Preparing to Give Effect to the New Zealand Curriculum (June 2010) 01/06/2010

Appendix 2: Statistics of schools in the sample for this report

Table 3: School types

School type	Number	% of sample	National %
Full primary (Y1-8)	124	51	44
Contributing (Y1-6)	77	31	31
Intermediate (Y7-8)	10	4	5
Special School	5	2	2
Secondary (Y7-15)	5	2	4
Composite (Y1-15)	5	2	5
Secondary (Y9-15)	19	8	9
Total	245	100	100

The sample of schools in this evaluation was similar to national percentages for most school types. Full primary schools were over-represented and composite schools under-represented.

Table 4: School locality

Locality	Number	% of sample	National %
Urban	172	70	71
Rural	73	30	29
Total	245	100	100

The sample of schools in this evaluation reflected the national percentages of urban and rural schools.

Table 5: School decile ranges

Decile⁴	Number	% of sample	National %
Low decile (1-3)	69	28	31
Middle decile (4-7)	95	39	39
High decile (8-10)	81	33	30
Total	245	100	100

The sample of schools in this evaluation was similar to the national percentages of schools in each decile range, with the high range slightly over-represented and the low range correspondingly under-represented.

Table 6: School roll size group

Roll size	Number	% of sample	National %
Small (0-150 primary, 0-300 secondary)	100	41	45
Medium (151-300 primary, 301-700 secondary)	80	33	26
Large (301+ primary, 701+ secondary)	65	26	29
Total	245	100	100

The sample of schools in this evaluation included fewer small schools and more medium-sized schools than the national percentages.

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A school’s decile indicates the extent to which a school draws its students from low socio-economic communities. Decile 1 schools are the 10 percent of schools with the highest proportion of students from low socio-economic communities, whereas decile 10 schools are the 10 percent of schools with the lowest proportion of these students.

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