School leavers with NCEA Level 1 or above

Table 1: Number of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 or above by ethnic group and gender (2009 to 2019)
Notes:
  1. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined).  For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  2. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  3. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
Year Number/
Percent		 Ethnic GroupGender All
Leavers
MāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā		FemaleMale
2009 Number 7,338 4,330 5,060 824 376 32,775 24,036 23,415 47,451
Percent 63.3 73.7 89.3 79.8 71.6 85.6 83.1 78.7 80.9
2010 Number 8,418 5,040 5,466 884 330 34,478 25,532 25,476 51,008
Percent 67.2 76.4 91.8 83.1 78.0 87.6 85.7 80.7 83.2
2011 Number 9,135 5,184 5,652 1,022 383 35,114 26,262 26,547 52,809
Percent 69.7 78.5 91.6 86.8 78.5 88.5 86.6 82.2 84.3
2012 Number 8,745 5,105 5,672 1,025 368 33,742 25,724 25,666 51,390
Percent 71.6 79.6 92.8 86.4 83.3 89.6 87.6 83.7 85.6
2013 Number 9,358 5,513 5,955 1,045 439 34,633 26,659 26,705 53,364
Percent 71.4 82.3 93.5 88.2 85.4 89.2 87.4 84.0 85.7
2014 Number 9,198 5,413 6,011 1,067 379 33,484 25,844 26,168 52,012
Percent 75.2 83.8 94.7 89.1 85.4 90.8 89.4 86.2 87.8
2015 Number 10,043 5,782 6,243 1,153 355 34,444 26,589 27,112 53,701
Percent 77.6 85.7 95.0 91.7 85.1 91.8 90.6 87.4 89.0
2016 Number 11,021 6,024 6,252 1,129 419 34,560 26,941 27,405 54,346
Percent 81.3 87.1 95.5 90.9 90.7 92.1 91.3 88.6 89.9
2017 Number 12,248 6,273 6,744 1,227 433 35,884 28,068 28,298 56,366
Percent 81.7 86.6 95.9 90.0 87.8 92.5 91.2 88.8 90.0
2018 Number 11,955 6,349 6,766 1,245 461 34,803 27,288 27,541 54,829
Percent 80.8 86.1 95.1 91.4 90.0 91.8 91.2 87.8 89.4
2019 Number 11,819 6,440 6,729 1,267 477 34,865 27,424 26,802 54,226
Percent 78.3 84.2 94.5 90.0 89.2 90.4 89.4 86.4 87.9

Table 2: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 or above by school quintile (2018)

Notes:

  1. Schools in the lowest quintile (quintile 1) draw their students from communities with the highest degree of socio-economic disadvantage.
  2. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  3. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  4. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Quintile (Socio-economic status, SES) All
Leavers		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European /Pākehā
Quintile 1 (Low SES) 77.8 80.5 75.1 72.1 81.0 90.9 78.9 84.4 79.7
Quintile 2  84.9 86.7 83.2 78.2 86.0 94.3 92.6 90.3 87.3
Quintile 3 88.2 90.6 86.0 81.6 83.5 93.7 89.7 88.5 89.8
Quintile 4 92.7 94.2 91.3 86.2 88.7 94.9 91.2 96.3 93.6
Quintile 5 (High SES) 95.8 97.1 94.4 91.2 94.9 96.1 91.2 82.7 96.2

Table 3: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 or above by education area (2019)
Notes:
  1. Schools in the lowest quintile (quintile 1) draw their students from communities with the highest degree of socio-economic disadvantage.
  2. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  3. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  4. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  5. Not Applicable includes students attending home-school, the correspondence school, students whose school campus covers more than one region, and students with no regional information available.
  6. x = for this category there were less than 5 school leavers.
  7. The New Zealand total includes students from all Education Areas including those with less than 5 school leavers.
Education Area All
Leavers		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Tai Tokerau 84.7 86.2 83.2 78.5 83.8 95.3 88.2 83.3 89.6
Auckland 89.9 92.0 87.9 78.5 84.4 94.8 93.0 92.2 93.1
Waikato 87.6 89.0 86.1 79.2 85.4 96.2 90.2 90.9 90.8
Bay of Plenty, Waiariki 86.5 86.6 86.4 78.3 82.5 92.2 97.2 93.9 91.4
Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu 87.1 89.9 84.5 81.7 79.7 92.1 88.3 88.7 89.7
Hawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti 87.6 88.7 86.5 80.8 85.1 96.3 91.7 91.3 92.4
Wellington 91.3 92.6 90.1 83.6 90.2 94.8 82.6 80.0 93.0
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast 89.1 91.0 87.2 83.4 83.6 92.9 93.1 88.9 89.8
Canterbury and Chatham Islands 88.7 91.7 85.9 75.1 77.8 93.7 93.5 76.7 90.7
Otago, Southland 90.7 92.3 89.3 86.2 93.6 94.1 73.9 100.0 91.4
Not Applicable 67.3 69.1 64.4 54.9 68.4 90.2 84.2 68.8 69.9
New Zealand Total87.989.486.478.384.294.590.089.290.4

Table 4: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 or above by regional council (2019)
Notes:
  1. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  2. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  3. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  4. Not Applicable includes students attending home-school, the correspondence school, students whose school campus covers more than one region, and students with no regional information available.
  5. x = for this category there were less than 5 school leavers.
  6. The New Zealand total includes students from all Education Areas including those with less than 5 school leavers.
Regional Council All
Leavers		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Northland Region 84.7 86.2 83.2 78.5 83.8 95.3 88.2 83.3 89.6
Auckland Region 89.9 92.1 87.9 78.5 84.4 94.8 92.9 92.2 93.2
Waikato Region 87.3 88.6 85.9 78.9 85.0 96.0 90.7 88.6 90.7
Bay of Plenty Region 86.9 87.1 86.7 79.0 81.8 92.1 96.9 94.7 91.5
Gisborne Region 81.0 81.9 80.2 76.9 75.0 88.9 71.4 x 90.5
Hawkes Bay Region 89.6 90.8 88.4 82.9 87.9 97.8 100.0 95.0 92.8
Taranaki Region 88.4 90.6 86.5 81.4 76.4 88.5 87.0 100.0 91.3
Manawatu-Whanganui Region 85.0 87.8 82.4 79.6 81.3 93.0 85.4 87.2 88.0
Wellington Region 92.2 93.6 90.9 85.0 90.7 95.0 83.3 77.1 93.7
Tasman Region 88.9 90.2 87.5 78.8 62.5 90.5 80.0 x 89.9
Nelson Region 91.4 92.0 90.8 85.0 84.0 93.2 92.9 x 92.4
Marlborough Region 87.1 91.4 83.1 82.4 90.9 93.3 100.0 x 87.0
West Coast Region 87.1 89.5 84.6 91.2 80.0 100.0 x x 86.6
Canterbury Region 88.7 91.7 85.9 75.1 77.8 93.7 93.5 76.7 90.7
Otago Region 91.6 93.0 90.3 87.0 93.9 93.4 70.6 x 92.2
Southland Region 88.9 90.8 87.0 85.3 93.0 96.0 83.3 100.0 89.7
Not Applicable 67.3 69.1 64.4 54.9 68.4 90.2 84.2 68.8 69.9
New Zealand Total 87.989.486.478.384.294.590.089.2 90.4

Table 5: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 or above by territorial authority with Auckland by local board (2019)
Notes:
  1. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  2. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  3. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  4. Not Applicable includes students attending home-school, the correspondence school, students whose school campus covers more than one region, and students with no regional information available.
  5. x = for this category there were less than 5 school leavers.
  6. The New Zealand total includes students from all regions including those with less than 5 school leavers.
Territorial Local Authority All
Leavers		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Far North District 83.3 83.9 82.7 78.4 81.3 95.2 x 85.7 90.3
Whangarei District 84.8 86.7 82.9 77.2 82.8 95.3 87.5 80.0 88.7
Kaipara District 90.3 92.8 87.6 87.2 93.3 n n n 92.7
Auckland
Rodney 89.2 91.9 87.0 80.8 93.9 100.0 100.0 x 90.4
Hibiscus & Bays 93.3 94.5 92.3 83.1 88.9 94.2 93.0 85.7 93.5
Upper Harbour 94.8 95.5 94.1 90.1 90.0 97.0 97.7 96.0 94.4
Kaipatiki 89.2 93.3 86.0 78.4 83.3 96.3 87.5 100.0 90.6
Devonport-Takapuna 96.6 96.8 96.3 95.1 97.4 97.3 97.0 x 96.4
Henderson-Massey 89.0 92.0 86.2 77.9 86.6 96.5 98.4 100.0 91.1
Waitakere Ranges 90.0 100.0 81.3 100.0 80.0 n n n 78.6
Waiheke 90.6 97.0 83.9 81.3 x x x x 90.9
Waitemata 93.8 96.1 91.3 91.0 95.1 88.4 78.6 x 96.7
Whau 88.3 91.2 85.5 75.9 83.9 93.8 96.8 100.0 90.9
Albert-Eden 93.9 96.4 91.1 85.3 87.5 95.9 93.5 96.9 95.9
Puketapapa 92.4 95.8 89.4 86.1 88.3 95.8 97.9 x 92.2
Orakei 97.3 97.0 97.5 97.2 98.8 95.7 97.1 70.0 97.9
Maungakiekie-Tamaki 80.0 82.8 77.3 70.1 79.6 91.7 73.3 100.0 79.8
Howick 94.7 96.0 93.5 90.0 88.3 95.6 94.0 88.9 95.5
Mangere-Otahuhu 85.8 87.7 83.8 75.6 84.6 91.3 82.4 90.9 90.8
Otara-Papatoetoe 83.1 84.4 82.1 72.3 82.2 91.3 100.0 x 88.8
Manurewa 74.9 78.5 71.2 65.4 76.8 91.8 70.0 x 76.1
Papakura 81.8 84.8 79.1 69.6 78.6 93.9 66.7 x 86.3
Franklin 83.4 89.8 78.0 71.9 73.9 94.2 71.4 x 88.3
Unknown 25.0 33.3 14.3 n n x n n 26.7
Thames-Coromandel District 87.6 93.3 82.1 80.4 75.0 100.0 x x 91.0
Hauraki District 90.5 91.9 89.3 85.7 84.6 x x x 94.0
Waikato District 79.2 81.4 77.1 74.8 70.3 85.7 x x 83.2
Matamata-Piako District 82.6 85.7 79.4 70.6 75.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 84.2
Hamilton City 89.3 90.1 88.5 81.0 85.6 96.1 89.9 94.4 92.5
Waipa District 91.7 92.8 90.5 84.8 100.0 97.0 87.5 80.0 92.7
Otorohanga District 90.3 88.6 91.9 89.8 x x n n 90.3
South Waikato District 83.0 84.5 81.4 77.8 94.2 100.0 x n 83.4
Waitomo District 81.7 90.9 73.5 77.3 40.0 x n n 96.9
Taupo District 82.5 82.1 82.9 72.9 88.0 94.4 x x 89.7
Western Bay of Plenty District 87.5 86.0 89.0 82.9 82.6 90.0 x x 90.1
Tauranga City 89.6 90.7 88.5 79.7 80.6 91.5 95.0 94.3 92.4
Rotorua District 84.3 81.9 86.5 78.6 82.5 96.8 100.0 x 88.8
Whakatane District 87.4 88.3 86.6 82.0 88.9 85.7 x x 94.4
Kawerau District 74.2 76.6 71.4 73.6 80.0 x n n 77.3
Opotiki District 67.0 71.7 60.9 63.7 66.7 x n n 84.2
Gisborne District 81.0 81.9 80.2 76.9 75.0 88.9 71.4 x 90.5
Wairoa District 78.9 84.6 74.2 81.1 x x n n x
Hastings District 89.7 90.8 88.6 81.5 83.9 98.3 100.0 100.0 93.6
Napier City 89.9 91.4 88.0 83.1 97.4 100.0 x 83.3 92.4
Central Hawke's Bay District 92.2 87.8 95.0 92.4 100.0 100.0 n x 91.3
New Plymouth District 88.6 90.8 86.8 82.0 73.3 90.0 80.0 100.0 91.2
Stratford District 86.9 91.8 80.0 76.3 n x x n 90.4
South Taranaki District 88.3 89.2 87.6 81.4 90.0 77.8 100.0 x 92.0
Ruapehu District 73.3 73.7 72.9 64.9 x 100.0 n n 88.9
Whanganui District 84.5 85.3 83.6 82.4 80.6 73.9 100.0 x 86.2
Rangitikei District 86.0 92.2 75.5 83.0 62.5 x n x 89.5
Manawatu District 89.2 94.2 85.5 87.9 80.0 100.0 x x 89.8
Palmerston North City 86.9 90.7 83.7 80.0 82.4 96.4 86.7 88.9 89.7
Tararua District 87.1 85.9 88.6 84.0 62.5 80.0 n x 91.5
Horowhenua District 77.8 81.6 73.1 71.5 86.5 93.3 x x 80.7
Kapiti Coast District 95.4 95.3 95.6 90.7 95.5 100.0 90.0 x 95.7
Porirua City 85.3 84.9 85.7 78.0 86.8 93.3 84.6 x 85.6
Upper Hutt City 92.0 91.5 92.2 85.2 89.4 95.2 77.8 x 92.6
Lower Hutt City 88.9 91.7 85.3 78.7 87.4 91.0 91.9 100.0 90.8
Wellington City 94.7 96.2 93.3 91.3 94.4 96.1 79.2 68.4 96.0
Masterton District 89.6 94.4 84.5 84.5 96.4 91.7 100.0 x 90.5
Carterton District 84.6 x 80.0 x n x n n 83.3
South Wairarapa District 88.3 79.4 93.3 75.0 x x x n 92.5
Tasman District 88.9 90.2 87.5 78.8 62.5 90.5 80.0 x 89.9
Nelson City 91.4 92.0 90.8 85.0 84.0 93.2 92.9 x 92.4
Marlborough District 87.1 91.4 83.1 82.4 90.9 93.3 100.0 x 87.0
Kaikoura District 83.7 89.5 79.2 73.7 x n n n 93.3
Buller District 83.0 88.7 74.3 80.0 x x n n 84.8
Grey District 89.9 89.2 90.6 93.5 x x x n 89.0
Westland District 87.0 92.3 82.1 100.0 x x n x 83.7
Hurunui District 96.2 100.0 92.3 100.0 x x n n 95.6
Waimakariri District 88.5 90.5 86.2 73.8 88.9 81.0 100.0 x 89.3
Christchurch City 88.5 91.6 85.6 73.4 76.4 93.8 92.4 84.2 91.0
Selwyn District 91.9 94.3 89.5 84.8 66.7 96.3 100.0 x 92.1
Ashburton District 84.0 89.0 79.4 77.1 86.4 92.3 x n 83.9
Timaru District 90.3 92.8 88.1 79.4 85.7 100.0 100.0 x 91.8
Mackenzie District 97.5 100.0 96.4 x x 100.0 n x 100.0
Waimate District 71.1 83.3 60.0 66.7 n x n n 71.4
Waitaki District 89.5 92.0 87.3 86.8 95.5 92.3 n n 88.6
Central Otago District 90.0 94.4 86.1 76.3 x 70.0 x x 93.3
Queenstown-Lakes District 95.7 95.5 95.9 96.3 x 100.0 83.3 x 95.7
Dunedin City 91.2 92.4 90.1 85.9 92.3 94.2 65.8 100.0 91.9
Clutha District 93.6 92.9 94.2 97.3 x 100.0 x x 92.4
Southland District 87.1 91.3 83.2 80.7 100.0 100.0 x n 86.0
Gore District 85.4 89.3 82.3 64.0 x 83.3 x n 90.5
Invercargill City 90.3 90.9 89.6 89.1 94.3 96.3 80.0 x 90.8
Not Applicable 67.3 68.9 64.4 54.5 68.4 90.2 84.2 68.8 69.9
New Zealand Total 87.9 89.4 86.4 78.3 84.2 94.5 90.0 89.2 90.4

Table 6: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 or above by electorate (2019)
Notes:
  1. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  2. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  3. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  4. Not Applicable includes students attending home-school, the correspondence school, students whose school campus covers more than one region, and students with no regional information available.
  5. x = for this category there were less than 5 school leavers.
  6. The New Zealand total includes students from all regions including those with less than 5 school leavers.
Electorate All
Leavers		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Auckland Central 91.6 95.2 76.1 90.5 96.0 78.8 75.0 x 93.5
Bay of Plenty 76.8 81.5 71.1 69.6 78.6 66.7 87.5 x 78.9
Botany 93.0 94.1 91.8 88.7 80.7 99.0 95.7 x 95.1
Christchurch Central 89.2 88.2 89.9 81.0 84.9 89.1 88.5 100.0 90.1
Christchurch East 72.4 80.8 67.3 56.7 62.7 91.7 100.0 x 80.5
Clutha-Southland 91.0 93.1 89.0 87.4 91.7 97.6 100.0 100.0 91.5
Coromandel 88.3 90.2 86.5 81.1 78.8 95.5 100.0 x 91.9
Dunedin North 93.2 94.3 91.9 88.5 95.3 93.9 61.9 100.0 93.8
Dunedin South 88.3 88.8 88.0 81.4 87.0 95.0 75.0 x 89.2
East Coast 82.2 83.1 81.4 77.3 78.1 85.7 81.8 85.7 92.0
East Coast Bays 96.0 96.3 95.6 95.1 94.7 96.4 98.1 95.8 95.7
Epsom 97.0 97.2 96.8 94.0 95.3 96.6 94.9 90.0 98.0
Hamilton East 92.8 93.6 92.3 84.1 81.9 98.7 92.5 100.0 95.1
Hamilton West 83.5 86.6 78.1 77.7 89.4 90.1 88.6 83.3 87.4
Helensville 85.4 91.8 81.3 67.6 83.3 x x x 87.4
Hunua 85.3 90.5 80.8 70.4 74.2 94.1 88.9 x 89.2
Hutt South 93.4 95.5 90.6 86.3 92.2 96.0 95.2 100.0 94.1
Ilam 95.9 97.5 93.6 90.8 86.0 97.1 92.9 x 96.5
Invercargill 89.7 90.9 88.4 87.5 94.9 97.0 80.0 x 90.0
Kaikoura 87.9 92.2 83.9 82.2 92.0 94.7 100.0 x 88.5
Kelston 90.3 92.3 88.4 87.3 85.2 95.4 100.0 100.0 94.6
Mana 89.8 89.1 90.5 83.4 86.6 95.3 82.4 x 92.9
Mangere 82.1 80.8 82.9 68.9 83.0 91.1 70.0 90.9 61.3
Manukau East 86.6 88.7 84.4 75.4 85.4 91.5 100.0 x 94.0
Manurewa 72.9 77.1 68.3 64.3 75.1 89.0 60.0 x 78.5
Maungakiekie 82.7 83.1 82.4 71.2 82.1 90.1 86.7 100.0 82.5
Mt Albert 89.9 96.1 84.2 79.9 83.9 92.4 90.3 100.0 93.6
Mt Roskill 91.7 95.0 88.9 83.3 90.9 95.0 96.2 x 83.1
Napier 89.3 91.1 87.0 82.6 97.5 96.4 x 83.3 92.3
Nelson 90.5 91.0 90.1 82.9 82.8 92.9 88.9 x 91.4
New Lynn 88.6 92.8 84.6 67.9 77.6 94.4 93.9 x 91.1
New Plymouth 89.3 90.6 88.2 82.3 75.5 90.0 81.3 100.0 92.1
North Shore 96.6 96.8 96.3 95.1 97.4 97.3 97.0 x 96.4
Northcote 90.3 93.8 87.4 78.4 83.3 97.5 87.5 100.0 91.9
Northland 85.4 86.7 84.1 79.8 86.8 95.8 x 85.7 92.2
Not Applicable 65.0 67.6 60.8 53.7 68.0 88.5 80.0 63.9 67.3
Ohariu 93.9 94.6 93.3 86.4 93.8 96.9 87.5 x 93.8
Otaki 86.3 88.0 84.5 76.7 89.4 97.6 80.0 x 88.4
Pakuranga 94.0 95.6 92.7 90.8 89.0 93.6 91.1 84.6 95.6
Palmerston North 89.1 91.3 87.2 85.4 82.6 96.4 89.3 88.9 90.7
Papakura 81.8 84.4 79.3 69.3 81.4 94.9 72.0 x 84.1
Port Hills 93.1 94.0 91.9 83.3 100.0 97.3 83.3 x 93.9
Rangitata 88.0 91.0 85.3 77.8 88.2 94.2 93.3 x 89.2
Rangitikei 85.9 89.1 82.6 79.8 81.3 100.0 x x 90.2
Rimutaka 87.1 86.2 87.6 76.2 84.2 87.1 82.4 x 89.6
Rodney 92.0 94.4 89.8 82.5 90.4 95.7 91.4 83.3 92.4
Rongotai 95.2 95.9 95.0 96.0 94.0 96.3 75.8 90.0 97.7
Rotorua 85.4 83.5 87.1 79.6 83.8 97.6 100.0 x 89.6
Selwyn 92.1 94.6 89.6 85.2 63.6 96.3 100.0 x 92.5
Tamaki 91.8 91.2 92.1 83.3 83.4 97.0 91.2 x 96.7
Taranaki-King Country 86.3 88.4 84.2 81.6 78.9 100.0 80.0 x 89.0
Taupo 87.8 89.0 86.5 77.7 93.1 96.7 100.0 71.4 91.7
Tauranga 90.9 91.6 90.2 81.2 81.0 91.8 100.0 94.2 93.8
Te Atatu 89.1 91.2 87.1 76.6 85.8 96.1 98.1 100.0 90.8
Tukituki 90.0 91.1 89.1 82.6 84.1 98.3 100.0 100.0 93.7
Upper Harbour 86.8 90.5 83.6 79.4 87.6 97.1 100.0 x 87.1
Waikato 81.4 84.0 78.8 73.5 70.7 93.9 87.5 100.0 84.8
Waimakariri 88.5 90.5 86.2 73.8 88.9 81.0 100.0 x 89.3
Wairarapa 89.2 90.5 88.0 84.7 90.9 91.7 100.0 87.5 91.0
Waitaki 90.9 94.2 88.0 84.4 92.6 88.2 80.0 100.0 91.8
Wellington Central 95.5 97.8 85.3 92.6 100.0 94.7 83.3 x 96.6
West Coast-Tasman 88.8 91.1 86.4 87.0 66.7 92.9 x x 89.0
Whanganui 85.2 87.2 83.0 80.6 80.6 75.8 100.0 x 87.7
Whangarei 85.0 87.0 83.1 77.3 82.5 95.3 87.5 x 88.9
Wigram 88.0 92.1 84.6 77.9 77.4 96.2 94.3 x 89.2
New Zealand Total 87.9 89.4 86.4 78.3 84.2 94.5 90.0 94.3 90.4

Table 7: Number and percent of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy by ethnic group & gender (2009 to 2019)
Notes:
  1. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  2. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  3. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Year Number
or
Percent		 Ethnic GroupGender All
Leavers
MāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā		FemaleMale
2009 Number 8,117 4,599 5,125 856 391 33,874 24,981 24,521 49,502
Percent 70.0 78.2 90.5 82.9 74.5 88.5 86.4 82.4 84.4
2010 Number 9,239 5,328 5,527 921 346 35,552 26,486 26,623 53,109
Percent 73.8 80.8 92.8 86.6 81.8 90.4 88.9 84.4 86.6
2011 Number 9,934 5,439 5,726 1,052 397 36,138 27,149 27,634 54,783
Percent 75.8 82.4 92.8 89.3 81.4 91.1 89.5 85.6 87.5
2012 Number 9,297 5,330 5,736 1,052 378 34,536 26,410 26,515 52,925
Percent 76.2 83.1 93.9 88.7 85.5 91.7 89.9 86.5 88.2
2013 Number 9,691 5,646 6,010 1,059 444 35,123 27,081 27,217 54,298
Percent 73.9 84.3 94.4 89.4 86.4 90.5 88.8 85.6 87.2
2014 Number 9,503 5,572 6,058 1,080 386 33,949 26,189 26,720 52,909
Percent 77.7 86.2 95.4 90.2 86.9 92.1 90.6 88.0 89.3
2015 Number 10,509 5,957 6,306 1,172 362 35,047 27,079 27,821 54,900
Percent 81.2 88.3 95.9 93.2 86.8 93.4 92.3 89.7 90.9
2016 Number 11,417 6,227 6,293 1,143 423 35,168 27,435 28,016 55,451
Percent 84.3 90.0 96.1 92.0 91.6 93.7 93.0 90.5 91.7
2017 Number 12,726 6,471 6,789 1,245 446 36,476 28,605 28,928 57,533
Percent 84.9 89.3 96.6 91.3 90.5 94.0 93.0 90.7 91.8
2018 Number 12,442 6,547 6,808 1,262 470 35,437 27,791 28,223 56,014
Percent 84.1 88.8 95.7 92.7 91.8 93.5 92.8 90.0 91.4
2019 Number 12,397 6,693 6,791 1,284 486 35,658 28,095 27,560 55,655
Percent 82.1 87.5 95.4 91.2 90.8 92.5 91.6 88.8 90.2

Table 8: Percentage of school leavers NCEA Level 1 litracy and numeracy by school quintile (2019)
Notes:
  1. Schools in the lowest quintile (quintile 1) draw their students from communities with the highest degree of socio-economic disadvantage.
  2. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  3. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  4. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Quintile (Socio-economic status, SES) All
Leavers		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Quintile 1 (Low SES) 81.9 84.1 79.7 76.7 85.5 91.9 84.2 84.4 82.4
Quintile 2 87.6 89.3 85.9 81.7 88.6 95.5 93.4 91.9 90.2
Quintile 3 90.9 93.1 88.7 85.9 86.6 94.8 90.4 88.5 92.2
Quintile 4 94.2 95.6 93.0 89.2 90.8 95.7 92.3 97.5 95.2
Quintile 5 (High SES) 96.8 97.7 95.8 94.0 96.2 96.7 92.3 84.6 97.2

Table 9: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy by education area (2019)
Notes:
  1. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  2. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  3. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  4. Not Applicable includes students attending home-school, the correspondence school, students whose school campus covers more than one region, and students with no regional information available.
  5. x = for this category there were less than 5 school leavers.
  6. The New Zealand total includes students from all education areas including those with less than 5 school leavers.
Education Area All
Leavers		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Tai Tokerau 87.4 88.9 85.9 82.3 86.5 95.3 88.2 83.3 91.8
Auckland 92.0 93.8 90.3 82.9 88.0 95.5 94.6 92.9 94.6
Waikato 89.9 91.2 88.6 82.4 87.9 96.9 92.0 90.9 93.1
Bay of Plenty, Waiariki 89.2 89.5 88.9 82.2 85.8 94.3 97.2 95.7 93.6
Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu 89.1 92.0 86.6 84.5 84.0 93.6 88.3 88.7 91.5
Hawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti 89.9 91.4 88.4 84.0 88.6 96.3 91.7 95.7 94.3
Wellington 93.1 94.3 92.0 87.6 92.3 96.2 84.2 80.0 94.7
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast 91.1 93.1 89.2 87.0 83.6 92.9 93.1 88.9 91.7
Canterbury and Chatham Islands 90.9 93.4 88.6 79.0 80.3 94.7 93.5 83.3 92.8
Otago, Southland 92.6 93.8 91.5 88.9 95.0 95.7 73.9 100.0 93.2
Not Applicable 72.4 74.3 69.0 60.4 73.2 90.8 86.0 78.1 75.2
New Zealand Total90.291.688.882.187.595.491.290.892.5

Table 10: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy by regional council (2019)
Notes:
  1. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  2. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  3. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined). For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  4. Not Applicable includes students attending home-school, the correspondence school, students whose school campus covers more than one region, and students with no regional information available.
  5. x = for this category there were less than 5 school leavers.
  6. The New Zealand total includes students from all Education Areas including those with less than 5 school leavers.
Regional Council All
Students		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Northland Region 87.4 88.9 85.9 82.3 86.5 95.3 88.2 83.3 91.8
Auckland Region 92.1 93.8 90.4 83.0 88.0 95.6 94.6 92.9 94.7
Waikato Region 89.7 91.1 88.3 82.4 87.3 96.7 92.4 88.6 92.9
Bay of Plenty Region 89.5 89.8 89.3 82.5 85.6 94.3 96.9 96.5 93.7
Gisborne Region 84.3 84.7 84.0 80.5 84.1 88.9 71.4 x 93.1
Hawkes Bay Region 91.7 93.5 89.8 85.9 89.8 97.8 100.0 100.0 94.5
Taranaki Region 90.9 93.2 88.8 85.5 81.8 90.4 87.0 100.0 93.2
Manawatu-Whanganui Region 87.4 90.0 85.0 83.1 85.2 94.7 85.4 87.2 90.2
Wellington Region 93.7 95.0 92.5 88.3 92.6 96.2 85.0 77.1 95.2
Tasman Region 91.1 93.2 89.1 83.8 62.5 90.5 80.0 x 91.9
Nelson Region 92.7 93.0 92.4 88.0 84.0 93.2 92.9 x 93.6
Marlborough Region 89.7 94.1 85.6 87.3 90.9 93.3 100.0 x 89.5
West Coast Region 90.1 92.2 87.9 93.0 80.0 100.0 x x 89.6
Canterbury Region 90.9 93.4 88.5 78.9 80.4 94.7 93.5 83.3 92.8
Otago Region 93.3 94.2 92.6 88.7 94.9 95.6 70.6 100.0 94.0
Southland Region 91.1 93.0 89.1 89.1 95.3 96.0 83.3 x 91.4
Not Applicable 72.4 74.3 69.0 60.4 73.2 90.8 86.0 78.1 75.2
New Zealand Total 90.2 91.6 88.8 82.1 87.5 95.4 91.2 90.8 92.5

Table 11: Percentage of school leavers with NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy by territorial authority with by local board (2019)
Notes:
  1. MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
  2. For this indicator students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.
  3. For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined).  For example, this includes and is not limited to people who consider themselves as Australian (excluding Australian Aborigines), British and Irish, American, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
  4. Not Applicable includes students attending home-school, the correspondence school, students whose school campus covers more than one region, and students with no regional information available.
  5. x = for this category there were less than 5 school leavers.
  6. The New Zealand total includes students from all territorial authorities including those with less than 5 school leavers.
Territorial Local Authority All
Students		Gender Ethnic Group
FemaleMaleMāoriPacificAsianMELAAOther European
/Pākehā
Far North District 86.3 87.2 85.4 82.6 81.3 95.2 x 85.7 92.3
Whangarei District 87.6 89.2 85.9 81.1 87.5 95.3 87.5 80.0 91.3
Kaipara District 91.4 93.8 88.8 88.5 93.3 n n n 93.5
Auckland:
Rodney 89.9 93.0 87.4 81.8 93.9 100.0 100.0 x 90.9
Hibiscus and Bays 95.0 95.4 94.6 89.9 91.7 95.7 93.0 100.0 95.3
Upper Harbour 96.2 96.5 95.8 92.4 92.0 97.8 97.7 96.0 96.0
Kaipatiki 91.3 94.3 88.9 81.1 88.5 96.3 87.5 100.0 92.8
Devonport-Takapuna 97.7 97.7 97.6 97.1 98.7 97.8 97.0 x 97.8
Henderson-Massey 90.2 92.8 87.6 79.8 88.2 96.5 98.4 100.0 92.2
Waitakere Ranges 90.0 100.0 81.3 100.0 80.0 n n n 78.6
Waiheke 93.8 100.0 87.1 93.8 x x x x 92.7
Waitemata 94.6 96.9 92.0 93.6 96.6 88.4 78.6 x 96.9
Whau 90.3 92.7 87.9 79.4 86.1 94.6 98.4 100.0 92.8
Albert-Eden 94.8 97.1 92.0 86.6 89.1 96.5 93.5 96.9 96.5
Puketapapa 93.6 96.6 91.0 91.7 89.6 96.3 97.9 x 94.8
Orakei 97.9 97.8 97.9 97.2 100.0 96.6 97.1 70.0 98.6
Maungakiekie-Tamaki 84.3 86.5 82.2 75.3 84.3 92.7 86.7 100.0 84.4
Howick 96.3 97.6 95.2 94.3 92.5 96.1 97.0 88.9 97.0
Mangere-Otahuhu 89.3 90.8 87.8 82.7 88.7 92.6 88.2 90.9 93.1
Otara-Papatoetoe 87.6 87.9 87.4 77.3 87.6 93.2 100.0 x 90.8
Manurewa 80.8 82.8 78.7 74.0 82.8 92.5 80.0 x 78.3
Papakura 85.2 88.3 82.4 73.9 81.7 97.0 66.7 x 90.2
Franklin 87.2 93.3 82.0 80.1 79.8 96.2 85.7 x 91.4
Unknown 25.0 33.3 14.3 n n x n n 26.7
Thames-Coromandel District 92.0 96.3 87.9 88.0 83.3 100.0 x x 95.0
Hauraki District 91.5 93.1 89.9 85.7 84.6 x x x 95.2
Waikato District 82.8 86.1 79.6 78.9 75.7 85.7 x x 86.9
Matamata-Piako District 85.7 88.3 83.1 73.4 75.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 87.6
Hamilton City 91.5 92.1 90.9 84.2 88.3 97.0 92.1 94.4 94.6
Waipa District 92.7 94.1 91.2 87.1 100.0 97.0 87.5 80.0 93.4
Otorohanga District 91.7 91.4 91.9 91.8 x x n n 90.3
South Waikato District 86.4 86.2 86.5 80.5 94.2 100.0 x n 87.7
Waitomo District 81.7 90.9 73.5 77.3 40.0 x n n 96.9
Taupo District 86.3 87.4 85.3 80.0 88.0 94.4 x x 92.3
Western Bay of Plenty District 89.8 87.7 91.9 87.6 82.6 90.0 x x 91.3
Tauranga City 91.9 92.6 91.2 83.1 83.3 94.0 95.0 96.2 94.4
Rotorua District 87.2 85.5 88.8 81.7 85.7 98.4 100.0 x 92.6
Whakatane District 89.8 91.1 88.6 84.5 94.4 85.7 x x 96.5
Kawerau District 76.4 80.9 71.4 76.4 100.0 x n n 77.3
Opotiki District 74.5 78.3 69.6 72.5 83.3 x n n 84.2
Gisborne District 84.3 84.7 84.0 80.5 84.1 88.9 71.4 x 93.1
Wairoa District 80.7 88.5 74.2 83.0 x x n n x
Hastings District 91.7 93.7 89.7 84.9 85.7 98.3 100.0 100.0 95.2
Napier City 92.2 94.1 89.9 86.1 100.0 100.0 x 100.0 94.3
Central Hawke's Bay District 93.0 87.8 96.3 93.9 100.0 100.0 n x 92.8
New Plymouth District 91.2 93.4 89.3 86.5 80.0 92.5 80.0 100.0 93.3
Stratford District 91.0 95.3 85.0 81.6 n x x n 93.9
South Taranaki District 89.4 90.8 88.3 84.3 90.0 77.8 100.0 x 92.6
Ruapehu District 75.9 75.4 76.3 68.8 x 100.0 n n 88.9
Whanganui District 85.9 86.5 85.2 83.8 80.6 73.9 100.0 x 87.7
Rangitikei District 86.7 92.2 77.4 84.9 62.5 x n x 89.5
Manawatu District 91.6 96.4 88.2 91.4 80.0 100.0 x x 91.7
Palmerston North City 89.0 92.9 85.8 82.5 88.2 98.2 86.7 88.9 91.8
Tararua District 93.0 94.6 91.1 93.8 75.0 100.0 n x 94.9
Horowhenua District 82.0 83.7 80.0 77.8 89.2 93.3 x x 85.0
Kapiti Coast District 96.7 96.9 96.5 94.4 95.5 100.0 90.0 x 96.7
Porirua City 87.9 87.6 88.3 82.9 88.5 93.3 84.6 x 87.4
Upper Hutt City 94.0 93.3 94.3 88.9 89.4 95.2 88.9 x 94.8
Lower Hutt City 91.1 93.5 88.0 83.0 90.8 93.6 91.9 100.0 93.2
Wellington City 95.7 97.1 94.4 92.9 96.1 97.3 80.2 68.4 97.0
Masterton District 91.7 96.1 86.9 88.3 96.4 91.7 100.0 x 92.8
Carterton District 84.6 x 80.0 x n x n n 83.3
South Wairarapa District 89.4 82.4 93.3 75.0 x x x n 93.8
Tasman District 91.1 93.2 89.1 83.8 62.5 90.5 80.0 x 91.9
Nelson City 92.7 93.0 92.4 88.0 84.0 93.2 92.9 x 93.6
Marlborough District 89.7 94.1 85.6 87.3 90.9 93.3 100.0 x 89.5
Kaikoura District 83.7 89.5 79.2 73.7 x n n n 93.3
Buller District 86.4 90.6 80.0 86.7 x x n n 87.3
Grey District 92.5 93.2 91.8 93.5 x x x n 91.8
Westland District 90.7 92.3 89.3 100.0 x x n x 88.4
Hurunui District 96.2 100.0 92.3 100.0 x x n n 95.6
Waimakariri District 91.7 93.0 90.3 79.8 94.4 90.5 100.0 x 92.3
Christchurch City 90.6 93.1 88.1 77.1 78.2 94.7 92.4 94.7 93.0
Selwyn District 93.5 95.0 92.1 87.3 77.8 96.3 100.0 x 93.9
Ashburton District 87.0 92.2 82.4 83.3 90.9 92.3 x n 86.4
Timaru District 92.1 94.4 90.1 84.3 92.9 100.0 100.0 x 93.0
Mackenzie District 97.5 100.0 96.4 x x 100.0 n x 100.0
Waimate District 84.2 94.4 75.0 x n x n n 85.7
Waitaki District 92.9 94.2 91.7 89.5 100.0 100.0 n n 92.2
Central Otago District 91.7 96.3 87.7 81.6 x 70.0 x x 94.3
Queenstown-Lakes District 96.9 96.1 97.9 96.3 x 100.0 83.3 x 97.2
Dunedin City 92.7 93.3 92.2 87.3 92.3 96.5 65.8 100.0 93.6
Clutha District 95.2 95.2 95.1 97.3 x 100.0 x x 94.5
Southland District 89.7 93.7 86.1 86.0 100.0 100.0 x n 87.9
Gore District 87.7 90.7 85.4 72.0 x 83.3 x n 91.8
Invercargill City 92.3 93.3 91.1 91.9 97.1 96.3 80.0 x 92.4
Not Applicable 72.3 74.3 69.0 60.1 73.2 90.8 86.0 78.1 75.2
New Zealand Total 90.2 91.6 88.8 82.1 87.5 95.4 91.2 90.8 92.5