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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 243 249 245 260 245
Māori Male 239 235 228 235 261
Māori Total 482 484 473 495 506
Pacific Female 103 124 123 119 125
Pacific Male 115 141 141 129 127
Pacific Total 218 265 264 248 252
Asian Female 148 171 220 246 260
Asian Male 171 177 208 247 268
Asian Total 319 348 428 493 528
Other Female 16 23 31 30 39
Other Male 23 30 39 40 34
Other Total 39 53 70 70 73
European/Pākehā Female 544 505 514 504 478
European/Pākehā Male 571 570 562 545 526
European/Pākehā Total 1,115 1,075 1,076 1,049 1,004
International Female 0 1 1 2 0
International Male 0 1 2 3 1
International Total 0 2 3 5 1
CoL Total Female 1,054 1,073 1,134 1,161 1,147
CoL Total Male 1,119 1,154 1,180 1,199 1,217
CoL Total Total 2,173 2,227 2,314 2,360 2,364

Note:

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

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