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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 (2017-2021)
Ethnic group Gender 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Māori Female 287 295 319 327 351
Māori Male 298 321 324 333 360
Māori Total 585 616 643 660 711
Pacific Female 49 46 48 51 51
Pacific Male 48 52 51 52 57
Pacific Total 97 98 99 103 108
Asian Female 63 84 96 105 111
Asian Male 73 81 94 112 122
Asian Total 136 165 190 217 233
Other Female 20 23 53 56 62
Other Male 24 37 46 55 54
Other Total 44 60 99 111 116
European/Pākehā Female 1,149 1,148 1,187 1,246 1,279
European/Pākehā Male 1,139 1,152 1,200 1,267 1,314
European/Pākehā Total 2,288 2,300 2,387 2,513 2,593
International Female 27 37 38 25 3
International Male 31 33 33 19 3
International Total 58 70 71 44 6
CoL Total Female 1,595 1,633 1,741 1,810 1,857
CoL Total Male 1,613 1,676 1,748 1,838 1,910
CoL Total Total 3,208 3,309 3,489 3,648 3,767

Note:

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

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