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Student Population: Trends

The Ministry uses school roll data in a number of ways: to fund and staff schools; to support policy analysis, development, and decision making; to monitor the outcomes of the New Zealand education system; and for national and international reporting purposes.

The roll data presented here is based on the 1 July roll returns.  The data includes gender, ethnic group, funding year level, and age.  A small amount of trend information is also available.

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 roll data is available from our statistical pages.  See July School Roll Returns.

Rolls by ethnic group and gender, as at 1 July (2016-2020)
Ethnic group Gender 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Māori Female 3,322 3,447 3,504 3,552 3,610
Māori Male 3,436 3,542 3,629 3,664 3,715
Māori Total 6,758 6,989 7,133 7,216 7,325
Pacific Female 161 185 200 195 219
Pacific Male 183 202 204 220 218
Pacific Total 344 387 404 415 437
Asian Female 263 285 314 314 345
Asian Male 263 285 333 353 383
Asian Total 526 570 647 667 728
Other Female 124 117 128 159 165
Other Male 107 124 134 153 161
Other Total 231 241 262 312 326
European/Pākehā Female 3,793 3,787 3,791 3,744 3,739
European/Pākehā Male 3,759 3,733 3,748 3,739 3,747
European/Pākehā Total 7,552 7,520 7,539 7,483 7,486
International Female 42 52 53 53 30
International Male 31 29 30 26 29
International Total 73 81 83 79 59
Total Female 7,705 7,873 7,990 8,017 8,108
Total Male 7,779 7,915 8,078 8,155 8,253
Total Total 15,484 15,788 16,068 16,172 16,361

Note:

  1. Ethnicity is prioritised. MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) students are included with ‘Other’.

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