Wellington Region

School Qualifications: NCEA Level 1

A formal school qualification is a measure of the extent to which young adults have completed a basic prerequisite for higher education and training, and many entry-level jobs.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education's ENROL system, while highest school qualification is obtained from schools and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Data presented here is for school leavers with NCEA Level 1 and above, level 2 and above and level 3 and above (including a UE Award).

Identical information is available for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above. For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above. Alternatively a large amount of school leaver data is available from our statistical pages. See School Leavers.

School leavers with at least NCEA level 1 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2023-2025)
Group Below NCEA level 1 NCEA level 1 or above Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 200 246 247 2,704 2,695 2,912 93.1 91.6 92.2
Male 274 357 342 2,706 2,823 2,904 90.8 88.8 89.5
Māori 206 276 253 1,074 1,051 1,155 83.9 79.2 82.0
Pacific 91 116 126 708 736 782 88.6 86.4 86.1
Asian 40 69 69 720 789 952 94.7 92.0 93.2
MELAA 16 30 36 141 168 194 89.8 84.8 84.3
Other 12 6 6 84 86 115 87.5 93.5 95.0
European/Pākehā 256 300 316 3,910 3,930 4,011 93.9 92.9 92.7
Regional Total 474 603 589 5,410 5,518 5,816 91.9 90.1 90.8
New Zealand Total 9,665 10,046 10,496 54,266 56,224 60,290 84.9 84.8 85.2

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 and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.