College is a decile 10 school, meaning that, as the ERO (Education Review Office) puts it, Rangitoto draws its students from an area of 'least socio-economic disadvantage'. The data show that it performs at, or above, the average level for decile 10 schools nationally. Like other decile 10 schools, Rangitoto performs better than schools from areas of greater socio-economic disadvantage. Prior to Bursary being replaced by the National Certificate of Educational Achievement Rangitoto had at least one student recognised as New Zealand's top scholar in a subject between 2001 and 2003; in 2003 Rangitoto had three four top-scholars including top all-round Female Māori Scholar. 5. In 2006 a Rangitoto College student was named "Top Scholar in New Zealand" for the subject of history in 2006 based on the NCEA framework. In 2013, 94.4 percent of students leaving Rangitoto College held at least NCEA Level 1, 89.5 percent held at least NCEA Level 2, and 76.3 percent held at least University Entrance. This is compared to 85.2%, 74.2%, and 49.0% respectively for all students nationally. In 2021, Rangitoto College students collectively achieved 244 scholarship passes in the New Zealand Scholarship exams which included 34 "Outstanding" passes. Sixteen students gained four or more scholarship passes, with a further fourteen students gaining three scholarship passes. Six students gained Outstanding Scholar Awards (~60 nationwide) and one student, with ten scholarship passes, gained a Premier Scholar Award (Top ~12 nationwide). The Premier Award winner was also the Top Subject Scholar for Art History, Geography, and Statistics while one of the Outstanding award winners was the Top Subject Scholar for Health & Physical Education. This placed the school as the top scholarship school in New Zealand for the fourth year in a row. Notable alumni Amy Adams – member of parliament for the Selwyn electorate Marco Alexander – basketball player Terenzo Bozzone – athlete Claudia Bunge – New Zealand international football player Graham Candy – actor/musician Oliver Driver – actor/TV personality Chloe Gong – author Mikey Havoc – media personality Lizzy Igasan – hockey player Anna Leat – New Zealand international football player Alex Maloney – Olympic sailor, silver medallist in the 49er FX class at Rio 2016 Sean Marks – former basketball player in the NBA / Tall Blacks, current GM for the Brooklyn Nets Dean O'Gorman – actor, artist, photographer Erica Stanford – member of parliament for the East Coast Bays electorate Corney Swanepoel