West Coast Region

School Qualifications: NCEA Level 2

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 2 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2023-2025)
Group Below NCEA level 2 NCEA level 2 or above Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 28 36 46 110 125 109 79.7 77.6 70.3
Male 44 44 59 122 116 143 73.5 72.5 70.8
Māori 24 22 26 53 46 51 68.8 67.6 66.2
Pacific x 5 2 x 4 10 x 44.4 83.3
Asian 1 4 2 11 15 17 91.7 78.9 89.5
MELAA x x x x x x x x x
Other 0 x x 0 x x na x x
European/Pākehā 62 63 94 203 208 213 76.6 76.8 69.4
Regional Total 72 80 105 232 241 252 76.3 75.1 70.6
New Zealand Total 15,454 15,314 15,724 48,477 50,956 55,062 75.8 76.9 77.8

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 and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.