School leavers staying on at school until age 17 in New Zealand

By gender, 2011–2021, % of school leavers

The following information applies to all values in the table. Unit: Percentage, Measure: School leavers staying on at school to age 17
Year	Gender	% of school leavers
2011	Female	84.6%
2012	Female	86%
2013	Female	87.3%
2014	Female	87.4%
2015	Female	88.1%
2016	Female	87.7%
2017	Female	87.1%
2018	Female	87.5%
2019	Female	86.4%
2020	Female	86.8%
2021	Female	84.4%
2011	Male	77.9%
2012	Male	80%
2013	Male	81.3%
2014	Male	81.5%
2015	Male	82.1%
2016	Male	81.6%
2017	Male	81.4%
2018	Male	80.6%
2019	Male	79.8%
2020	Male	81.3%
2021	Male	78.5%

Notes

Definitions

Retention Rate: Percentage of students staying on at school to age 17.
School leavers: School leavers in 2021 are students that permanently left school to enter the workforce and/or undertake further education and training outside of the compulsory schooling system sometime between 1 March 2021 and the last day of February 2022 (inclusive). School leavers are identified using ENROL.

Inclusions

Domestic students who were aged less than 19 in their first enrolment in ENROL; including alternative education students, students 16 or over on 1 March 2021 and students attending teen parent units.
Students with leave reason; 'end of schooling' or 'early leaving exemption'
Students with leave reason 'transferred to another school in New Zealand' or 'transferred to home schooling' but did not re-enrol in another school according to ENROL
Students with leave reason 'gone overseas permanently', who meet the age criteria
Students who attend for a period of time at the start of 2020 but leave before 1 March 2021 are counted with 2020 leavers.

Exclusions

Returning adult students (aged 19 or more) with a year gap in their attendance
Exchange and International fee-paying students
Students who successfully transferred to another school in New Zealand or to home schooling
Deceased students.