Wellington High School and Com Ed Centre

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	53	63	60
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	20	17
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	5	2
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	43	53	56
Female	Total	115	141	135
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	62	50	67
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	25	30	32
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	3	2	7
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	66	60	63
Male	Total	156	142	169
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	8	10
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	14	6	7
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	2
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	15	20	18
Māori	Total	40	35	37
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	3
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	4
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	7
Pacific	Total	x	x	14
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	12	17
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	3	7
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	1	1
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	10	13	14
Asian	Total	18	29	39
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	2	2	6
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	6	3
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	13	4
MELAA	Total	13	21	13
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	6
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	2
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	1
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	5
Other	Total	x	x	14
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	111	106	113
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	39	43	37
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	4	5	6
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	92	86	97
European/Pākehā	Total	246	240	253
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	115	113	127
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	43	50	49
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	4	7	9
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	109	113	119
Total	Total	271	283	304

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	53	62	85
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	15	16	22
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	1	1	1
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	44	36	33
Female	Total	113	115	141
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	62	73	54
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	33	17	22
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	5	1	3
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	86	65	63
Male	Total	186	156	142
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	10	15	12
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	5	7	7
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	3	1	1
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	16	17	15
Māori	Total	34	40	35
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	0	x	x
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	x	x
Pacific	Total	5	x	x
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	9	7	12
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	1	6
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	5	10	11
Asian	Total	16	18	29
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	3	6
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	1	4
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	9	11
MELAA	Total	13	13	21
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	1	x	x
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	x	x
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	7	x	x
Other	Total	10	x	x
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	105	131	129
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	40	31	34
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	3
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	112	82	74
European/Pākehā	Total	259	246	240
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	115	135	139
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	48	33	44
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	6	2	4
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	130	101	96
Total	Total	299	271	283

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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