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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 73 51 53 287 268 271 79.7 84.0 83.6
Male 57 59 75 274 248 264 82.8 80.8 77.9
Māori 97 93 110 356 336 334 78.6 78.3 75.2
Pacific 7 6 5 30 22 32 81.1 78.6 86.5
Asian 2 0 1 9 10 5 81.8 100.0 83.3
MELAA x x x x x x x x x
Other x x x x x x x x x
European/Pākehā 40 24 24 229 216 239 85.1 90.0 90.9
Total 130 110 128 561 516 535 81.2 82.4 80.7

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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