Otago 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 (2022-2024)
Group Below NCEA level 1 NCEA level 1 or above Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 85 94 136 1,148 1,119 1,226 93.1 92.3 90.0
Male 144 140 155 1,228 1,154 1,225 89.5 89.2 88.8
Māori 66 55 77 346 332 360 84.0 85.8 82.4
Pacific 17 16 32 131 114 124 88.5 87.7 79.5
Asian 3 20 9 170 168 228 98.3 89.4 96.2
MELAA 2 4 16 49 56 58 96.1 93.3 78.4
Other 0 2 2 26 24 32 100.0 92.3 94.1
European/Pākehā 185 168 213 1,929 1,877 2,006 91.2 91.8 90.4
Regional Total 229 234 291 2,376 2,273 2,451 91.2 90.7 89.4
New Zealand Total 9,201 9,894 10,644 55,022 54,409 56,767 85.7 84.6 84.2

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.