Students in grades 4 and 5 who have a moderate level of mental fitness

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 Academic Year 2013-2014
Province
New Brunswick
61.9
60.6 - 63.1
62.8
62.2 - 63.5
63.6
62.9 - 64.2
62.7
62.0 - 63.4
n/a
62.6
63.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
62.1
60.2 - 64.0
62.8
61.6 - 64.0
63.9
62.7 - 65.1
63.5
62.1 - 64.8
n/a
62.9
65.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
60.9
58.0 - 63.8
63.8
62.4 - 65.2
63.8
62.5 - 65.1
61.8
60.4 - 63.2
n/a
62.1
64.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
62.2
60.2 - 64.2
62.0
60.7 - 63.4
64.4
63.1 - 65.8
64.7
63.3 - 66.1
n/a
62.7
64.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
59.9
57.1 - 62.7
60.5
57.7 - 63.3
57.6
54.6 - 60.7
n/a
65.1
57.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
60.0
54.7 - 65.3
63.8
59.6 - 68.0
66.2
62.0 - 70.4
60.5
56.1 - 64.9
n/a
67.6
58.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
62.0
57.3 - 66.7
62.1
59.7 - 64.5
60.8
58.1 - 63.4
59.5
56.8 - 62.2
n/a
61.7
61.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
59.1
55.3 - 63.0
66.5
63.6 - 69.4
62.5
59.5 - 65.5
63.8
60.7 - 66.9
n/a
59.9
59.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
67.8
61.9 - 73.7
61.5
57.9 - 65.0
64.1
60.4 - 67.9
61.4
57.2 - 65.6
n/a
57.2
58.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
60.1
53.3 - 66.9
61.3
57.4 - 65.2
65.6
62.0 - 69.2
64.3
59.6 - 69.1
60.6
66.5
66.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
56.4
50.9 - 62.0
68.1
62.8 - 73.4
67.0
61.4 - 72.6
58.6
52.8 - 64.4
n/a
68.4
67.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
44.5
39.0 - 49.9
60.1
54.2 - 66.0
66.4
60.9 - 71.9
62.3
56.6 - 68.1
n/a
59.4
69.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
64.7
56.9 - 72.5
58.1
51.4 - 64.8
65.2
58.7 - 71.6
63.0
56.3 - 69.8
n/a
67.2
55.0
Dieppe and Memramcook
61.6
54.9 - 68.2
59.7
56.9 - 62.5
64.2
61.4 - 66.9
63.9
60.6 - 67.2
n/a
60.3
57.1
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
55.5
45.6 - 65.5
60.4
54.1 - 66.7
57.6
51.2 - 64.0
60.2
53.9 - 66.5
53.8
61.8
55.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
59.5
55.6 - 63.3
56.2
52.3 - 60.1
59.2
54.5 - 63.9
58.4
58.9
57.6
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
63.2
57.9 - 68.4
63.0
59.6 - 66.4
61.6
58.0 - 65.2
69.1
65.5 - 72.7
60.8
59.8
65.5
Fredericton
63.1
60.1 - 66.2
60.5
58.5 - 62.6
64.9
62.8 - 66.9
63.8
61.6 - 65.9
n/a
62.5
63.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
62.2
53.6 - 70.8
68.6
62.8 - 74.4
69.6
63.8 - 75.3
67.1
61.4 - 72.8
n/a
58.8
78.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
S
60.1
55.4 - 64.8
66.3
61.8 - 70.9
56.4
51.6 - 61.2
63.8
72.6
50.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
49.2
27.8 - 70.7
62.8
52.4 - 73.2
63.4
53.6 - 73.1
57.6
47.0 - 68.2
n/a
64.7
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
61.2
53.6 - 68.7
61.7
54.2 - 69.2
56.4
48.7 - 64.1
n/a
70.1
76.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
69.1
66.3 - 71.8
56.2
48.6 - 63.9
63.9
57.2 - 70.6
65.3
58.4 - 72.2
65.2
62.2
64.4
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
58.2
54.0 - 62.3
66.4
63.4 - 69.5
61.6
58.5 - 64.7
63.6
60.4 - 66.8
n/a
61.0
60.9
Moncton
62.1
59.9 - 64.3
61.7
60.0 - 63.4
62.3
60.5 - 64.1
63.1
61.2 - 65.0
n/a
62.0
65.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
66.0
57.8 - 74.1
61.8
55.7 - 67.9
72.7
66.8 - 78.6
66.5
60.4 - 72.7
n/a
58.9
64.2
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
65.6
64.2 - 67.0
67.1
58.4 - 75.8
72.7
63.2 - 82.3
66.0
54.4 - 77.6
63.8
49.3
51.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
60.3
58.5 - 62.0
66.3
62.3 - 70.3
64.1
60.2 - 68.1
63.4
59.2 - 67.7
59.3
67.1
69.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
61.3
55.4 - 67.2
64.3
60.9 - 67.8
65.9
62.4 - 69.3
65.1
61.7 - 68.6
n/a
64.4
64.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
49.7
47.3 - 52.1
60.6
53.1 - 68.2
64.0
57.0 - 71.1
64.4
57.0 - 71.8
n/a
68.8
75.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
62.6
58.6 - 66.6
65.8
63.3 - 68.3
61.7
59.2 - 64.2
62.3
59.7 - 64.8
n/a
62.5
66.1
Riverview and Coverdale
63.7
61.0 - 66.3
72.2
68.5 - 75.9
65.0
61.3 - 68.7
62.7
58.9 - 66.6
62.6
67.3
71.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
60.6
52.0 - 69.1
66.6
61.2 - 71.9
67.2
61.7 - 72.8
66.8
61.1 - 72.6
63.1
65.6
S
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
59.4
53.6 - 65.1
62.4
60.3 - 64.6
63.7
61.6 - 65.7
59.7
57.5 - 61.9
n/a
60.9
62.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
62.7
58.5 - 67.0
63.7
58.4 - 69.0
62.4
56.9 - 68.0
61.1
55.1 - 67.1
n/a
60.3
60.4
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
67.7
62.9 - 72.5
65.0
59.4 - 70.6
68.5
63.9 - 73.2
65.9
60.0 - 71.7
n/a
64.4
68.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
62.3
56.7 - 67.9
63.8
57.4 - 70.2
50.6
44.1 - 57.2
59.8
53.2 - 66.3
69.3
62.7
64.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
64.6
59.0 - 70.2
61.6
55.7 - 67.4
65.7
60.5 - 70.9
63.2
57.0 - 69.3
n/a
60.9
67.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
63.8
60.4 - 67.2
62.1
57.2 - 67.0
62.8
57.7 - 67.9
67.2
62.4 - 71.9
67.8
62.6
62.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
58.6
55.4 - 61.8
64.2
60.1 - 68.4
67.0
63.0 - 70.9
61.2
57.2 - 65.3
56.1
67.2
59.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
60.9
55.6 - 66.1
63.6
58.8 - 68.5
57.4
51.2 - 63.6
54.8
49.2 - 60.4
63.4
70.1
61.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
61.1
59.3 - 62.8
64.6
63.1 - 66.1
63.5
61.9 - 65.0
63.3
61.6 - 64.9
n/a
63.4
67.7
Anglophone North School District
60.8
57.1 - 64.5
63.0
60.5 - 65.4
63.5
61.0 - 66.1
61.9
59.3 - 64.5
n/a
56.9
62.5
Anglophone South School District
60.4
57.5 - 63.3
63.3
61.8 - 64.7
63.9
62.6 - 65.3
62.0
60.5 - 63.4
n/a
62.7
65.1
Anglophone West School District
62.2
60.1 - 64.2
62.2
60.9 - 63.6
64.1
62.7 - 65.5
64.7
63.2 - 66.1
n/a
62.6
64.6
Anglophone sector
61.2
59.9 - 62.5
63.3
62.5 - 64.0
63.8
63.0 - 64.6
63.2
62.4 - 64.0
n/a
62.2
65.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
61.0
56.7 - 65.3
63.8
61.5 - 66.1
61.9
59.4 - 64.5
60.5
57.9 - 63.0
n/a
64.2
60.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
61.1
58.1 - 64.1
59.4
56.4 - 62.4
57.3
53.9 - 60.6
n/a
64.5
58.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
63.9
60.4 - 67.4
61.0
59.3 - 62.7
64.4
62.7 - 66.0
63.3
61.5 - 65.2
n/a
62.7
60.6
Francophone sector
63.4
60.7 - 66.2
61.8
60.5 - 63.0
62.9
61.7 - 64.2
61.6
60.2 - 62.9
n/a
63.5
60.2
Grades
Grade 4
62.7
61.0 - 64.4
63.4
62.5 - 64.4
64.0
63.0 - 64.9
63.3
62.2 - 64.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Grade 5
61.0
59.5 - 62.5
62.3
61.4 - 63.2
63.2
62.2 - 64.1
62.1
61.1 - 63.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Gender
Female
61.0
59.3 - 62.6
62.0
61.0 - 63.0
62.6
61.6 - 63.5
61.7
60.6 - 62.7
n/a
60.6
63.6
Male
62.9
61.2 - 64.6
64.1
63.1 - 65.0
64.8
63.8 - 65.7
64.1
63.1 - 65.2
n/a
64.6
63.8
Non-binary
61.3
51.3 - 71.3
n/a
n/a
59.3
52.3 - 66.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
61.7
58.5 - 65.0
58.6
55.6 - 61.5
60.7
57.7 - 63.6
60.7
57.4 - 64.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
60.8
58.6 - 63.0
62.6
61.0 - 64.2
62.2
60.5 - 64.0
60.7
58.6 - 62.8
n/a
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 have a moderate level of mental fitness.

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 have a total mental fitness score between 2 specified cutoffs by the number of respondents who described their feelings and ideas for at least 5 of the following 9 questionnaire items: 'I feel I do things well at school', 'I like to spend time with my parents', 'I feel I do things well at home', 'I feel I have a choice about when and how to do my school work', 'I like to spend time with my teachers', 'I feel I have a choice about which activities to do with my friends', 'I feel I do things well when I am with my friends', 'I like to spend time with my friends' and 'I feel like I have a choice about when and how to do my household chores'. The response options for these 9 items are not like me, a little like me and a lot like me.

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_MEFMO_1

Charts

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