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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 528 539 555 566 554
Māori Male 541 572 586 598 615
Māori Total 1,069 1,111 1,141 1,164 1,169
Pacific Female 57 61 68 73 75
Pacific Male 66 71 63 72 90
Pacific Total 123 132 131 145 165
Asian Female 99 112 122 144 146
Asian Male 110 106 113 137 155
Asian Total 209 218 235 281 301
Other Female 51 44 52 60 78
Other Male 44 48 53 57 72
Other Total 95 92 105 117 150
European/Pākehā Female 3,147 3,225 3,212 3,174 3,112
European/Pākehā Male 3,265 3,290 3,264 3,308 3,256
European/Pākehā Total 6,412 6,515 6,476 6,482 6,368
International Female 59 59 63 59 56
International Male 30 34 42 58 37
International Total 89 93 105 117 93
Total Female 3,941 4,040 4,072 4,076 4,021
Total Male 4,056 4,121 4,121 4,230 4,225
Total Total 7,997 8,161 8,193 8,306 8,246

Note:

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

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