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Macleans College

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School Qualifications: NCEA Level 1

A formal school qualification is a measure of the extent to which young adults have completed a basic prerequisite for higher education and training, and many entry-level jobs.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while highest school qualification is obtained from schools and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Data presented here is for school leavers with NCEA Level 1 and above, level 2 and above and level 3 and above (including a UE Award).

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

Alternatively a large amount of school leaver data is available from our statistical pages. See School Leavers.

Table 1: School leavers with at least NCEA level 1 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2022-2024)
Group Below NCEA level 1 NCEA level 1 or above Percentage with NCEA
level 1 or above
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 13 3 13 212 223 227 94.2 98.7 94.6
Male 14 9 9 222 249 280 94.1 96.5 96.9
Māori 2 1 3 11 10 20 84.6 90.9 87.0
Pacific 2 x x 11 x x 84.6 x x
Asian 10 5 11 266 277 315 96.4 98.2 96.6
MELAA x 2 0 x 13 17 x 86.7 100.0
Other x x x x x x x x x
European/Pākehā 13 4 10 156 188 184 92.3 97.9 94.8
Total 27 12 22 434 472 507 94.1 97.5 95.8

Notes:

  1. ‘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. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. 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.
  3. International fee-paying and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 1 data (2022-2024)
Comparison group Below NCEA level 1 NCEA level 1 or above Percentage with NCEA
level 1 or above
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Macleans College 27 12 22 434 472 507 94.1 97.5 95.8
Auckland Region 2,286 2,316 2,339 17,791 17,823 18,922 88.6 88.5 89.0
Secondary (Year 9-15) 5,607 5,803 6,153 39,368 38,332 39,947 87.5 86.9 86.7
State: Not integrated 8,412 9,002 9,808 45,015 44,278 46,464 84.3 83.1 82.6
New Zealand 9,201 9,894 10,644 55,022 54,409 56,767 85.7 84.6 84.2

Notes:

  1. ‘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. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
  3. The comparison groups selected are based on the profile of the school at the time of the most recent data collection, rather than the school’s current profile.

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