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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 (2017-2021)
Group Gender 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Māori Female 1,770 1,834 1,900 1,944 1,977
Māori Male 1,941 2,003 2,041 2,067 2,110
Māori Total 3,711 3,837 3,941 4,011 4,087
Pacific Female 246 247 264 259 275
Pacific Male 254 257 282 299 290
Pacific Total 500 504 546 558 565
Asian Female 402 455 495 523 535
Asian Male 384 434 485 538 559
Asian Total 786 889 980 1,061 1,094
Other Female 96 117 133 167 151
Other Male 133 123 152 185 184
Other Total 229 240 285 352 335
European/Pākehā Female 5,559 5,482 5,450 5,418 5,314
European/Pākehā Male 5,787 5,684 5,674 5,532 5,446
European/Pākehā Total 11,346 11,166 11,124 10,950 10,760
International Female 52 64 58 40 18
International Male 49 54 64 47 21
International Total 101 118 122 87 39
Total Female 8,125 8,199 8,300 8,351 8,270
Total Male 8,548 8,555 8,698 8,668 8,610
Total Total 16,673 16,754 16,998 17,019 16,880

Note:

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

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