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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 (2017-2021)
Ethnic group Gender 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Māori Female 1,309 1,331 1,376 1,362 1,414
Māori Male 1,410 1,442 1,502 1,489 1,502
Māori Total 2,719 2,773 2,878 2,851 2,916
Pacific Female 46 48 53 56 62
Pacific Male 66 71 86 76 73
Pacific Total 112 119 139 132 135
Asian Female 115 124 136 134 142
Asian Male 126 133 126 149 157
Asian Total 241 257 262 283 299
Other Female 30 53 56 68 71
Other Male 42 57 69 66 69
Other Total 72 110 125 134 140
European/Pākehā Female 1,461 1,482 1,461 1,468 1,468
European/Pākehā Male 1,557 1,541 1,471 1,483 1,483
European/Pākehā Total 3,018 3,023 2,932 2,951 2,951
International Female 14 11 22 23 6
International Male 17 16 19 16 4
International Total 31 27 41 39 10
Total Female 2,975 3,049 3,104 3,111 3,163
Total Male 3,218 3,260 3,273 3,279 3,288
Total Total 6,193 6,309 6,377 6,390 6,451

Note:

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

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