James Cook 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 (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2021	2022	2023
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	18	23	11
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	34	40	38
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	12	6	12
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	98	107	84
Female	Total	162	176	145
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	6	11
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	19	25	34
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	1	5	6
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	100	130	97
Male	Total	126	166	148
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	6	5	6
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	16	26	17
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	8	4	13
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	81	114	65
Māori	Total	111	149	101
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	16	12	16
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	31	33	46
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	2	6	7
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	108	117	109
Pacific	Total	157	168	178
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	3	8	4
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	8	6
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	12	5	13
Asian	Total	17	21	23
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	4
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	1
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	5
MELAA	Total	x	x	10
Other	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	x	x	0
Other	Enrolled L1-L2	x	x	0
Other	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	x	x	0
Other	Total	x	x	0
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	0	3	1
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	1	8
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	3	0
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	8	11	14
European/Pākehā	Total	12	18	23
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	24	29	22
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	53	65	72
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	13	11	18
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	198	237	181
Total	Total	288	342	293

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 (2020-2022 leaver cohorts)
Group	Highest tertiary qualification study level	Year left school
		2020	2021	2022
		Female	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	15	14	21
Female	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	22	43	39
Female	Enrolled L1-L2	3	3	3
Female	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	65	102	113
Female	Total	105	162	176
Male	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	14	4	7
Male	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	18	16	26
Male	Enrolled L1-L2	2	2	5
Male	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	102	104	128
Male	Total	136	126	166
Māori	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	5	4	4
Māori	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	13	21	24
Māori	Enrolled L1-L2	4	2	4
Māori	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	93	84	117
Māori	Total	115	111	149
Pacific	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	12	12	12
Pacific	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	22	28	31
Pacific	Enrolled L1-L2	1	2	3
Pacific	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	70	115	122
Pacific	Total	105	157	168
Asian	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	7	2	8
Asian	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	2	8	6
Asian	Enrolled L1-L2	0	0	0
Asian	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	6	7	7
Asian	Total	15	17	21
MELAA	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	4	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	1	x	x
MELAA	Enrolled L1-L2	0	x	x
MELAA	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	x	x
MELAA	Total	7	x	x
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	2	0	2
European/Pākehā	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	3	4	4
European/Pākehā	Enrolled L1-L2	1	0	2
European/Pākehā	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	2	8	10
European/Pākehā	Total	8	12	18
Total	Enrolled Degree L7 or above	29	18	28
Total	Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7	40	59	65
Total	Enrolled L1-L2	5	5	8
Total	Not Enrolled in Tertiary	167	206	241
Total	Total	241	288	342

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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