Southland Region

School Qualifications: NCEA Level 3

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 3 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2022-2024)
Group Below NCEA level 3 NCEA level 3 or above Percentage with NCEA level 3 or above
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 253 273 249 320 304 310 55.8 52.7 55.5
Male 416 400 449 225 204 250 35.1 33.8 35.8
Māori 179 215 223 105 85 116 37.0 28.3 34.2
Pacific 36 34 41 16 29 14 30.8 46.0 25.5
Asian 23 27 33 50 48 72 68.5 64.0 68.6
MELAA 11 12 x 14 3 x 56.0 20.0 x
Other 6 2 x 2 4 x 25.0 66.7 x
European/Pākehā 531 508 521 435 422 423 45.0 45.4 44.8
Regional Total 669 673 698 545 508 560 44.9 43.0 44.5
New Zealand Total 30,204 30,328 30,014 34,019 33,975 37,397 53.0 52.8 55.5

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.