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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 8,372 8,434 8,523 8,581 8,710
Māori Male 8,755 8,844 8,999 9,152 9,153
Māori Total 17,127 17,278 17,522 17,733 17,863
Pacific Female 3,958 3,977 3,920 3,925 3,921
Pacific Male 4,004 4,014 4,050 3,990 3,990
Pacific Total 7,962 7,991 7,970 7,915 7,911
Asian Female 4,531 4,833 5,080 5,327 5,524
Asian Male 4,747 4,983 5,203 5,501 5,701
Asian Total 9,278 9,816 10,283 10,828 11,225
Other Female 1,325 1,425 1,523 1,630 1,678
Other Male 1,381 1,492 1,648 1,789 1,821
Other Total 2,706 2,917 3,171 3,419 3,499
European/Pākehā Female 21,637 21,466 21,168 20,936 20,483
European/Pākehā Male 22,519 22,418 22,086 21,740 21,350
European/Pākehā Total 44,156 43,884 43,254 42,676 41,833
International Female 386 389 442 371 176
International Male 433 441 452 362 191
International Total 819 830 894 733 367
Total Female 40,209 40,524 40,656 40,770 40,492
Total Male 41,839 42,192 42,438 42,534 42,206
Total Total 82,048 82,716 83,094 83,304 82,698

Note:

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

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