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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 4,350 4,490 4,614 4,753 4,916
Māori Male 4,490 4,646 4,801 4,913 5,086
Māori Total 8,840 9,136 9,415 9,666 10,002
Pacific Female 1,434 1,479 1,473 1,510 1,564
Pacific Male 1,577 1,603 1,624 1,639 1,698
Pacific Total 3,011 3,082 3,097 3,149 3,262
Asian Female 3,720 4,166 4,487 4,777 4,945
Asian Male 3,718 4,135 4,504 4,759 4,988
Asian Total 7,438 8,301 8,991 9,536 9,933
Other Female 795 843 914 1,047 1,103
Other Male 869 934 986 1,098 1,128
Other Total 1,664 1,777 1,900 2,145 2,231
European/Pākehā Female 18,835 18,531 18,291 17,981 17,601
European/Pākehā Male 19,299 19,036 18,626 18,497 18,200
European/Pākehā Total 38,134 37,567 36,917 36,478 35,801
International Female 403 476 485 422 239
International Male 426 476 548 456 287
International Total 829 952 1,033 878 526
Total Female 29,537 29,985 30,264 30,490 30,368
Total Male 30,379 30,830 31,089 31,362 31,387
Total Total 59,916 60,815 61,353 61,852 61,755

Note:

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

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