Otago 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 155 185 162 1,050 1,136 1,233 87.1 86.0 88.4
Male 293 273 291 996 1,089 1,298 77.3 80.0 81.7
Māori 106 119 110 279 310 343 72.5 72.3 75.7
Pacific 29 44 30 101 104 132 77.7 70.3 81.5
Asian 27 15 32 160 218 283 85.6 93.6 89.8
MELAA 10 24 24 49 50 69 83.1 67.6 74.2
Other 3 5 6 22 28 23 88.0 84.8 79.3
European/Pākehā 344 353 338 1,691 1,825 2,022 83.1 83.8 85.7
Regional Total 448 458 453 2,046 2,225 2,531 82.0 82.9 84.8
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.