Massey High School

Retention

Completion of upper secondary education is associated with a range of economic and social benefits both in New Zealand and across the OECD. Retention to senior secondary schooling is linked to higher levels of skills and knowledge required for participation in our increasingly knowledge-based society and the wider global community.

The retention data presented here is calculated from school leaver data, that is, it is the age that a school leaver completed their schooling. The Ministry convention is to consider the proportion of students that remain at school until at least their 17th birthday; this is a year after compulsory education and the average age for a student completing their upper secondary qualifications.

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

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

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Table 1: Percentage of school leavers staying at school until at least their 17th birthday (2018-2020)
Group	Left before 17th birthday			Stayed until at least 17th birthday			Percentage staying until at least 17th birthday
Group	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020
Female	19	25	22	183	155	152	90.6	86.1	87.4
Male	47	41	32	154	153	158	76.6	78.9	83.2
Māori	36	31	28	73	71	54	67.0	69.6	65.9
Pacific	23	22	18	104	99	100	81.9	81.8	84.7
Asian	7	3	3	55	47	53	88.7	94.0	94.6
MELAA	x	0	x	x	10	x	x	100.0	x
Other	x	0	x	x	0	x	x	na	x
European/Pākehā	32	34	30	178	170	157	84.8	83.3	84.0
Total	66	66	54	337	308	310	83.6	82.4	85.2

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 students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.

Table 2: Comparison trend data (2018-2020)
Comparison group	Left before 17th birthday			Stayed until at least 17th birthday			Percentage staying until at least 17th birthday
Comparison group	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020
Massey High School	66	66	54	337	308	310	83.6	82.4	85.2
Auckland Region	2,500	2,567	2,117	17,383	16,591	17,145	87.4	86.6	89.0
Secondary (Year 9-15)	7,268	7,673	7,153	36,880	35,381	35,937	83.5	82.2	83.4
State	8,883	9,450	9,197	41,345	40,131	40,756	82.3	80.9	81.6
Decile 04	1,180	1,226	1,187	4,530	4,288	4,395	79.3	77.8	78.7
New Zealand	9,869	10,336	9,945	51,168	49,667	50,384	83.8	82.8	83.5

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.

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