Waikato District

Retention

Completion of upper secondary education is associated with a range of economic and social benefits both in New Zealand and across the OECD. Retention to senior secondary schooling is linked to higher levels of skills and knowledge required for participation in our increasingly knowledge-based society and the wider global community.

The retention data presented here is calculated from school leaver data, that is, it is the age that a school leaver completed their schooling. The Ministry convention is to consider the proportion of students that remain at school until at least their 17th birthday; this is a year after compulsory education and the average age for a student completing their upper secondary qualifications.

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Percentage of school leavers staying at school until at least their 17th birthday (2023-2025)
Group Left before 17th birthday Stayed until at least 17th birthday Percentage staying until at least 17th birthday
2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025 2023 2024 2025
Female 85 52 78 134 156 174 61.2 75.0 69.0
Male 116 116 93 132 142 173 53.2 55.0 65.0
Māori 117 108 106 123 144 162 51.3 57.1 60.4
Pacific 15 17 16 14 27 43 48.3 61.4 72.9
Asian 11 5 5 20 30 38 64.5 85.7 88.4
MELAA x 0 0 x 9 5 x 100.0 100.0
Other x 1 2 x 4 4 x 80.0 66.7
European/Pākehā 104 93 94 148 152 178 58.7 62.0 65.4
Territorial Total 201 168 171 266 298 347 57.0 63.9 67.0
New Zealand Total 12,995 12,336 12,029 50,936 53,934 58,757 79.7 81.4 83.0

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.