St. John's College is a State Integrated, Catholic, Day School for boys, located in Hastings, a provincial city in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

[3] Academically, the school offers senior years the National Certificate of Educational Achievement assessment system (NCEA).

It was founded by the Marist Fathers in response to the lack of Catholic education for young men in Hawkes Bay.

Old boys recall that on the day of the move, they carried the school furniture, back and forth to the new premises over 3 km away, and still had to attend afternoon class.

The 1990s saw drastic changes with the completion of 'The Centre' (the school gymnasium), the music suite and geography room, and the purchase of the old Firth industrial land to expand the playing fields.

The site layout has all academic buildings close to the main road and are named after former rectors of the school, for example 'The Dowling Block' which contains the Library and Humanities subjects.

[citation needed] Current facilities of St John's include: The school crest incorporates four symbols.

[citation needed] The current house system was bought into the college in 1999, and was named after early Catholic missionaries who came to New Zealand.

Achievement in university entrance results has steadily improved over the past three years and is above the national average for schools at this decile level.