The majority of students enrolled in pre-primary, primary and secondary education comprised male students, at 51.9 per cent (Chart 1). Proportions between sexes increased slightly by 0.1 percentage point for the number of females enrolled when compared to the previous scholastic year (Table 1).
During academic year 2021-2022, 46.1 per cent of the enrolled students were aged between 5 and 10 years, followed by the 11-15 years age-bracket, at 37.3 per cent (Chart 2, Table 1).
Chart 1. Number of students¹ enrolled in pre-primary, primary and secondary formal education by academic year and sex
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1 Includes students attending pre-primary (excluding childcare), primary and secondary education only.
Chart 2. Percentage distribution of students¹ enrolled in pre-primary, primary and secondary formal education by sex and age-group
academic year 2021-2022
Note: Percentage may not add up due to rounding.
State-run schools accounted for 58.9 per cent of total enrolments. This was followed by church schools at 27.4 per cent, while students enrolled in independent schools accounted for 13.7 per cent of total enrolments at these levels (Table 1).
Total students enrolled in mandatory education during 2021-2022 stood at 49,033. Of these, 55.1 per cent attended primary school, while the remaining 44.9 per cent attended secondary school. When compared to the previous academic year, students increased by 0.4 per cent and 0.9 per cent in primary and secondary schools respectively (Table 2). Over half of all children enrolled at each class level attended state-run schools (Chart 3).
Chart 3. Number of students enrolled in mandatory education by type of school and class level
academic year 2021-2022
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The average class size for all schools at the primary level was 17.2 students per class, and 18.7 students per class at the secondary level. Class size was lowest in state schools, while church schools held the highest average class size, particularly at ‘Year 6’ level with 23.8 students per class (Table 3).
The district hosting the largest number of school levels in 2021-2022 was the Northern Harbour District (33.7 per cent), followed by the Southern Harbour District (18.9 per cent) (Chart 4, Table 4). In parallel, the majority of students attended schools located in the Northern Harbour District (37.5 per cent), followed by the Southern Harbour District (17.1 per cent) (Chart 4, Table 5a, Map 1).