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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 (2016-2018)
Group Below NCEA level 2 NCEA level 2 or above Percentage with NCEA level 2 or above
2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018
Female 85 73 84 1,129 1,155 1,129 93.0 94.1 93.1
Male 173 155 166 1,124 1,254 1,283 86.7 89.0 88.5
Māori 52 40 35 164 195 202 75.9 83.0 85.2
Pacific 33 35 45 180 223 214 84.5 86.4 82.6
Asian 38 54 55 854 851 918 95.7 94.0 94.3
MELAA 20 21 17 97 93 133 82.9 81.6 88.7
Other 2 2 3 18 20 14 90.0 90.9 82.4
European/Pākehā 148 113 127 1,089 1,227 1,155 88.0 91.6 90.1
Territorial Total 258 228 250 2,253 2,409 2,412 89.7 91.4 90.6
New Zealand Total 11,567 11,908 12,936 48,951 51,034 49,949 80.9 81.1 79.4

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.