Student Numbers as at 1 July 2009

This report is part of the School Roll Summary Report: July 2009. It provides a snapshot of students in New Zealand schools as at 1 July 2009.

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There were 760,859 students at 1 July 2009, an increase of 0.4 per cent (2,765 students) from 1 July 2008.

Figure 1: Total Number of Students at 1 July 1999-2009

Figure 1: Total Number of Students at 1 July 1999-2009

Rolls by Type of School

Primary and Intermediate school rolls decreased by 0.4 per cent (1,686 students) to 434,857 students in July 2009.
Secondary school rolls increased by 1.4 per cent (3,723 students) to 273,872 students in July 2009.
Composite school rolls (including the Correspondence School) increased by 1.4 per cent (669 students) to 49,259 students in July 2009.
Special school rolls increased by 2.1 per cent (59 students) to 2,871 in July 2009.
The Correspondence School roll increased by 5.2 per cent (301 students) to 6,076 students in July 2009.

Rolls by Sector

In the primary sector (Years 1 to 8) school rolls decreased by 0.2 per cent (1,154) to 476,747 students.
In the secondary sector (Years 9 to 15) school rolls increased by 1.4 per cent (3,919) to 284,112 students.

Rolls by Gender

In 2009, there were 387,741 male (51 per cent) and 373,118 female (49 per cent) students. These proportions are unchanged from the previous year.
At the primary levels (Years 1-8), the male proportion (51.3 per cent) was slightly higher than the female proportion (48.7 per cent).
At secondary levels (Years 9-15) there is a narrower gap, with the male proportion being 50.4 per cent and the female proportion being 49.6 per cent.
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 2: Number and percentage of students by gender breakdown for each Year Level**
Funding Year Level	2008 Male	2008 Male %	2008 Female	2008 Female %	2009 Male	2009 Male %	2009 Female	2009 Female %
Year 1	29,260	51.20%	27,889	48.80%	29,670	51.06%	28,441	48.94%
Year 2	28,793	50.80%	27,861	49.20%	29,345	51.22%	27,948	48.78%
Year 3	29,790	51.30%	28,293	48.70%	28,798	50.72%	27,976	49.28%
Year 4	30,509	51.30%	29,003	48.70%	29,902	51.24%	28,452	48.76%
Year 5	29,805	51.50%	28,058	48.50%	30,538	51.18%	29,126	48.82%
Year 6	30,241	51.30%	28,658	48.70%	29,592	51.49%	27,883	48.51%
Year 7	35,672	51.90%	33,049	48.10%	35,879	51.75%	33,451	48.25%
Year 8	31,678	51.90%	29,342	48.10%	30,769	51.50%	28,977	48.50%
Year 1-8 Total	245,748	51.40%	232,153	48.60%	244,493	51.28%	232,254	48.72%
Year 9	31,307	51.10%	29,914	48.90%	31,425	51.65%	29,412	48.35%
Year 10	31,714	51.60%	29,771	48.40%	31,352	51.10%	30,003	48.90%
Year 11	31,843	51.00%	30,551	49.00%	32,022	50.96%	30,810	49.04%
Year 12	25,827	49.00%	26,848	51.00%	26,810	49.41%	27,447	50.59%
Year 13	19,159	47.50%	21,208	52.50%	20,849	48.60%	22,050	51.40%
Year 14	521	39.70%	792	60.30%	579	40.40%	854	59.60%
Year 15	406	55.00%	332	45.00%	211	42.28%	288	57.72%
Year 9-15 Total	140,777	50.20%	139,416	49.80%	143,248	50.42%	140,864	49.58%
Total	386,525	51.00%	371,569	49.00%	387,741	50.96%	373,118	49.04%

Rolls by Region

Auckland region showed the greatest increase in student rolls between July 2008 and July 2009 while Manawatu-Wanganui showed the greatest decrease.

**Table 3: Total Number Students by Region at 1 July: 2007 – 2009**
Region	2007	2008	2009	Change 2008-09 Number	Change 2008-09 %
Northland	29,487	29,026	28,740	-286	-0.99%
Auckland	253,326	253,806	256,036	2,230	0.88%
Waikato	73,907	74,023	74,181	158	0.21%
Bay of Plenty	50,820	50,493	50,526	33	0.07%
Gisborne	9,565	9,404	9,321	-83	-0.88%
Hawkes Bay	30,242	29,780	29,677	-103	-0.35%
Taranaki	19,718	19,457	19,558	101	0.52%
Manawatu-Wanganui	41,620	40,848	40,365	-483	-1.18%
Wellington	79,235	79,128	79,435	307	0.40%
Tasman	7,584	7,610	7,648	38	0.50%
Nelson	8,399	8,333	8,378	45	0.54%
Malborough	6,668	6,614	6,624	10	0.15%
West Coast	5,082	4,978	4,952	-26	-0.52%
Canterbury	90,306	90,596	91,297	701	0.77%
Otago	30,398	30,308	30,102	-206	-0.68%
Southland	16,565	16,294	16,238	-56	-0.34%
Chatham Is. County	69	64	63	-1	-1.56%
Correspondence School	5,546	5,775	6,076	301	5.21%
Not Applicable	1,369	1,557	1,642	85	5.46%
Total	759,906	758,094	760,859	2,765	0.36%
Note: Not Applicable equals Westmount school whose campuses cross regional boundaries.

Domestic Rolls by Ethnicity

The domestic student count excludes international fee-paying students.
There were 751,330 domestic students as at 1 July 2009 which is an increase of 3,138 students (0.4 per cent) since July 2008.
There were 68,784 domestic Asian students. This is an increase of 3,201 students (4.9 per cent) since July 2008. Asian students make up 9.2 per cent of the domestic roll.
There were 73,081 Pasifika students. This is an increase of 1,759 students (2.5 per cent) since July 2008. Pasifika students make up 9.7 per cent of the domestic roll.
There were 166,998 Māori students. This is an increase 1,573 students (1.0 per cent) since July 2008. Māori students make up 22.2 per cent of the domestic roll.
There were 424,242 European/Pākehā students. This is a decrease of 4,308 students (1.0 per cent) since July 2008. NZ European/Pākehā students make 56.5 per cent per cent of the domestic roll.