Manawatu-Wanganui 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 (2022-2024)
Group Below NCEA level 2 NCEA level 2 or above Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 285 345 372 1,082 1,085 1,047 79.2 75.9 73.8
Male 494 454 545 1,043 1,071 1,089 67.9 70.2 66.6
Māori 394 438 486 675 652 657 63.1 59.8 57.5
Pacific 73 66 93 141 158 174 65.9 70.5 65.2
Asian 29 23 49 168 159 206 85.3 87.4 80.8
MELAA 7 13 12 33 23 45 82.5 63.9 78.9
Other 3 5 6 49 26 17 94.2 83.9 73.9
European/Pākehā 481 477 540 1,528 1,583 1,524 76.1 76.8 73.8
Regional Total 779 799 917 2,125 2,156 2,136 73.2 73.0 70.0
New Zealand Total 15,350 15,763 16,125 48,873 48,540 51,286 76.1 75.5 76.1

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.