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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.

Rolls by ethnic group and gender, as at 1 July (2016-2020)
Group Gender 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Māori Female 7,654 7,835 7,991 8,058 8,174
Māori Male 8,038 8,179 8,246 8,326 8,489
Māori Total 15,692 16,014 16,237 16,384 16,663
Pacific Female 301 356 346 346 367
Pacific Male 341 377 377 376 379
Pacific Total 642 733 723 722 746
Asian Female 372 406 441 453 489
Asian Male 389 415 464 500 538
Asian Total 761 821 905 953 1,027
Other Female 189 186 200 235 251
Other Male 166 198 214 235 252
Other Total 355 384 414 470 503
European/Pākehā Female 6,089 6,096 6,113 6,087 6,086
European/Pākehā Male 6,255 6,235 6,258 6,146 6,123
European/Pākehā Total 12,344 12,331 12,371 12,233 12,209
International Female 67 82 74 92 69
International Male 42 40 45 64 61
International Total 109 122 119 156 130
Total Female 14,672 14,961 15,165 15,271 15,436
Total Male 15,231 15,444 15,604 15,647 15,842
Total Total 29,903 30,405 30,769 30,918 31,278

Note:

  1. Ethnicity is prioritised. MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) students are included with ‘Other’.

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