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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 184 203 219 232 249
Māori Male 222 229 233 248 264
Māori Total 406 432 452 480 513
Pacific Female 30 36 40 42 44
Pacific Male 30 30 29 28 29
Pacific Total 60 66 69 70 73
Asian Female 172 191 215 204 223
Asian Male 191 210 229 230 249
Asian Total 363 401 444 434 472
Other Female 102 125 119 114 131
Other Male 75 107 136 145 152
Other Total 177 232 255 259 283
European/Pākehā Female 1,956 1,991 2,111 2,134 2,164
European/Pākehā Male 1,930 2,040 2,102 2,183 2,276
European/Pākehā Total 3,886 4,031 4,213 4,317 4,440
International Female 26 27 42 36 20
International Male 44 41 41 42 23
International Total 70 68 83 78 43
Total Female 2,470 2,573 2,746 2,762 2,831
Total Male 2,492 2,657 2,770 2,876 2,993
Total Total 4,962 5,230 5,516 5,638 5,824

Note:

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

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