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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 2,158 2,168 2,191 2,157 2,171
Māori Male 2,269 2,152 2,215 2,211 2,229
Māori Total 4,427 4,320 4,406 4,368 4,400
Pacific Female 24 29 25 28 28
Pacific Male 23 24 28 25 26
Pacific Total 47 53 53 53 54
Asian Female 67 76 90 106 108
Asian Male 82 86 81 95 103
Asian Total 149 162 171 201 211
Other Female 19 22 36 44 55
Other Male 31 29 37 47 52
Other Total 50 51 73 91 107
European/Pākehā Female 1,161 1,166 1,150 1,149 1,121
European/Pākehā Male 1,243 1,218 1,216 1,183 1,114
European/Pākehā Total 2,404 2,384 2,366 2,332 2,235
International Female 2 0 20 11 0
International Male 2 1 11 10 3
International Total 4 1 31 21 3
Total Female 3,431 3,461 3,512 3,495 3,483
Total Male 3,650 3,510 3,588 3,571 3,527
Total Total 7,081 6,971 7,100 7,066 7,010

Note:

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

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