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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 539 555 566 554 590
Māori Male 572 586 598 615 664
Māori Total 1,111 1,141 1,164 1,169 1,254
Pacific Female 61 68 73 75 82
Pacific Male 71 63 72 90 84
Pacific Total 132 131 145 165 166
Asian Female 112 122 144 146 167
Asian Male 106 113 137 155 166
Asian Total 218 235 281 301 333
Other Female 44 52 60 78 83
Other Male 48 53 57 72 98
Other Total 92 105 117 150 181
European/Pākehā Female 3,225 3,212 3,174 3,112 3,008
European/Pākehā Male 3,290 3,264 3,308 3,256 3,199
European/Pākehā Total 6,515 6,476 6,482 6,368 6,207
International Female 59 63 59 56 13
International Male 34 42 58 37 13
International Total 93 105 117 93 26
Total Female 4,040 4,072 4,076 4,021 3,943
Total Male 4,121 4,121 4,230 4,225 4,224
Total Total 8,161 8,193 8,306 8,246 8,167

Note:

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

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