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

2013–2023, % of students leaving school

The following information applies to all values in the table. Ethnic group: European/Pākehā, Unit: Percentage, Measure: School leavers staying on at school to age 17
Year	% of school leavers
2013	86.5%
2014	86%
2015	86.8%
2016	86.3%
2017	85.6%
2018	85.2%
2019	84.3%
2020	85%
2021	82.8%
2022	80.3%
2023	79.3%

Notes

For this indicator European/Pākehā refers to people who affiliate as New Zealand European, Other European or European (not further defined).
MELAA stands for Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
Students who identified in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group.

Definitions

Retention Rate: Percentage of students staying on at school to age 17.
School leavers: School leavers in 2023 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 2023 and the last day of February 2024 (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 2023 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 2024 but leave before 1 March 2024 are counted with 2023 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.