Wellington City

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 (2022-2024)
Group Below NCEA level 3 NCEA level 3 or above Percentage with NCEA level 3 or above
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Female 283 267 275 952 994 1,054 77.1 78.8 79.3
Male 391 382 374 868 836 939 68.9 68.6 71.5
Māori 149 159 159 163 191 236 52.2 54.6 59.7
Pacific 142 137 108 156 163 180 52.3 54.3 62.5
Asian 72 86 124 371 370 385 83.7 81.1 75.6
MELAA 37 32 43 55 63 73 59.8 66.3 62.9
Other 10 14 16 21 31 39 67.7 68.9 70.9
European/Pākehā 433 412 381 1,330 1,355 1,486 75.4 76.7 79.6
Territorial Total 674 649 649 1,820 1,830 1,993 73.0 73.8 75.4
New Zealand Total 30,204 30,328 30,014 34,019 33,975 37,397 53.0 52.8 55.5

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.