School Roll Summary Report: July 2007

School rolls

The following roll statistics include regular students, adult students, alternative education students, NZAID students and foreign fee-paying students.

The overall roll has been declining since 2004. At 1 July 2007, the total number of students attending New Zealand schools was 759,906. This was a decrease of 855 students (0.1 %) since July 2006. The previous year had seen a decrease of 2,029 students (0.3 %).

Figure 1 - Total Number of Students at 1 July 1991-2007

 

Rolls by Year Level

In July 2007, there were 56,406 students in Year 1. This is a decrease of 1,634 students (2.8 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 1,265 students (2.1 %) in the previous year.

There were 480,609 students in Years 1-8. This is a decrease of 2,160 students (0.4 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 2,355 (0.5 %) in the previous year.

There were 279,297 students in Years 9-15. This is an increase of 1,305 students (0.5 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 326 students (0.1 %) in the previous year.

The number of regular students in Year 9-15 has largely stayed steady, with an increase of only 32 students (0.01 %). This compares with an increase of 2,908 students (1.1 %) in the previous year.

The increase in the rolls at Years 9-15 is largely due to the increase in the number of adult students. This has increased by 998 students (27.2 %) since July 2006.  This compares with a decrease of 1,277 (25.8 %) in the previous year.

Rolls by Gender

In 2007, there were 387,477 male (51 %) and 372,429 female (49 %) students. These proportions are unchanged from the previous year.

At the primary levels (Years 1-8), the male proportion (51.4 %) was slightly higher than the female proportion (48.6 %).

At secondary levels (Years 9-15), there is a narrower gap, with the male proportion being 50.3 % and the female proportion being 49.7 %.

Male enrolments are slightly higher than females at the lower secondary level (Years 9-11) but from years 12-15, female enrolments are higher than males.

Table 1: Number and percentage of students by gender breakdown for each Year Level

	Male	% Male	Female	% Female
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5   Year 6 Year 7 Year 8	28,639 29,805 30,377 29,683 30,557 29,849 36,567 31,509	50.8 51.3 51.3 51.5 51.3 51.3 52.2 51.2	27,767 28,335 28,814 27,934 29,025 28,295 33,443 30,010	49.2 48.7 48.7 48.5 48.7 48.7 47.8 48.8
Year 1-8 subtotal	246,986	51.4	233,623	48.6
Year 9 Year 10 Year 11   Year 12 Year 13 Year 14 Year 15	31,817 31,843 32,173 25,809 17,966 554 329	51.8 51.3 51.2 48.8 46.9 49.9 49.5	29,636 30,175 30,660 27,111 20,333 556 335	48.2 48.7 48.8 51.2 53.1 50.1 50.5
Year 9-15 subtotal	140,491	50.3	138,806	49.7
Total	387,477	51	372,429	49

Rolls by region

In Auckland, where 33.3 % of the national school population attend schools, there was a 0.4 % increase in rolls, the same as at July 2006 and slightly less than the  0.5 % growth at July 2005. Auckland is the only region to have had growth in rolls for every year in the last ten years.

Tasman, Canterbury and Bay of Plenty were the only other regions with roll growth between 2006 and 2007, with 2.1 %, 0.6 % and 0.2 % respectively.

There were 13 regions whose rolls decreased between July 2006 and July 2007. The Chatham Islands and Nelson region had the largest decreases at -12.7 % and -2.5 % respectively.

Taranaki, Manawatu-Wanganui and Southland had decreases in their rolls every year for the last ten years.

Table 2: Total Number of Students by Region at 1 July 2005-2007

REGION	2005	2006	2007	Difference 2005-06		Difference 2006-07
				Number	%	Number	%
Northland	29,791	29,730	29,487	-61	-0.2	-243	-0.8
Auckland	251,309	252,427	253,326	1118	0.4	899	0.4
Waikato	74,405	74,000	73,907	-405	-0.5	-93	-0.1
Bay of Plenty	51,252	50,736	50,820	-516	-1	84	0.2
Gisborne	9,870	9,723	9,565	-147	-1.5	-158	-1.6
Hawkes Bay	30,726	30,326	30,242	-400	-1.3	-84	-0.3
Taranaki	20,300	20,007	19,718	-293	-1.4	-289	-1.4
Manawatu-Wanganui	42,495	42,163	41,620	-332	-0.8	-543	-1.3
Wellington	79,391	79,684	79,235	293	0.4	-449	-0.6
Tasman	7,468	7,430	7,584	-38	-0.5	154	2.1
Nelson	8,690	8,610	8,399	-80	-0.9	-211	-2.5
Marlborough	6,684	6,706	6,668	22	0.3	-38	-0.6
West Coast	5,250	5,166	5,082	-84	-1.6	-84	-1.6
Canterbury	89,618	89,767	90,306	149	0.2	539	0.6
Otago	30,877	30,528	30,398	-349	-1.1	-130	-0.4
Southland	17,017	16,857	16,565	-160	-0.9	-292	-1.7
Chatham Is. County	74	79	69	5	6.8	-10	-12.7
Correspondence Schl	6,632	5,873	5,546	-759	-11.4	-327	-5.6
Not Applicable*	941	949	1,369	8	0.9	420	44.3
Total	762,790	760,761	759,906	-2029	-0.3	-855	-0.1

*Not Applicable refers to Westmount school that has multiple campus locations

Rolls by type of school

In July 2007, there were 439,287 students at primary schools, including intermediates. This is a decrease of 2,483 students (0.6 %) since July 2006.

There were 42,189 students at composite schools, excluding the Correspondence school. This is an increase of 1,162 students (2.8 %) since July 2006. 

There were 270,085 students at secondary schools. This is an increase of 789 students (0.3 %) since July 2006.

There were 5,546 students at Correspondence school. This is a decrease of 327 students (5.6 %) since July 2006.

There were 2,799 students at special schools. This is an increase of 4 students (0.1 %) since July 2006.

Domestic rolls by ethnicity

The domestic student count excludes foreign fee-paying and NZAID students.

There were 749,628 domestic students as at 1 July 2007 which was a decrease of 1,416 students (0.2 %) since July 2006.

There were 62,867 domestic Asian students. This is an increase of 1,010 students (1.6 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 1,499 students (2.5 %) in the previous year. Asian students make up 8.4 % of the domestic roll. This is up slightly from 8.2 % in July 2006.

There were 69,888 Pasifika students. This is an increase of 1,829 students (2.7 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 1,971 students (3.0 %) in the previous year. Pasifika students make up 9.3 % of the domestic roll. This is up slightly from 9.1 % in July 2006.

There were 164,021 Māori students. This is an increase of 1,636 students (1.0 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 149 students (0.1 %) in the previous year. Māori students make up 21.9 % of the domestic roll. This is up slightly from 21.6 % in July 2006.

There were 436,717 NZ European/Pākehā and Other European students. This is a decrease of 6,644 students (1.5 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 4,857 students (1.1 %) in the previous year. NZ European/Pākehā and Other European students make 58.3 % of the domestic roll. This is down slightly from 59.0 % in July 2006.

Foreign fee-paying students

At July 2007, there were 10,204 foreign fee-paying students. After decreasing for the last three years, the number has increased this year by 559 students (5.8 %). This compares with a decrease of 1,654 students (14.6 %) in the previous year.

There were 2,873 foreign fee-paying students in Years 1-8. This is an increase of 418 students (17.0 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 409 (14.3 %) in the previous year. The majority of these students (87.2 per  cent) were from South Korea.

There were 7,331 foreign fee-paying students in Years 9-15. This is an increase of 141 students (2.0 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 1,245 (14.8 %) in the previous year. 

Foreign fee-paying students comprise 1.3 % of the New Zealand school population, the same proportion as last year.

Almost half (49.9 %) of foreign fee-paying students were attending schools in the Auckland region in July 2007. There were 18.7 % in Canterbury, 6.2 % in Waikato and 5.7 % in Wellington. 

The majority of foreign fee-paying students are from Asia (87.7 %). The largest group by far comes from South Korea with 5,050 students (49.5 % of all foreign fee-paying students). The next largest group is from Japan with 1,308 students (12.8 %) and then China, with 1,279 students (12.5 %).

Table 3: Foreign Fee-Paying Students in Top Ten Countries at 1 July 2005-2007

	2005			2006			2007
	Country	Number of FFPs	% of total	Country	Number of FFPs	% of total	Country	Number of FFPs	% of total
1	SOUTH KOREA	5,080	45	SOUTH KOREA	4,503	46.7	SOUTH KOREA	5,050	49.5
2	CHINA	2,051	18.2	CHINA	1,411	14.6	JAPAN	1,308	12.8
3	JAPAN	1,594	14.1	JAPAN	1,384	14.3	CHINA	1,279	12.5
4	THAILAND	770	6.8	THAILAND	614	6.4	THAILAND	632	6.2
5	GERMANY	416	3.7	GERMANY	446	4.6	GERMANY	503	4.9
6	TAIWAN	333	2.9	TAIWAN	273	2.8	TAIWAN	276	2.7
7	VIET NAM	165	1.5	VIET NAM	138	1.4	BRAZIL	153	1.5
8	MALAYSIA	119	1.1	BRAZIL	99	1	VIET NAM	147	1.4
9	BRAZIL	116	1	FIJI	95	1	FIJI	118	1.2
10	FIJI	77	0.7	MALAYSIA	82	0.9	MALAYSIA	69	0.7

The number of foreign fee-paying students from South Korea has increased by 547 students (12.1 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 577 students (11.4 %) in the previous year. 

The number of foreign fee-paying students from Japan has decreased by 76 students (5.5 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 210 students (13.2 %) in the previous year.

The number of foreign fee-paying students from China has decreased by 132 students (9.4 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 640 students (31.3 %) in the previous year. 

Foreign fee-paying students from Europe, which make up 6.8 % of overall enrolments by foreign fee-paying students, increased by 74 students (12.0 %) in 2007.

Foreign fee-paying students from the Pacific region, which make up 2.2 % of overall enrolments by foreign fee-paying students, increased by 11 students (5.1 %) in 2007.

Māori-medium education

Māori-medium education programmes involve students being taught either all or some curriculum subjects in the Māori language, either in immersion or bilingual programmes.

In July 2007, there were 28,490 students involved in Māori-medium education. This is a decrease of 851 students (2.9 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 427 students (1.5 %) in the previous year.

Table 4: Students involved in Māori-medium education at 1 July 2007

% of curriculum instruction undertaken in Maori	All Students			Maori Students
	Number	% of total school population	% Change since 2006	Number	% of Māori school population	% Change since 2006
Level 1: 81-100%	11,986	1.6	-2	11,876	7.2	-2.1
Level 2: 51-80%	5,424	0.7	4.6	5,166	3.1	2.9
Level 3: 31-50%	5,154	0.7	-5.4	4,600	2.8	-4.6
Level 4(a): up to 30%	5,926	0.8	-8.4	4,342	2.6	-0.8
Total	28,490	3.7	-2.9	25,984	15.8	-1.4

Note: Students are counted at their highest level of Maori-medium learning

Kura Kaupapa Māori

Kura Kaupapa Māori are state schools in which Māori language, culture and values predominate and in which the principal language of instruction is Māori.

In July 2007, there were 6,267 students attending Kura Kaupapa Māori. This is an increase of 123 students (2.0 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 32 students (0.5 %) in the previous year. 

There were 6,251 Māori students attending Kura Kaupapa Māori. This is an increase of 126 Māori students (2.1 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 26 Māori students (0.4 %) in the previous year.

The number of Māori attending Kura Kaupapa Māori represents 3.8 % of all Māori students. This percentage was the same in 2006 and 2005. 

The number of Kura Kaupapa Māori increased by two to 68 between July 2006 and July 2007.

Te Reo Māori as a separate subject

In July 2007, there were 20,192 students learning Te Reo Māori as a separate subject for three or more hours per week. This is an increase of 317 students (1.6 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 947 students (4.5 %) in the previous year.

There were 13,299 Māori students learning Te Reo Māori as a separate subject for three or more hours per week. This is a decrease of 213 Māori students (1.6 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 247 Māori students (1.8 %) in the previous year.

The number of Māori learning Te Reo Māori as a separate subject for three or more hours per week represents 8.1 % of all Māori students. This compares to 8.3 % in 2006.

Pasifika-medium education

Pasifika-medium education is where a Pasifika language is the medium of instruction for more than three hours per week.

A total of 36 schools offered Pasifika-medium education in 2007; 27 primary schools, eight secondary schools and one composite school. This was 3 more than in July 2006.

There were 2,742 students involved in Pasifika-medium education. This is an increase of 229 students (9.1 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 561 students (28.7 %) in the previous year.

As a secondary subject

At secondary level, there were 32 schools offering a Pacific language. This is one less than in 2006 and 2005.

There were 2,535 enrolments in a Pacific language at secondary level. This is a decrease of 89 enrolments (3.4 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 281 enrolments (12.0 %) in the previous year.

Samoan was the most popular Pacific language with 84.5 % of all enrolments in a Pacific language.

Language learning at primary level

There has been an increase in the number of Year 1-8 students learning one or more languages, other than English or Te Reo Māori, for 30 hours or more per year.

There were 19,060 enrolments, the majority at Year 7-8 (14,116 enrolments). This is an increase of 3,074 enrolments (19.2 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 2,397 enrolments (17.6 %) in the previous year.

There were 183 schools offering languages for 30 hours or more per year. This is an increase of 28 schools since July 2006.

There were 52 enrolments involved in Pacific languages at primary level. This is a decrease of 169 enrolments (76.5 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 37 enrolments (20.1 %) in the previous year.

There were 3 schools offering Pacific languages for 30 hours or more per year. This is an decrease of 4 schools since July 2006.

There were 4,235 enrolments involved in Asian languages at primary level. This is an increase of 1,321 enrolments (45.3 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 454 enrolments (18.5 %) in the previous year.

There were 13,957 enrolments involved in European languages at primary level. This is an increase of 1,762 enrolments (14.4 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 1,778 enrolments (17.1 %) in the previous year.

 Secondary School subjects

Information was collected on the numbers of students studying subjects for more than 20 hours per year, at any time during the whole academic year and the academic level at which the subject is being studied.

Languages

Females make up 52.3 cent of enrolments across all language subjects.

Females outnumber males in European languages (63.1 % of enrolments), Asian languages (53.4 %) and Pasifika languages (56.1 %).

Females also outnumber males in Te Reo Māori  with 55.2 % of enrolments.

Males outnumber females in remedial English with 52.7 % of enrolments. In 2006, males made up 58.2 % of enrolments.

Mathematics

Males make up 51.5 % of enrolments across all maths subjects.

Males slightly outnumber females in Statistics (50.1 %), Accounting (52.1 %) and General maths (51.2 %).

Males dominate in Calculus at 60.2 % of enrolments.

For the first time since 2003, males also dominate the Maths Remedial classes. In 2006 they made up 44.8 % of these enrolments and in 2007 58.4 %.

Science

Males make up 50.8 % of enrolments across all science subjects.

Males dominate in Physics (63.9 %) although this is decreasing. In 2006, they comprised 65.7 % of enrolments and in 2005 it was 66.6 %.

Females slightly outnumber males in Chemistry (51.6 %) and dominate in Biology (62.6 %).

Technology

Males make up 55.3 % of enrolments across all Technology subjects. This has been increasing steadily since 2003.

The Technology subjects with the most enrolments, Graphics and Technology, are both dominated by males, with 64.7 % and 59.8 % of enrolments respectively.

Computer Studies continues to be more popular with males, with 55.1 % of enrolments.

Visual and Performing Arts

Females make up 55.9 % of enrolments across all Visual and Performing Arts subjects.

Social Sciences

Females make up 51.9 % of enrolments across all Social Sciences subjects.

Males outnumber females in Economics and Social Studies at 54.5 % and 50.7 % of enrolments respectively.

Females outnumber males in all other Social Science subjects, including Geography (52.7 %) and History (57.8 %).

Early childhood education attendance by Year 1 students

There were 56,406 Year 1 students in July 2007. For those where attendance history could be established, 94.7 % had regularly attended early childhood education. This is a slight increase from the 94.5 % in 2006.

A total of 2,804 students attended Kōhanga Reo. Of these, 2,641 were Māori. This represents 19.6 % of all Māori Year 1 students.

Schools were unable to report on whether 3,085 Year 1 students had regularly attended some form of early childhood education immediately prior to starting school.

Private school rolls

In July 2007, there were 30,738 students attending private schools. This is an increase of 843 students (2.8 %) since July 2006. This compares with an increase of 537 students (1.8 %) in the previous year.

The proportion of the school population attending private schools at 1 July 2007 was 4.0 %. This is slightly higher than last years proportion of 3.9 %.

There were 1,337 foreign fee-paying students attending private schools. This is an increase of 52 students (4.0 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 125 students (8.9 %) in the previous year.

The proportion of the private school population that are foreign fee-paying students was 4.4 % at 1 July 2007. This is slightly higher than last years proportion of 4.3 %.

Number of schools

At 1 July 2007, the number of schools was 2,570. This is three fewer than in 2006. In addition, there were five Kura Teina and 17 Teen Parent Units.

Between 1 July 2006 and 1 July 2007, four new schools opened. One was a State school and the other three were private. Of these, three were composite schools and one was a contributing school.

Nine schools closed between 1 July 2006 and 1 July 2007. Eight were state schools and one was private. Of these, four were full primary schools, two were contributing, one was a restricted composite, one was a composite and one was a secondary Year 7-15 school. One Kura Teina Composite also closed.

In addition, two Kura Teina Composite schools changed their type to Full Primary.

There were two state schools whose type changed. One went from a contributing school to a full primary and the other went from a full primary to a composite.

Table 5: Total Number of Schools by School Type at 1 July 2002-2007

Type of School	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Difference 2006-07	Difference 2002-07
Contributing	834	829	816	795	798	796	-2	-38
Full Primary	1,222	1,216	1,179	1,138	1,128	1,126	-2	-96
Intermediate	132	132	127	123	123	123	0	-9
Primary Subtotal	2,188	2,177	2,122	2,056	2,049	2,045	-4	-143
Composite	125	129	133	135	136	139	3	14
Restricted Composite	6	6	6	5	5	4	-1	-2
Correspondence	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Composite Subtotal	132	136	140	141	142	144	2	12
Year 7-15	90	92	95	99	102	101	-1	11
Year 9-15	242	241	243	236	233	233	0	-9
Secondary Subtotal	332	333	338	335	335	334	-1	2
Special	47	47	47	48	47	47	0	0
Total	2,699	2,693	2,647	2,580	2,573	2,570	-3	-129

Note: Includes 6 Health Camps and 3 Hospital Schools. Excludes Kura Teina and Teen Parent Units

Schools by region

The Auckland region had three new schools open; two composites and a contributing and one Kura Teina change its type to a full primary.

Bay of Plenty had one new full primary, due to a Kura Teina changing type. One restricted composite closed in Bay of Plenty.

Waikato had one new composite open and one full primary close.

Taranaki region had three schools close, one contributing, one full primary and a secondary Year 7-15.

Hawkes Bay region had one full primary close, Manawatu-Wanganui region had one full primary close, Canterbury region had one contributing close and Tasman had one composite close.

In addition, Wellington region had a new secondary department of an already existing private school open. Once it is fully registered it will merge with the existing school. Therefore, it has not been included in the count of new schools.

Table 6: Total Number of Schools** at 1 July 2006-2007

Region	2006	2007	No. of new schools*	No. of closed schools	Difference 2006-07
Northland Region	147	147	-	-	0
Auckland Region	529	533	4*	-	4
Bay of Plenty Region	156	156	1*	1	0
Waikato Region	310	310	1	1	0
Gisborne Region	56	56	-	-	0
Hawkes Bay Region	131	130	-	1	-1
Taranaki Region	97	94	-	3	-3
Manawatu-Wanganui Region	209	208	-	1	-1
Wellington Region	253	253	-	-	0
Tasman Region	36	35	-	1	-1
Nelson Region	23	23	-	-	0
Marlborough Region	31	31	-	-	0
Canterbury Region	307	306	-	1	-1
West Coast Region	38	38	-	-	0
Otago Region	156	156	-	-	0
Southland Region	89	89	-	-	0
Chatham Islands County	3	3	-	-	0
Correspondence School	1	1	-	-	0
Not Applicable #	1	1	-	-	0
Total	2,573	2,570	6	9	-3

Notes:

* Two Kura Teina changed their type to Full Primary and are now included in the count of schools

** Includes 6 Health Camps and 3 Hospital Schools. Excludes Kura Teina and Teen Parent Units.

# Refers to Westmount Schools that has multiple campus locations

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