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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 (2016-2018)
Group Left before 17th birthday Stayed until at least 17th birthday Percentage staying until at least 17th birthday
2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018
Female 47 43 56 148 171 162 75.9 79.9 74.3
Male 39 49 49 147 164 176 79.0 77.0 78.2
Māori 51 50 62 98 118 121 65.8 70.2 66.1
Pacific 3 2 4 2 12 18 40.0 85.7 81.8
Asian 0 1 3 8 16 20 100.0 94.1 87.0
MELAA x 1 x x 6 x x 85.7 x
Other x 2 x x 3 x x 60.0 x
European/Pākehā 39 50 56 197 211 213 83.5 80.8 79.2
Territorial Total 86 92 105 295 335 338 77.4 78.5 76.3
New Zealand Total 9,397 10,149 10,843 51,121 52,793 52,042 84.5 83.9 82.8

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.