This evaluation involved 100 schools in which ERO carried out an education review in Term 4, 2013. The types of schools, decile groupings, school localities (urban or rural) and roll sizes of the schools are shown in Tables 1 to 4 below.
The schools sampled were broadly representative of schools nationally, although the resulting sample had proportionately fewer full primary, composite, rural, small and low decile schools.
School type |
Number of schools in sample |
Percentage of schools in sample |
National percentage of schools 1 |
Full (Years 1-8) |
48 |
48 |
53 |
Contributing (Years 1-6) |
49 |
49 |
40 |
Composite (Years 1-15) |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Special (Years 1-15) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
The school types in this sample are representative of national figures. 2
Decile group 3 |
Number of schools in sample |
Percentage of schools in sample |
National percentage of schools |
Low (1-3) |
24 |
24 |
29 |
Medium (4-7) |
38 |
38 |
39 |
High (8-10) |
38 |
38 |
31 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
The decile groups of the schools in this sample are representative of national figures.
Locality 4 |
Number of schools in sample |
Percentage of schools in sample |
National percentage of schools |
Main urban |
>
59 |
59 |
49 |
Secondary urban |
6 |
6 |
5 |
Minor urban |
8 |
8 |
10 |
Rural |
27 |
27 |
34 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
The locality of schools in this sample is representative of national figures.
Roll size 5 |
Number of schools in sample |
Percentage of schools in sample |
National percentage of schools |
Very small |
5 |
5 |
11 |
Small |
24 |
24 |
25 |
Medium |
37 |
37 |
38 |
Large |
21 |
21 |
17 |
Very large |
13 |
13 |
6 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
The roll sizes of schools in this sample are not representative of national figures. Very small schools were under-represented, and very large schools were over-represented. This difference was statistically significant.