Auckland Grammar School is a state secondary school for years 9 to 13 boys in Auckland, New Zealand. It had a roll of 2461 as of June 2011, including a number of boarders who live in nearby Tibbs' House, making it the sixth-largest school in New Zealand, and the largest single-sex school.
Grammar regards itself as the pre-eminent academic secondary school in New Zealand. Metro Magazine wrote "Grammar's results in the Cambridge system are comparable with most private schools, and it scores extremely well in Scholarship too".
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