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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 651 658 608 615 591
Māori Male 416 433 444 426 428
Māori Total 1,067 1,091 1,052 1,041 1,019
Pacific Female 1,179 1,150 1,124 1,093 1,118
Pacific Male 719 697 695 664 634
Pacific Total 1,898 1,847 1,819 1,757 1,752
Asian Female 783 808 852 900 880
Asian Male 680 737 781 806 757
Asian Total 1,463 1,545 1,633 1,706 1,637
Other Female 194 199 192 198 198
Other Male 186 190 196 177 164
Other Total 380 389 388 375 362
European/Pākehā Female 1,092 1,138 1,182 1,191 1,156
European/Pākehā Male 1,307 1,322 1,299 1,322 1,300
European/Pākehā Total 2,399 2,460 2,481 2,513 2,456
International Female 85 96 93 64 31
International Male 83 111 111 88 51
International Total 168 207 204 152 82
CoL Total Female 3,984 4,049 4,051 4,061 3,974
CoL Total Male 3,391 3,490 3,526 3,483 3,334
CoL Total Total 7,375 7,539 7,577 7,544 7,308

Note:

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

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