Waikato 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 2,107 470 1,156 206 38 3,246 3 5,865
Age 06 2,494 565 1,289 303 43 3,749 3 6,872
Age 07 2,421 521 1,147 230 47 3,697 4 6,650
Age 08 2,495 594 1,187 263 52 3,882 4 6,986
Age 09 2,464 549 1,136 301 50 3,981 5 7,012
Age 10 2,417 555 1,166 273 55 3,981 10 7,035
Age 11 2,373 585 1,064 246 67 4,046 13 6,930
Age 12 2,506 538 1,103 256 92 4,064 12 7,115
Age 13 2,573 609 1,014 195 67 4,452 13 7,175
Age 14 2,500 566 1,041 165 74 4,465 42 7,088
Age 15 2,299 545 914 179 81 4,373 75 6,785
Age 16 1,874 483 848 126 63 3,969 132 6,105
Age 17 1,385 373 760 119 52 3,036 101 4,790
Age 18 217 81 239 34 10 496 46 973
Age 19+ 22 13 47 6 0 49 4 130
Total 30,147 7,047 14,111 2,902 791 51,486 467 87,511

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.