston High School, a co-educational school, was established at the modern site of Kelston Girls' College.^[4] In 1959, the school began a transition to two single-sex schools, with Kelston Boys' High School at a new campus to the south.^[5][6] By 1963, Kelston Boys' was a fully independent school.^[7]

As of March 2026, Kelston Boys' High School has a roll of 852 students, of which 217 (25.5%) identify as Māori.^[8]

As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 505,^[9] placing it amongst schools whose students have many socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former socio-economic decile system).^[10]

The school offers Māori Bilingual, Samoan Bilingual, and Tongan Bilingual classes for their students.

The school provides various sport activities which include:

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Football
• Golf^[11]
• Kilikiti
• Lawn Bowls
• Netball
• Rugby
• Rugby League
• Softball
• Tag
• Touch
• Turbo Touch
• Volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

In 1987 the school won 9–0 against Sacred Heart in Senior A1 Tennis but lost 5–4 to Auckland Grammar School. The same year, the schools softball league lost only one game in the whole season.^[12]

In 1995 the school won in debating against Western Springs AFC but lost to Green Bay.^[13]

The same year the school had excelled in soccer by winning 1–0 against Avondale, a 4–4 draw with Mount Albert Grammar School and a 6–2 victory over Mount Roskill Grammar School.^[13]

During the 1995 rugby season KBHS had won 27–0 against Papakura and had 98 wins over Rotorua Boys' High School, Te Awamutu and Morrinsville, all of which scored three each. The same year, the school won 17–0 against Saint Kentigern College in a semi-final but then lost 30–10 to Auckland Grammar School.^[13]

The school was also a winner in judo at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships which were held in Hamilton in August 1995 and won 4 out of 5 games in badminton.^[13]

In 1995 the Junior A3 Tennis won all five games.^[13]

In 1997 the school's trampoline diver Todd Anderson came in first place with 134.6 points while Bruce Utatao scored 78 in golf. The same year the school lost to Otahuhu College in the touch rugby final but won every other game prior to the loss.^[11]

In 2006 the school won every match in football as well as softball but lost two games in that game.^[14]

• Les J. F. Colgan 1954–1965
• Robert M. Bean 1965–1976
• Jim R. Paton 1977–1985
• Graham W. Henry 1985–1996
• Stephen L. Watt 1996–2011
• Brian F. Evans 2011–2018
• Adeline Blair 2018–