Tauranga City

School Qualifications: NCEA level 2

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 2 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2022-2024)
Group Below NCEA level 2 NCEA level 2 or above Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 189 198 197 800 822 817 80.9 80.6 80.6
Male 253 266 260 831 821 872 76.7 75.5 77.0
Māori 211 232 213 401 415 431 65.5 64.1 66.9
Pacific 31 32 41 60 81 68 65.9 71.7 62.4
Asian 15 26 22 150 152 183 90.9 85.4 89.3
MELAA 4 3 9 36 29 39 90.0 90.6 81.3
Other 50 19 16 128 177 131 71.9 90.3 89.1
European/Pākehā 259 253 304 1,189 1,111 1,140 82.1 81.5 78.9
Territorial Total 442 464 457 1,631 1,643 1,689 78.7 78.0 78.7
New Zealand Total 15,350 15,763 16,125 48,873 48,540 51,286 76.1 75.5 76.1

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.