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).
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 2 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2016-2018)
Group
Below NCEA level 2
NCEA level 2 or above
Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above
2016
2017
2018
2016
2017
2018
2016
2017
2018
Female
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Male
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Māori
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Pacific
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
na
na
Asian
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
na
na
MELAA
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
na
na
Other
x
0
0
x
0
0
x
na
na
European/Pākehā
0
0
0
0
0
0
na
na
na
Total
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
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. 'na' = not applicable.
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 and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: Comparison NCEA level 2 data (2016-2018)
Comparison group
Below NCEA level 2
NCEA level 2 or above
Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above
2016
2017
2018
2016
2017
2018
2016
2017
2018
TKKM o Waitaha
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Canterbury Region
1,210
1,266
1,494
5,720
6,043
5,999
82.5
82.7
80.1
Composite (Year 1-15)
529
637
682
3,465
3,625
3,596
86.8
85.1
84.1
State: Not integrated
9,131
9,411
10,279
37,911
39,511
39,137
80.6
80.8
79.2
Decile 01
1,324
1,431
1,568
2,600
2,650
2,600
66.3
64.9
62.4
New Zealand
11,567
11,908
12,936
48,951
51,034
49,949
80.9
81.1
79.4
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. 'na' = not applicable.
International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
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.
NCEA level 2
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.
level 2 or above
Notes:
level 2 or above
Notes: