Hastings District

School Qualifications: NCEA level 3

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 3 or equivalent by gender and ethnic group (2023-2025)
Group Below NCEA level 3 NCEA level 3 or above Percentage with NCEA level 3 or above
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 209 164 192 295 309 339 58.5 65.3 63.8
Male 311 265 303 289 296 335 48.2 52.8 52.5
Māori 242 216 250 169 145 174 41.1 40.2 41.0
Pacific 79 57 62 49 38 56 38.3 40.0 47.5
Asian 23 16 26 47 53 64 67.1 76.8 71.1
MELAA x 2 6 x 11 9 x 84.6 60.0
Other x 7 0 x 5 11 x 41.7 100.0
European/Pākehā 287 218 265 411 433 470 58.9 66.5 63.9
Territorial Total 520 429 495 584 605 674 52.9 58.5 57.7
New Zealand Total 29,965 28,954 29,010 33,966 37,316 41,776 53.1 56.3 59.0

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.