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Schooling - Student roll by territorial authority 1996–2024

Ministry of Education

Limitations of the data

Schools can and do make amendments to their roll data outside of a collection period if they notice mistakes that affect their funding entitlements, often brought about by audit visits. These changes will not be reflected in the roll data that has been published.

Inclusions

Included school types are: Full Primary, Secondary, Intermediate, Composite, Restricted Composite, Correspondence School, Special School, Contributing, Teen Parent Unit.

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

School Roll Returns: Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 2024

Webpage:

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/student-numbers/6028

How to find the data

At URL download Excel spreadsheet titled 'Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 1996-2024'.
Figure.NZ edited the file for processing purposes.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: School Roll Returns: Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 2024

From the dataset School Roll Returns: Time Series Data for Trend Analysis 2024, this data was extracted:

  • Sheet: Territorial Authority - Board
  • Range: B4:AD93
  • Provided: 2,001 data points

Dataset originally released on:

November 2024

About this dataset

The Ministry of Education carries out statistical collections (roll returns) from New Zealand schools at different times during the year.
The data reported here is based on the 1 July roll returns since it provides detailed information on age and ethnicity for trend analysis.

Purpose of collection

The Ministry uses the collected 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.