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18-Year-Old Attainment: Trends

Building a productive and competitive economy is a Government priority and achievement in education is essential to this goal. Education helps New Zealanders develop the skills needed to reach their full potential and contribute to the economy and society.

A Level 2 qualification gives people opportunities in terms of further education and employment, contributing to better health outcomes and a better quality of life.

Identical information is available for other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above. This information is not available by school.

18-year-olds with a minimum of NCEA level 2 or equivalent (2016-2018)
Group Below level 2 Level 2 or above Percentage with level 2 or above
2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018
Female 373 369 328 2,940 3,012 3,124 88.7 89.1 90.5
Male 659 648 618 2,950 3,122 3,115 81.7 82.8 83.4
Māori 253 256 256 593 677 777 70.1 72.6 75.2
Pacific 91 96 83 203 237 250 69.0 71.2 75.1
Asian 82 75 90 432 529 553 84.0 87.6 86.0
MELAA 33 28 23 102 113 87 75.6 80.1 79.1
Other 13 10 5 50 24 24 79.4 70.6 82.8
European/Pākehā 654 648 599 4,818 4,966 5,079 88.0 88.5 89.5
Total 1,032 1,017 946 5,890 6,134 6,239 85.1 85.8 86.8

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students are excluded.

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