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Student Population: Trends

The Ministry uses school roll data in a number of ways: to fund and staff schools; to support policy analysis, development, and decision making; to monitor the outcomes of the New Zealand education system; and for national and international reporting purposes.

The roll data presented here is based on the 1 July roll returns.  The data includes gender, ethnic group, funding year level, and age.  A small amount of trend information is also available.

Identical information is available by school (Find Your Nearest School), as well as regional council and territorial authority (Know Your Region).

Alternatively a large amount of roll data is available from our statistical pages.  See July School Roll Returns.

Rolls by ethnic group and gender, as at 1 July (2016-2020)
Ethnic group Gender 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Māori Female 154 153 150 168 177
Māori Male 174 184 183 203 200
Māori Total 328 337 333 371 377
Pacific Female 19 17 14 15 22
Pacific Male 16 14 17 29 32
Pacific Total 35 31 31 44 54
Asian Female 29 30 31 34 47
Asian Male 13 22 27 38 43
Asian Total 42 52 58 72 90
Other Female 18 22 20 25 28
Other Male 12 8 12 20 21
Other Total 30 30 32 45 49
European/Pākehā Female 707 687 679 671 679
European/Pākehā Male 770 763 781 781 770
European/Pākehā Total 1,477 1,450 1,460 1,452 1,449
International Female 1 0 1 1 0
International Male 1 3 1 0 0
International Total 2 3 2 1 0
CoL Total Female 928 909 895 914 953
CoL Total Male 986 994 1,021 1,071 1,066
CoL Total Total 1,914 1,903 1,916 1,985 2,019

Note:

  1. Ethnicity is prioritised. MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) students are included with ‘Other’.

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