Otago Region

Student Population: Age

The Ministry uses school roll data in a number of ways: to fund and staff schools; to support policy analysis, development, and decision making; to monitor the outcomes of the New Zealand education system; and for national and international reporting purposes.

The roll data presented here is based on the 1 July roll returns.  The data includes gender, ethnic group, funding year level, and age.  A small amount of trend information is also available.

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 roll data is available from our statistical pages.  See July School Roll Returns.

Roll by age and ethnic group, as at 1 July 2025
Age Māori Pacific Asian MELAA Other European/
Pākehā		 International
students		 Total
Age 05 387 158 330 75 33 1,685 1 2,270
Age 06 381 172 337 96 35 1,846 2 2,437
Age 07 433 177 348 107 35 1,992 0 2,628
Age 08 369 172 346 90 48 1,929 4 2,529
Age 09 395 155 329 105 43 2,020 3 2,616
Age 10 392 163 307 89 39 2,008 5 2,617
Age 11 431 185 276 91 43 2,123 3 2,683
Age 12 459 169 318 97 68 2,244 7 2,864
Age 13 471 175 259 97 40 2,238 11 2,763
Age 14 449 166 292 84 41 2,392 12 2,899
Age 15 448 164 256 90 26 2,334 45 2,855
Age 16 387 142 244 76 29 2,047 91 2,601
Age 17 305 113 229 50 25 1,703 55 2,197
Age 18 45 29 73 29 6 377 21 531
Age 19+ 6 6 26 10 1 40 3 82
Total 5,358 2,146 3,970 1,186 512 26,978 263 34,572

Notes:

  1. 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.
  2. MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) students.