Porirua City

School Qualifications: NCEA level 1

A formal school qualification is a measure of the extent to which young adults have completed a basic prerequisite for higher education and training, and many entry-level jobs.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education's ENROL system, while highest school qualification is obtained from schools and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Data presented here is for school leavers with NCEA Level 1 and above, level 2 and above and level 3 and above (including a UE Award).

Identical information is available for other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above. For territorial authorities in other regions first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above. Alternatively a large amount of school leaver data is available from our statistical pages. See School Leavers.

School leavers with at least NCEA level 1 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2023-2025)
Group Below NCEA level 1 NCEA level 1 or above Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 35 46 35 221 246 291 86.3 84.2 89.3
Male 54 47 53 212 231 239 79.7 83.1 81.8
Māori 52 50 49 141 138 163 73.1 73.4 76.9
Pacific 36 41 32 167 179 191 82.3 81.4 85.7
Asian 2 4 7 36 55 56 94.7 93.2 88.9
MELAA 1 5 x 9 18 x 90.0 78.3 x
Other 0 0 x 6 5 x 100.0 100.0 x
European/Pākehā 28 26 34 183 215 251 86.7 89.2 88.1
Territorial Total 89 93 88 433 477 530 83.0 83.7 85.8
New Zealand Total 9,665 10,046 10,496 54,266 56,224 60,290 84.9 84.8 85.2

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed. 'na' = not applicable.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.