Hawke's Bay 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 (2023-2025)
Group Below NCEA level 3 NCEA level 3 or above Percentage with NCEA level 3 or above
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 439 407 420 579 654 744 56.9 61.6 63.9
Male 620 594 581 503 535 622 44.8 47.4 51.7
Māori 530 504 515 309 330 399 36.8 39.6 43.7
Pacific 104 87 89 74 62 94 41.6 41.6 51.4
Asian 39 34 44 84 103 127 68.3 75.2 74.3
MELAA 8 7 15 12 15 16 60.0 68.2 51.6
Other 8 11 2 2 12 17 20.0 52.2 89.5
European/Pākehā 629 585 595 794 864 981 55.8 59.6 62.2
Regional Total 1,059 1,001 1,001 1,082 1,189 1,366 50.5 54.3 57.7
New Zealand Total 29,965 28,954 29,010 33,966 37,316 41,776 53.1 56.3 59.0

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.