Manawatu-Wanganui 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 626 668 669 741 762 750 54.2 53.3 52.9
Male 943 949 992 594 576 642 38.6 37.8 39.3
Māori 705 743 764 364 347 379 34.1 31.8 33.2
Pacific 130 135 169 84 89 98 39.3 39.7 36.7
Asian 62 56 94 135 126 161 68.5 69.2 63.1
MELAA 16 18 22 24 18 35 60.0 50.0 61.4
Other 17 13 7 35 18 16 67.3 58.1 69.6
European/Pākehā 1,050 1,069 1,069 959 991 995 47.7 48.1 48.2
Regional Total 1,569 1,617 1,661 1,335 1,338 1,392 46.0 45.3 45.6
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.