School Leavers: 2003
This report provides a summary of the key statistics on 2003 school leavers.
The latest School Leavers spreadsheet includes the following tables:
- Number of Students Leaving Secondary Schools in 2003 by Highest Attainment Level and Ethnic Identification
- Number of Students Leaving Secondary Schools in 2003 by Year of Schooling and Ethnic Identification
- Number of Students Leaving Secondary Schools During 2003 by Decile Band of School Community and Level of Highest Attainment
- Number of Students Leaving Secondary Schools During 2003 by Region and Level of Highest Attainment
- Number of Students Leaving Secondary Schools During 2003 by City District and Level of Highest Attainment
- Number of Students Leaving Secondary Schools During 2003 by Level of Highest Attainment and Gender of School
- School Leavers by Highest Attainment 1998 - 2003
Time series discontinuities
From 2002, the school leaver data collection was changed as a result of the introduction of NCEA in 2002.
Also, school leaver data is now based on the concept of achievement, where students have to both participate and achieve credits in order to be counted as having a qualification.
Prior to 2002, school leaver data was based on the concept of participation - if a student sat School Certificate they were deemed to have School Certificate regardless of their grade.
Readers should note that these changes have led to discontinuities with previous time-series.
Related Education Counts Pages
The School Leavers statistics index page.