New Zealand secondary schools participating in the NZEST Scholarship Programme from its inaugural year, 2004, to 2009.
| Bay of Islands | Kerikeri High School |
| Northland | Springbank School |
| Whangarei | Kamo High School |
| Whangarei | Tikipunga High School |
| Whangarei | Whangarei Boys' High School |
| Whangarei | Pompallier Catholic College |
| Ruakaka | Bream Bay College |
| Warkworth | Mahurangi College |
| Orewa | Orewa College |
| Auckland | Pinehurst School |
| North Shore City | Long Bay College |
| North Shore City | Rangitoto College |
| Albany | Kristin School |
| North Shore City | Glenfield College |
| North Shore City | Birkenhead College |
| North Shore City |
Northcote College |
| North Shore City |
Carmel College |
| North Shore City | Takapuna Grammar School |
| North Shore City | Westlake Boys' High School |
| North Shore City | Westlake Girls' High School |
| North Shore City |
Rosmini College |
| Auckland | Western Springs College |
| Auckland | Selwyn College |
| Auckland | St Mary's College (Ponsonby) |
| Auckland | St Paul's College (Ponsonby) |
| Auckland | Auckland Girls' Grammar School |
| Auckland | Auckland Grammar School |
| Auckland | Carey College |
| Auckland | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) |
| Auckland | Corran School |
| Auckland | Baradene College |
| Auckland | St Peter's College (Epsom) |
| Auckland | Marcellin College |
| Auckland | Epsom Girls' Grammar School |
| Auckland | Glendowie College |
| Auckland | Dilworth School |
| Auckland | Diocesan School for Girls |
| Auckland | St Cuthbert's College |
| Auckland | Mt Albert Grammar School |
| Auckland | Marist College |
| Auckland | Onehunga High School |
| Auckland | Mt Roskill Grammar School |
| Auckland | Lynfield College |
| Auckland | Avondale College |
| Auckland | ACG Senior College of New Zealand |
| Auckland | King's College |
| Auckland | Green Bay High School |
| Auckland | Massey High School |
| Auckland | Waitakere College |
| Waitakere | Liston College |
| Auckland | St Dominic's College |
| Auckland | Kelston Girls' College |
| Auckland | James Cook High School |
| Auckland | Macleans College |
| Botany South | Sancta Maria College |
| Manukau | Alfriston College |
| Auckland | Tangaroa College |
| Auckland | Pakuranga College |
| Auckland | St Kentigern College |
| Auckland | Howick College |
| Auckland | De La Salle College |
| Auckland | Papatoetoe High School |
| Papakura | Rosehill College |
| Papakura | Papakura High School |
| Manurewa | The Manurewa High School |
| Papakura | ACG Strathallan College |
| Pukekohe | Pukekohe High School |
| Tuakau | Tuakau College |
| Te Kuiti | Te Kuiti High School |
| Hamilton | Hillcrest High School |
| Matamata | Matamata College |
| Morrinsville | Morrinsville College |
| Hamilton | Fairfield College |
| Hamilton | St Paul's Collegiate School |
| Hamilton | Hamilton Boys' High School |
| Hamilton | Hamilton Girls' High School |
| Hamilton | Hamilton's Fraser High School |
| Hamilton | St John's College (Hamilton) |
| Hamilton | Sacred Heart Girls' College (Ham) |
| Hamilton | Waikato Diocesan School for Girls |
| Cambridge | St Peter's School |
| Cambridge | Cambridge High School |
| Te Awamutu | Te Awamutu College |
| Putaruru | Putaruru College |
| Tokoroa | Forest View High School |
| Thames | Hauraki Plains College |
| Katikati | Katikati College |
| Mt Maunganui | Mt Maunganui College |
| Tauranga | Otumoetai College |
| Tauranga | Tauranga Boys' College |
| Tauranga | Tauranga Girls' College |
| Te Puke | Te Puke High School |
| Whakatane | Whakatane High School |
| Tauranga | Bethlehem College |
| Opotiki | Opotiki College |
| Rotorua | John Paul College |
| Rotorua | Western Heights High School |
| Rotorua | Rotorua Boys' High School |
| Rotorua | Rotorua Girls' High School |
| Rotorua | Rotorua Lakes High School |
| Taupo | Tauhara College |
| New Plymouth | New Plymouth Boys' High School |
| New Plymouth | New Plymouth Girls' High School |
| New Plymouth | Francis Douglas Memorial College |
| Opunake | Opunake High School |
| Hawera | Hawera High School |
| Wanganui | Wanganui City College |
| Wanganui | Wanganui Girls' College |
| Wanganui | Wanganui High School |
| Wanganui | Wanganui Collegiate School |
| Palmerston North | Freyberg High School |
| Palmerston North | Palmerston North Boys' High School |
| Palmerston North | Palmerston North Girls' High School |
| Palmerston North | Awatapu College |
| Feilding | Feilding High School |
| Dannevirke | Dannevirke High School |
| Levin | Horowhenua College |
| Levin | Waiopehu College |
| Taumarunui | Taumarunui High School |
| Marton | Nga Tawa Diocesan School |
| Marton | Rangitikei College |
| Gisborne | Gisborne Boys' High School |
| Napier | Taradale High School |
| Napier | Napier Boys' High School |
| Napier | Napier Girls' High School |
| Napier | Tamatea High School |
| Napier | William Colenso College |
| Napier | St Joseph's Maori Girls' College |
| Havelock North | Havelock North High School |
| Hawkes Bay | Woodford House |
| Hastings | Karamu High School |
| Hastings | Lindisfarne College |
| Waipukurau | Central Hawkes Bay College |
| Masterton | Wairarapa College |
| Masterton | Rathkeale College |
| Otaki | Otaki College |
| Raumati Beach | Kapiti College |
| Paraparaumu | Paraparaumu College |
| Upper Hutt | Upper Hutt College |
| Wellington | Bishop Viard College |
| Wellington | Tawa College |
| Lower Hutt | Hutt Valley High School |
| Lower Hutt | Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt) |
| Lower Hutt | Chilton St James School |
| Wellington | Wellington Girls' College |
| Wellington | Wellington High School |
| Wellington | Wellington East Girls' College |
| Wellington | Wellington College |
| Wellington | St Patrick's College (Wellington) |
| Wellington | Rongotai College |
| Wellington | Queen Margaret College |
| Wellington | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Wellington | Scots College |
| Wellington | St Catherine's College |
| Wellington | St Mary's College (Wellington) |
| Picton | Queen Charlotte College |
| Nelson | Nayland College |
| Nelson | Nelson College |
| Nelson | Nelson College for Girls |
| Nelson | Waimea College |
| Blenheim | Marlborough Boys' College |
| Blenheim | Marlborough Girls' College |
| Greymouth | Greymouth High School |
| Hokitika | Westland High School |
| Rangiora | Rangiora High School |
| Christchurch | St Bede's College |
| Christchurch | Papanui High School |
| Christchurch | St Andrew's College |
| Christchurch | Burnside High School |
| Christchurch | Shirley Boys' High School |
| Christchurch | Rangi Ruru Girls' School |
| Christchurch | Villa Maria College |
| Christchurch | Christchurch Boys' High School |
| Christchurch | Christchurch Girls' High School |
| Christchurch | Christ's College |
| Christchurch | St Margaret's College |
| Christchurch | Middleton Grange School |
| Christchurch |
Cashmere High School |
| Christchurch | Marian College |
| Canterbury | Lincoln High School |
| Ashburton | Ashburton College |
| Geraldine | Geraldine High School |
| Timaru | Craighead Diocesan School |
| Timaru | Roncalli College |
| Wanaka | Mt Aspiring College |
| Dunedin | Kavanagh College |
| Te Anau | Fiordland College |
| Oamaru | Waitaki Girls' High School |
| Oamaru | St Kevin's College |
| Alexandra | Dunstan High School |
| Central Otago | Cromwell College |
| Queenstown | Wakatipu High School |
| Central Otago | Roxburgh Area School |
| Dunedin | Logan Park High School |
| Dunedin | Otago Boys' High School |
| Dunedin | Otago Girls' High School |
| Dunedin | St Hilda's Collegiate School |
| Dunedin | Kaikorai Valley College |
| Dunedin | Bayfield High School |
| Dunedin | King's High School |
| Dunedin | Queen's High School |
| Dunedin | Columba College |
| Dunedin | John McGlashan College |
| Mosgiel | Taieri College |
| Balclutha | South Otago High School |
| Invercargill | James Hargest College, Senior Campus |
| Invercargill | Southland Girls' High School |
| Southland | Gore High School |
| Southland | Central Southland College |