Key data notes
- The graph uses all available Term 2 data published to date = 2nd May to 3rd June 2022
- The data is aggregated across each demographic variable
- Not all schools submit attendance reports each week.
- We are looking into historical data for previous years. It appears that the average absenteeism was 9% from 2011-2016, 10% from 2017-2018, 12% in 2020, and 11% in 2021. It is currently 14%.
Full data table
| On-site | Off-site | Present (On-site + Off-site) | Absent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVERALL | 82.8% | 3.1% | 86.0% | 14.0% |
| South Island | 83.6% | 3.8% | 87.3% | 12.7% |
| North Island | 82.6% | 2.9% | 85.6% | 14.4% |
| Canterbury and Chatham Islands | 84.2% | 3.9% | 88.1% | 11.9% |
| Wellington | 84.6% | 2.9% | 87.5% | 12.5% |
| Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast | 82.7% | 4.0% | 86.7% | 13.3% |
| Otago, Southland | 82.9% | 3.6% | 86.5% | 13.5% |
| Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu | 83.3% | 2.8% | 86.1% | 13.9% |
| Auckland | 82.6% | 3.3% | 85.9% | 14.1% |
| Bay of Plenty, Waiariki | 83.1% | 1.7% | 84.8% | 15.2% |
| Waikato | 81.8% | 3.0% | 84.8% | 15.2% |
| Hawke’s Bay, Tairawhiti | 80.5% | 3.3% | 83.8% | 16.2% |
| Tai Tokerau (Northland) | 79.8% | 2.5% | 82.3% | 17.7% |
| Decile 10 | 85.9% | 3.8% | 89.6% | 10.4% |
| Decile 9 | 85.6% | 3.3% | 88.9% | 11.1% |
| Decile 8 | 84.9% | 3.5% | 88.4% | 11.6% |
| Decile 7 | 83.9% | 3.4% | 87.3% | 12.7% |
| Decile 6 | 82.6% | 4.1% | 86.7% | 13.3% |
| Decile 5 | 83.2% | 2.5% | 85.8% | 14.2% |
| Decile 4 | 81.8% | 3.6% | 85.5% | 14.5% |
| Decile 3 | 79.8% | 2.3% | 82.2% | 17.8% |
| Decile 2 | 78.8% | 2.1% | 80.8% | 19.2% |
| Decile 1 | 76.2% | 1.6% | 77.9% | 22.1% |
| Asian | 86.5% | 3.1% | 89.6% | 10.4% |
| European/Pākehā | 84.0% | 3.5% | 87.4% | 12.6% |
| Pacific | 79.2% | 2.3% | 81.5% | 18.5% |
| Māori | 78.3% | 2.6% | 80.9% | 19.1% |
| Māori Students in English Medium Education | 78.5% | 5.8% | 84.4% | 15.6% |
| Māori Students in Mixed Medium Education | 77.7% | 3.0% | 80.7% | 19.3% |
| Māori Students in Māori Medium Education | 75.4% | 3.6% | 79.1% | 20.9% |
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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
- Māori Medium Education means Māori Medium schools where all students are recorded as enrolled in Māori-medium education (ie, they are taught in the Māori language for at least 51 percent of the time).
- English Medium Education in this data table means English Medium schools where all students are recorded as enrolled in English-medium education.
- Mixed Medium Education includes 3 types of schools:
- School with Māori medium education is a school where some students do Māori medium education and the rest do no Māori language in education.
- Mixed Māori Language in Education School is a school where all students are either involved in Māori medium education or Māori language in English medium education.
- School with Mixed Māori Language in Education School is a school where some students do Maori medium education, some do Māori language in English medium education and some do no Māori language in education.
- 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.
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SOURCE:
https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/attendance-under-covid-19 (right-hand side > Schools 2022 XLS)
theFacts data analysis file = theFacts – School Absenteeism, 14 June 2022
Data published by The Ministry of Education
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Licensed for use under the creative commons attribution licence (BY) 4.0
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