Mount Aspiring College

Mount Aspiring College is a state coeducational secondary school in Wānaka, New Zealand. It was founded in 1986 after the division of Wānaka Area School into separate primary and secondary schools. The college, though normally a day school, operates a hostel beside the school grounds for 30 Year 13 students.

Enrolment
Mount Aspiring College is naturally zoned by the school's isolation (the nearest alternative secondary school is Cromwell College, 55 kilometres away in Cromwell), therefore does not need to operate an enrolment scheme. The school's effective service area extends north to Makarora, east to Tarras and Queensberry, south to Cardrona, and west to the Southern Alps.

At the August 2015 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, the school had 789 students enrolled. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female. The ethnic composition was 88% European (Pākehā), 7% Māori, 3% Asian, and 2% Other.

At the September 2019 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, the school had 1078 students enrolled, including 32 international students. The ERO report found "Mt Aspiring College’s performance in achieving valued outcomes for its students is: Developing."

Principals

 * 1989–1998: Michael (Mike) Allison
 * 1998–2008: Maurice (Maurie) Jackways
 * 2008–2020: Wayne Bosley
 * 2020–2021: Dean Sheppard (acting)
 * 2021–present: Nicola Jacobsen

Hostel Program
The College operates a year 13 boarding programme and intakes 30 students each year, the programme is notable for its intensive outdoor pursuits program, which runs alongside daily time-tabled classes.

The Mount Aspiring College Village consists of five custom-built flats, constructed in 1996. Each flat is named after notable landmarks in the local area; Arawhata- named after Arawhata River, Avalanche- named after Avalanche Peak (New Zealand), Cascade- named after Cascade Saddle (Located in Mount Aspiring National Park), Liverpool- named after Liverpool Hut, and Rob Roy- named after Rob Roy Glacier

Notable alumni

 * Ellesse Andrews (born 1999), Olympic track cyclist
 * Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (born 2001), Olympic snowboarder