Students in grades 4 and 5 who reported they feel they have a choice about when and how to do their school work

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2019-2020 Academic Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
33.0
31.6 - 34.4
31.6
31.0 - 32.3
30.8
30.2 - 31.4
32.0
31.4 - 32.7
n/a
35.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
33.7
31.6 - 35.8
32.8
31.6 - 33.9
31.4
30.3 - 32.6
32.0
30.7 - 33.3
n/a
35.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
34.7
31.5 - 37.9
29.3
28.0 - 30.7
29.8
28.5 - 31.1
30.4
29.1 - 31.7
n/a
35.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
31.4
28.6 - 34.2
30.3
29.0 - 31.6
28.4
27.1 - 29.7
30.6
29.3 - 32.0
n/a
34.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
38.6
35.8 - 41.4
37.7
35.0 - 40.5
38.8
35.8 - 41.9
n/a
43.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
39.3
28.8 - 49.8
38.2
33.9 - 42.4
33.5
29.3 - 37.7
41.4
37.0 - 45.9
n/a
33.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
35.8
30.9 - 40.7
33.1
30.8 - 35.4
35.6
32.9 - 38.2
35.5
32.9 - 38.1
n/a
37.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
27.8
22.4 - 33.2
28.0
25.3 - 30.8
26.5
23.8 - 29.2
29.1
26.1 - 32.0
n/a
32.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
31.2
25.1 - 37.3
31.6
28.2 - 35.0
34.3
30.6 - 38.0
32.0
28.0 - 36.0
n/a
42.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
39.9
34.9 - 44.9
32.8
29.0 - 36.6
32.3
28.8 - 35.9
37.5
32.7 - 42.3
27.7
37.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
40.0
26.4 - 53.5
34.5
29.1 - 39.9
35.3
29.6 - 40.9
41.4
35.5 - 47.2
n/a
32.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
52.3
39.2 - 65.4
34.4
28.7 - 40.1
32.2
26.7 - 37.7
37.5
31.7 - 43.3
n/a
39.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
38.4
21.9 - 54.8
43.3
36.5 - 50.1
31.2
24.8 - 37.5
41.5
34.6 - 48.5
n/a
34.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
35.6
29.7 - 41.4
36.1
33.3 - 38.8
29.1
26.5 - 31.7
32.6
29.4 - 35.8
n/a
37.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
30.9
25.7 - 36.1
30.3
24.3 - 36.2
27.0
21.2 - 32.8
26.9
21.1 - 32.6
32.7
36.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
40.6
36.7 - 44.5
42.2
38.3 - 46.1
38.3
33.6 - 42.9
43.7
46.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.4
22.6 - 34.2
28.3
25.1 - 31.5
29.6
26.2 - 33.0
25.9
22.5 - 29.4
27.3
34.8
Fredericton
33.6
30.1 - 37.1
32.9
30.9 - 34.9
29.3
27.3 - 31.3
35.7
33.5 - 37.8
n/a
35.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
38.0
36.1 - 39.8
27.1
21.6 - 32.6
23.5
18.2 - 28.9
25.2
19.9 - 30.5
n/a
39.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
34.2
29.7 - 38.8
29.6
25.2 - 34.0
36.9
32.3 - 41.6
46.0
37.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
43.9
16.7 - 71.2
34.5
24.2 - 44.7
25.9
17.0 - 34.8
34.2
23.9 - 44.4
n/a
33.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
42.5
34.8 - 50.2
41.5
34.0 - 49.1
44.9
37.2 - 52.6
n/a
43.9
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
23.5
19.4 - 27.7
33.6
26.2 - 40.9
31.6
25.0 - 38.1
30.3
23.5 - 37.0
26.1
34.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
27.8
21.6 - 33.9
28.6
25.7 - 31.5
26.1
23.2 - 28.9
29.1
26.0 - 32.1
n/a
30.0
Moncton
34.9
32.8 - 36.9
33.7
32.0 - 35.4
34.0
32.2 - 35.8
32.8
30.9 - 34.7
n/a
35.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
25.9
22.7 - 29.1
32.9
27.0 - 38.8
30.2
24.1 - 36.3
29.4
23.4 - 35.3
n/a
41.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
27.9
25.7 - 30.1
23.4
15.5 - 31.4
31.3
21.2 - 41.4
28.7
17.5 - 40.0
35.6
52.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
35.5
23.0 - 48.0
28.6
24.7 - 32.4
30.0
26.2 - 33.8
28.0
24.1 - 32.0
38.9
29.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
28.9
22.6 - 35.1
25.2
22.0 - 28.3
23.2
20.1 - 26.3
26.5
23.2 - 29.8
n/a
33.5
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.0
25.9 - 36.1
27.4
20.5 - 34.3
24.8
18.3 - 31.2
21.8
15.4 - 28.1
n/a
31.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
34.7
29.4 - 40.1
27.8
25.4 - 30.2
29.7
27.3 - 32.1
31.1
28.6 - 33.5
n/a
39.6
Riverview and Coverdale
26.9
20.7 - 33.0
27.3
23.6 - 31.0
28.1
24.6 - 31.6
28.9
25.3 - 32.6
32.1
26.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
28.4
23.4 - 33.3
31.6
26.2 - 36.9
23.1
18.1 - 28.1
31.3
25.6 - 37.0
25.3
24.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
36.2
30.3 - 42.2
31.6
29.5 - 33.6
32.9
30.9 - 35.0
33.8
31.6 - 36.0
n/a
34.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
27.0
25.4 - 28.5
25.1
20.3 - 29.9
25.5
20.4 - 30.5
24.6
19.3 - 30.0
n/a
36.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
24.9
20.6 - 29.1
30.5
25.1 - 35.9
34.0
29.1 - 38.8
25.1
19.7 - 30.4
n/a
40.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
32.1
23.9 - 40.3
32.7
26.4 - 38.9
29.8
23.7 - 35.8
29.6
23.5 - 35.8
34.8
33.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
28.9
17.1 - 40.8
23.2
18.2 - 28.1
27.2
22.3 - 32.0
25.7
19.9 - 31.4
n/a
22.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
29.4
25.3 - 33.5
30.9
26.2 - 35.6
25.4
20.8 - 29.9
27.8
23.2 - 32.4
19.2
37.0
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
34.3
31.3 - 37.4
27.8
23.9 - 31.6
25.3
21.6 - 29.0
24.0
20.4 - 27.5
27.5
30.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
37.5
34.0 - 41.0
35.5
30.6 - 40.3
43.0
36.8 - 49.3
42.5
36.9 - 48.0
33.5
29.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
32.6
30.3 - 35.0
30.7
29.2 - 32.1
29.3
27.9 - 30.8
30.5
28.9 - 32.0
n/a
32.9
Anglophone North School District
30.6
25.1 - 36.0
29.5
27.1 - 31.8
25.5
23.2 - 27.8
32.3
29.7 - 34.8
n/a
34.7
Anglophone South School District
34.8
31.5 - 38.2
29.0
27.6 - 30.3
29.9
28.6 - 31.2
29.7
28.4 - 31.1
n/a
35.2
Anglophone West School District
31.5
28.9 - 34.0
29.6
28.3 - 30.9
28.9
27.6 - 30.2
29.8
28.4 - 31.1
n/a
33.9
Anglophone sector
32.7
31.1 - 34.4
29.7
28.9 - 30.4
29.0
28.2 - 29.7
30.2
29.4 - 31.0
n/a
34.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
37.8
33.5 - 42.1
34.3
32.0 - 36.6
36.9
34.4 - 39.4
37.0
34.4 - 39.5
n/a
37.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
40.7
37.6 - 43.7
38.8
35.8 - 41.8
40.8
37.5 - 44.2
n/a
45.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
34.2
30.6 - 37.8
36.2
34.5 - 37.8
33.1
31.4 - 34.7
34.5
32.7 - 36.4
n/a
37.2
Francophone sector
33.6
30.7 - 36.4
36.4
35.1 - 37.6
35.0
33.7 - 36.3
36.2
34.9 - 37.6
n/a
38.6
Grades
Grade 4
33.2
31.5 - 34.9
31.8
30.8 - 32.7
30.3
29.4 - 31.2
32.3
31.3 - 33.3
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
32.8
31.0 - 34.5
31.5
30.6 - 32.4
31.3
30.4 - 32.2
31.8
30.8 - 32.7
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
34.9
32.9 - 36.8
32.4
31.5 - 33.4
31.4
30.5 - 32.3
33.5
32.5 - 34.5
n/a
37.5
Male
31.9
30.3 - 33.5
31.6
30.7 - 32.5
30.8
29.9 - 31.8
31.1
30.1 - 32.0
n/a
33.7
Non-binary
28.1
17.4 - 38.8
n/a
n/a
29.0
22.5 - 35.5
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
35.7
31.8 - 39.7
29.7
26.9 - 32.4
30.6
27.8 - 33.5
34.8
31.5 - 38.1
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
38.1
35.8 - 40.4
36.4
34.8 - 38.0
36.1
34.4 - 37.9
39.3
37.2 - 41.4
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 4 and 5 who reported they feel they have a choice about when and how to do their school work.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 4-5

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "a lot like me" by the number of respondents who answered "not like me, a little like me or a lot like me" to the question: For each item, choose what best describes your feelings and ideas. d) I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my school work.

Notes

Due to a low school participation rate in some areas of the province for the 2025-2026 edition of this survey, survey results are not available for District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest (school district), Madawaska and North-West Area (health zone), Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer (community), Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area (community), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

The 2019-2020 edition of this survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the number of schools that participated in 2019-2020 is much lower than other editions of the survey, results at the provincial level were deemed not representative of the total student population. Therefore, survey results for New Brunswick, health zones and demographic groups are not available for the 2019-2020 edition. However, 2019-2020 results are available for communities in which the number of participating schools was deemed sufficient to be representative of the student population in that community.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SE_MEF04_1

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