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Student Population: Trends

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 ethnic group and gender, as at 1 July (2021 to 2025)
Group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Māori 5,080 5,133 5,215 5,292 5,358
Pacific 1,671 1,724 1,869 2,040 2,146
Asian 2,328 2,454 2,897 3,519 3,970
MELAA 959 890 1,055 1,174 1,186
Other 496 475 459 493 512
European/Pākehā 27,280 27,200 27,243 27,200 26,978
International 180 102 224 282 263
Female 16,077 16,001 16,319 16,691 16,735
Male 17,265 16,981 17,346 17,699 17,826
Another gender/not stated n/a n/a 26 18 11
Total 33,342 32,982 33,691 34,408 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.
  3. 'n/a' = not applicable as Another gender/not stated was not collected prior to 2023.
  4. 'x' = less than 5 students in Another gender/not stated, or if left unmasked the data may lead to deducing other masked values.

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