Data notes
- This is national data for primary and secondary schools in New Zealand.
- The data shows averages across all schools for each day from 8th February to 27th May 2022.
- Not all schools submit attendance reports each week.
- We are looking into historical data for previous years, but the published data is incomplete. It appears that the average attendance was 91% from 2011-2016, 90% from 2017-2018, 88% in 2020, and 89% in 2021.
Data table with decimals
| On-site | Off-site | On-site + Off-site | Absent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | 76.0% | 9.1% | 85.1% | 14.9% |
| Term 2 | 83.6% | 3.0% | 86.6% | 13.4% |
| OVERALL | 78.3% | 7.3% | 85.6% | 14.4% |
…
How do we increase school attendance?
…
Have your say
…
Other notes:
- From the Ministry of Education:
- A student is counted as present on-site if they are on-site at any time during a day.
- Similarly, a student is counted as off-site (learning at home) if they are recorded as learning at home at any time during a day.
- If a student attends school for part of the day and learns from home the rest of the day, that student is counted in each category: once for attending on-site and once for learning at home. [Note from theFacts: this will inflate attendance levels slightly]
- Students are not included as learning at home if:
- they are unwell
- they are absent due to parent concerns about the risk of contracting COVID-19, or
- the absence is unexplained
- Additional notes from the Ministry of Education can be found in the data source pages below.
- All numbers are provisional and subject to revision.
Thank you to the Factors who helped pull this together.
…
SOURCE:
https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/__data/assets/excel_doc/0018/213138/Schools-data-2022.xlsx
Data published by The Ministry of Education
(c) Crown Copyright
Licensed for use under the creative commons attribution licence (BY) 4.0
…
Did we make a mistake, or have you got smarter data? Let us know.
