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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 3,738 3,665 3,667 3,685 3,800
Māori Male 3,869 3,860 3,965 3,995 4,126
Māori Total 7,607 7,525 7,632 7,680 7,926
Pacific Female 218 211 214 226 215
Pacific Male 224 222 211 217 218
Pacific Total 442 433 425 443 433
Asian Female 401 413 441 483 467
Asian Male 411 456 486 500 501
Asian Total 812 869 927 983 968
Other Female 78 83 96 107 100
Other Male 122 128 113 135 122
Other Total 200 211 209 242 222
European/Pākehā Female 2,210 2,161 2,096 2,067 2,028
European/Pākehā Male 2,437 2,325 2,265 2,285 2,280
European/Pākehā Total 4,647 4,486 4,361 4,352 4,308
International Female 97 55 40 45 21
International Male 139 83 60 71 38
International Total 236 138 100 116 59
Total Female 6,742 6,588 6,554 6,613 6,631
Total Male 7,202 7,074 7,100 7,203 7,285
Total Total 13,944 13,662 13,654 13,816 13,916

Note:

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

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