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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 855 823 756 728 731
Māori Male 868 843 790 795 790
Māori Total 1,723 1,666 1,546 1,523 1,521
Pacific Female 38 39 30 30 29
Pacific Male 40 38 37 45 43
Pacific Total 78 77 67 75 72
Asian Female 37 33 37 44 47
Asian Male 48 58 65 66 68
Asian Total 85 91 102 110 115
Other Female 10 13 14 22 25
Other Male 15 19 20 26 29
Other Total 25 32 34 48 54
European/Pākehā Female 507 501 500 471 480
European/Pākehā Male 505 514 525 519 512
European/Pākehā Total 1,012 1,015 1,025 990 992
International Female 0 0 0 0 0
International Male 0 0 0 0 0
International Total 0 0 0 0 0
CoL Total Female 1,447 1,409 1,337 1,295 1,312
CoL Total Male 1,476 1,472 1,437 1,451 1,442
CoL Total Total 2,923 2,881 2,774 2,746 2,754

Note:

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

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