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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 (2016-2018)
Group Below NCEA level 1 NCEA level 1 or above Percentage with NCEA level 1 or above
2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018
Female 36 34 27 1,178 1,194 1,186 97.0 97.2 97.8
Male 80 68 84 1,217 1,341 1,365 93.8 95.2 94.2
Māori 23 18 21 193 217 216 89.4 92.3 91.1
Pacific 18 13 23 195 245 236 91.5 95.0 91.1
Asian 21 23 17 871 882 956 97.6 97.5 98.3
MELAA 10 15 10 107 99 140 91.5 86.8 93.3
Other 0 1 1 20 21 16 100.0 95.5 94.1
European/Pākehā 65 46 56 1,172 1,294 1,226 94.7 96.6 95.6
Territorial Total 116 102 111 2,395 2,535 2,551 95.4 96.1 95.8
New Zealand Total 6,150 6,418 7,033 54,368 56,524 55,852 89.8 89.8 88.8

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.