Schools in New Zealand by sector

As at July 2024, number of schools

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year as at 1 July: 2024
Sector	Number of schools
Primary	1,930
Composite	193
Secondary	374
Specialist	36

Data calculation/treatment

Figures are as at 1 July.

Changes to data collection/processing

Decile was replaced with the Equity Index for funding purposes in 2023. 2022 is the last year when Decile is used for reporting purposes.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Number of Schools: Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 2024

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/number-of-schools

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 1996-2024' from the 'Time Series Data' section.
Figure.NZ edited the file for processing purposes.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Number of Schools: Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 2024

From the dataset Number of Schools: Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 2024, this data was extracted:

Sheet: Sector
Range: B4:AD8
Provided: 145 data points

This data forms the table Schooling - Number of schools by sector 1996–2024.

Dataset originally released on:

November 2024

About this dataset

This dataset provides time series data on the number of state, state-integrated and private schools in New Zealand.

Schools in New Zealand by sector

As at July 2024, number of schools

About this data

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