Whanganui District

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 60 78 65 226 224 213 79.0 74.2 76.6
Male 86 70 77 218 213 215 71.7 75.3 73.6
Māori 84 85 74 161 143 145 65.7 62.7 66.2
Pacific 11 8 10 21 20 34 65.6 71.4 77.3
Asian 3 3 3 24 24 26 88.9 88.9 89.7
MELAA x x x x x x x x x
Other x x x x x x x x x
European/Pākehā 94 98 89 333 322 313 78.0 76.7 77.9
Territorial Total 146 148 142 444 437 428 75.3 74.7 75.1
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.