School leavers with at least NCEA level 3 or equivalent in the Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Including university entrance award, by ethnic group, 2023, % of students leaving school

The following information applies to all values in the table. Year: 2023, Region: Canterbury Region, Gender: Total, Highest school qualification: NCEA level 3 or above (including a UE Award) (%)
Ethnic group	% of students leaving school
Māori	33.4%
Pacific Peoples	42.2%
Asian	66.6%
MELAA	53.9%
Other	50%
European/Pākehā	54.5%

Definitions

NCEA: New Zealand's National Certificates of Educational Achievement (NCEA) are national qualifications for senior secondary school students.

Data calculation/treatment

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education's ENROL system, while highest school qualification is obtained from schools and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
Data presented here is for school leavers with NCEA Level 3 and above (including University Entrance Award).
Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.

For more information

https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/about-ncea/#e1158_heading1

Exclusions

International fee-paying students are excluded.

Data provided by

Ministry of Education

Dataset name

Know Your Region: School Qualifications - School leavers with at least NCEA level 3 or equivalent by ethnic group and gender, by Region 2021-23

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/know-your-region

How to find the data

To find specific regional data, select the region of your choice, then select School Qualifications > NCEA Level 3.
The Ministry provided Figure.NZ with a raw extract of all regions in January 2025.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Know Your Region: School Qualifications - School leavers with at least NCEA level 3 or equivalent by ethnic group and gender, by Region 2021-23

From the dataset Know Your Region: School Qualifications - School leavers with at least NCEA level 3 or equivalent by ethnic group and gender, by Region 2021-23, this data was extracted:

Rows: 2-171
Columns: 3-11
Provided: 1,377 data points

This data forms the table Education - School leavers with at least NCEA level 3 or equivalent by ethnic group and gender, by region 2021–2023.

Dataset originally released on:

January 2025

School leavers with at least NCEA level 3 or equivalent in the Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Including university entrance award, by ethnic group, 2023, % of students leaving school

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