Western Heights High School

Progression to Tertiary

Progression to Tertiary: Qualification Level

The tertiary education sector is a diverse sector. Its scope ranges from informal non-assessed community courses in schools through to formal undergraduate degrees and advanced research-based postgraduate degrees.

Progression to tertiary education is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one, two or three years after leaving school.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while tertiary enrolment information is sourced from the tertiary databases SDR and ITR.

Identical information is available by regional council and territorial local authority through the Know Your Region pages.

Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2022	2023	2024
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	21	19	34
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	23	27	15
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	6	12	14
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	88	45	82
Female	Total	138	103	145
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	19	13	15
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	28	31	24
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	6	9	7
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	98	64	72
Male	Total	151	117	118
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	16	12	14
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	22	32	18
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	7	17	15
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	111	66	86
Māori	Total	156	127	133
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	1	2
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	3	2
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	3
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	13	8	17
Pacific	Total	18	13	24
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	x	5
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	x	4
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	x	19
Asian	Total	13	x	29
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	0	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	0	x
MELAA	Total	x	0	x
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	x
Other	Total	x	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	28	29	40
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	41	44	28
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	8	12	11
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	118	61	89
European/Pākehā	Total	195	146	168
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	40	32	49
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	51	58	39
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	12	21	21
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	186	109	154
Total	Total	289	220	263

Notes:

‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2021	2022	2023
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	34	25	21
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	17	20	21
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	5	0	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	86	93	59
Female	Total	142	138	103
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	21	22	14
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	39	30	35
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	0	2	6
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	68	97	62
Male	Total	128	151	117
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	18	15
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	33	22	31
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	5	2	6
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	110	114	75
Māori	Total	160	156	127
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	2	2
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	3	1
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	x	0	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	13	10
Pacific	Total	x	18	13
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	13	6	x
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	2	x
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	x
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	5	x
Asian	Total	18	13	x
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
MELAA	Total	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	0	x	x
Other	Total	0	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	41	34	31
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	34	35	38
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	2	1	4
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	76	125	73
European/Pākehā	Total	153	195	146
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	55	47	35
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	56	50	56
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	5	2	8
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	154	190	121
Total	Total	270	289	220

Notes:

‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

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