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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 (2017-2019)
Group Below NCEA level 1 NCEA level 1 or above Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above
2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019
Female 13 18 15 146 202 170 91.8 91.8 91.9
Male 18 31 31 181 201 208 91.0 86.6 87.0
Māori 12 11 19 69 99 80 85.2 90.0 80.8
Pacific 4 1 2 17 22 31 81.0 95.7 93.9
Asian 0 2 0 9 9 11 100.0 81.8 100.0
MELAA 0 0 x 5 6 x 100.0 100.0 x
Other 0 2 x 5 3 x 100.0 60.0 x
European/Pākehā 25 41 33 272 336 309 91.6 89.1 90.4
Territorial Total 31 49 46 327 403 378 91.3 89.2 89.2
New Zealand Total 6,289 6,468 7,480 56,366 54,829 54,226 90.0 89.4 87.9

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.

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