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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 638 698 731 768 802
Māori Male 699 736 753 778 786
Māori Total 1,337 1,434 1,484 1,546 1,588
Pacific Female 147 147 151 140 145
Pacific Male 159 155 152 167 186
Pacific Total 306 302 303 307 331
Asian Female 95 117 130 163 175
Asian Male 119 129 140 157 159
Asian Total 214 246 270 320 334
Other Female 64 75 85 113 136
Other Male 70 72 70 86 102
Other Total 134 147 155 199 238
European/Pākehā Female 2,299 2,273 2,248 2,234 2,158
European/Pākehā Male 2,370 2,332 2,283 2,265 2,237
European/Pākehā Total 4,669 4,605 4,531 4,499 4,395
International Female 17 14 14 11 15
International Male 11 5 5 9 5
International Total 28 19 19 20 20
Total Female 3,260 3,324 3,359 3,429 3,431
Total Male 3,428 3,429 3,403 3,462 3,475
Total Total 6,688 6,753 6,762 6,891 6,906

Note:

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

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