Napier 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 (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 165 184 179 251 300 355 60.3 62.0 66.5
Male 238 240 200 175 195 231 42.4 44.8 53.6
Māori 194 181 180 109 130 163 36.0 41.8 47.5
Pacific 22 23 24 23 19 33 51.1 45.2 57.9
Asian 13 18 13 33 42 57 71.7 70.0 81.4
MELAA x 4 8 x 3 7 x 42.9 46.7
Other x 3 2 x 7 4 x 70.0 66.7
European/Pākehā 274 307 269 339 394 453 55.3 56.2 62.7
Territorial Total 403 424 379 426 495 586 51.4 53.9 60.7
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.