Manawatu-Wanganui 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 1,144 259 374 75 10 1,795 0 2,872
Age 06 1,221 242 407 69 23 1,964 2 3,167
Age 07 1,280 266 436 74 25 1,981 0 3,286
Age 08 1,185 247 373 74 23 2,000 0 3,215
Age 09 1,210 266 412 82 19 1,988 0 3,254
Age 10 1,177 270 396 71 25 2,045 0 3,274
Age 11 1,180 289 390 77 36 2,065 1 3,300
Age 12 1,295 272 378 73 40 2,125 5 3,427
Age 13 1,246 323 340 84 28 2,263 11 3,351
Age 14 1,312 329 315 55 23 2,303 17 3,416
Age 15 1,175 283 291 63 28 2,316 41 3,288
Age 16 925 278 281 44 21 2,006 88 2,896
Age 17 716 187 232 43 20 1,586 67 2,326
Age 18 95 52 88 12 4 259 19 465
Age 19+ 33 11 20 2 1 62 6 114
Total 15,194 3,574 4,733 898 326 26,758 257 41,651

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.