Students who reported they are in grade 6 (among those who are in grades 6 to 12)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
13.9
10.6 - 17.2
13.7
13.5 - 14.0
13.7
13.5 - 14.0
13.6
13.3 - 13.8
13.9
14.1
13.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.1
7.7 - 20.5
13.9
13.5 - 14.3
14.2
13.7 - 14.7
13.4
12.9 - 13.9
14.4
14.7
14.2
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
13.7
7.4 - 20.0
13.5
13.0 - 14.1
13.6
13.1 - 14.1
13.5
13.0 - 14.0
13.0
15.5
13.1
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
13.9
6.5 - 21.3
14.2
13.7 - 14.7
14.1
13.6 - 14.6
14.3
13.8 - 14.9
14.4
12.6
13.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
13.5
12.5 - 14.4
13.2
12.2 - 14.2
13.1
12.1 - 14.2
14.9
14.1
12.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
12.8
2.2 - 23.4
12.4
11.0 - 13.8
11.3
9.9 - 12.7
11.7
10.3 - 13.1
12.5
11.1
13.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
14.3
5.2 - 23.4
13.2
12.4 - 14.1
13.3
12.4 - 14.2
13.4
12.5 - 14.3
13.7
13.2
13.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
13.2
3.1 - 23.3
13.2
12.1 - 14.2
12.9
11.8 - 13.9
13.3
12.2 - 14.3
12.8
13.4
8.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.9
0.0 - 28.6
12.7
11.4 - 14.0
12.9
11.6 - 14.2
11.6
10.3 - 12.8
13.5
13.6
18.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
13.4
1.1 - 25.6
12.3
10.9 - 13.6
12.4
11.1 - 13.8
11.9
10.5 - 13.4
13.0
13.4
11.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
12.4
0.0 - 28.3
12.2
10.4 - 14.0
10.3
8.6 - 12.0
10.3
8.6 - 12.0
11.6
9.9
17.1
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
14.4
0.0 - 33.4
13.1
11.0 - 15.2
11.5
9.2 - 13.7
15.1
12.7 - 17.5
13.3
14.7
11.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
13.5
2.3 - 24.8
12.8
10.6 - 15.0
12.7
10.5 - 14.9
13.7
11.3 - 16.1
13.7
12.9
9.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.6
0.0 - 34.1
13.6
12.4 - 14.8
14.9
13.5 - 16.3
13.4
12.0 - 14.8
16.0
16.3
15.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
20.1
14.3 - 25.9
19.6
16.2 - 23.1
20.4
16.7 - 24.2
18.2
14.7 - 21.7
19.1
14.9
14.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
12.9
11.5 - 14.2
11.1
9.9 - 12.4
12.0
10.5 - 13.6
19.7
11.3
15.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.9
1.5 - 26.3
12.9
11.6 - 14.2
12.9
11.7 - 14.2
14.4
13.0 - 15.7
11.0
16.3
10.1
Fredericton
13.5
1.4 - 25.7
13.4
12.7 - 14.1
13.2
12.5 - 13.9
13.7
13.0 - 14.5
14.6
9.8
16.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30.7
31.6
33.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
5.3
0.0 - 14.2
13.9
12.2 - 15.6
15.2
13.4 - 17.0
14.4
12.7 - 16.1
8.3
28.1
11.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
14.8
14.8 - 14.8
14.1
10.0 - 18.3
14.1
10.4 - 17.8
14.7
10.7 - 18.7
16.2
12.9
15.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
14.8
11.9 - 17.6
16.3
13.3 - 19.3
14.2
11.2 - 17.2
8.1
11.1
4.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
12.0
1.0 - 23.0
14.0
11.6 - 16.5
13.8
11.4 - 16.2
12.4
9.8 - 15.0
16.8
11.6
12.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
12.8
1.8 - 23.8
13.1
12.0 - 14.2
12.7
11.6 - 13.8
13.2
12.1 - 14.4
13.0
12.8
8.2
Moncton
14.2
4.2 - 24.3
14.7
14.1 - 15.3
14.1
13.5 - 14.8
13.7
13.0 - 14.4
12.8
14.6
13.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
13.3
0.0 - 28.7
12.1
9.8 - 14.4
12.3
10.0 - 14.7
12.4
10.0 - 14.8
11.0
14.3
11.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
16.6
6.1 - 27.0
13.8
10.5 - 17.1
14.1
10.7 - 17.5
13.6
10.2 - 17.0
11.2
18.1
10.6
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.6
8.6 - 30.5
26.8
22.9 - 30.7
20.5
17.2 - 23.8
24.7
20.9 - 28.5
15.0
20.1
11.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.8
0.0 - 31.3
15.0
13.7 - 16.4
16.6
15.2 - 18.0
15.2
13.8 - 16.6
16.3
15.9
12.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
13.0
0.0 - 28.6
14.5
12.0 - 17.0
13.0
10.7 - 15.4
11.8
9.5 - 14.2
14.6
13.3
12.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.7
1.1 - 26.3
14.0
13.0 - 15.0
13.0
12.1 - 14.0
12.8
11.9 - 13.8
12.5
14.4
16.2
Riverview and Coverdale
13.8
0.0 - 37.3
12.1
10.9 - 13.4
14.0
12.6 - 15.3
13.1
11.7 - 14.4
15.9
13.8
12.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
14.0
0.0 - 33.7
12.7
10.8 - 14.6
14.5
12.4 - 16.6
13.5
11.3 - 15.8
16.2
14.4
13.8
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
13.2
3.4 - 22.9
14.1
13.2 - 14.9
12.3
11.6 - 13.1
12.9
12.1 - 13.7
11.7
13.0
10.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
14.3
14.0 - 14.6
11.6
9.8 - 13.3
12.8
11.0 - 14.6
16.8
14.7 - 18.8
17.4
15.8
16.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.4
0.0 - 30.7
16.2
14.2 - 18.2
17.4
15.5 - 19.4
11.2
9.1 - 13.4
16.1
15.7
18.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
12.7
0.0 - 31.4
13.2
11.0 - 15.3
14.2
11.9 - 16.6
17.0
14.5 - 19.5
14.8
11.6
11.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
15.0
13.4 - 16.5
13.5
11.4 - 15.7
13.8
11.7 - 15.9
13.7
11.4 - 15.9
16.2
15.6
14.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
12.9
0.0 - 29.9
11.1
9.5 - 12.6
14.5
12.6 - 16.3
16.0
14.1 - 17.9
13.3
14.6
12.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.4
0.0 - 31.5
11.8
10.1 - 13.5
15.5
13.5 - 17.5
12.6
11.0 - 14.1
14.1
24.5
11.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
15.9
0.0 - 36.2
14.5
12.7 - 16.3
14.4
12.4 - 16.4
13.1
11.3 - 15.0
13.8
12.5
10.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
13.9
5.4 - 22.5
13.4
12.9 - 14.0
14.0
13.4 - 14.6
13.2
12.6 - 13.9
14.0
13.9
13.9
Anglophone North School District
12.4
4.3 - 20.4
11.9
11.1 - 12.7
11.8
11.0 - 12.6
11.8
10.9 - 12.6
11.5
11.8
10.3
Anglophone South School District
13.6
7.0 - 20.1
13.3
12.7 - 13.8
13.5
12.9 - 14.0
13.3
12.8 - 13.8
13.4
14.1
13.0
Anglophone West School District
13.8
6.0 - 21.5
13.9
13.4 - 14.4
13.5
13.0 - 14.0
13.7
13.1 - 14.2
14.2
13.9
13.4
Anglophone sector
13.6
9.6 - 17.6
13.4
13.1 - 13.7
13.4
13.1 - 13.7
13.2
12.9 - 13.5
13.5
13.7
13.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.4
6.1 - 22.7
13.1
12.3 - 13.9
13.3
12.4 - 14.2
13.7
12.8 - 14.5
14.2
13.8
12.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
12.8
11.8 - 13.9
13.9
12.8 - 15.0
13.4
12.2 - 14.6
14.8
14.2
13.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
15.2
6.7 - 23.8
16.3
15.6 - 17.0
15.5
14.8 - 16.2
15.3
14.5 - 16.1
15.0
15.9
14.7
Francophone sector
14.7
8.7 - 20.7
14.7
14.2 - 15.2
14.6
14.1 - 15.0
14.4
13.9 - 15.0
14.7
14.9
13.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
33.7
32.5 - 34.9
33.1
32.6 - 33.6
33.4
32.8 - 33.9
32.8
32.2 - 33.4
32.9
33.9
32.8
Grades 9 to 12
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Gender
Female
13.2
10.0 - 16.5
13.3
13.0 - 13.7
13.5
13.2 - 13.9
13.0
12.6 - 13.4
13.5
n/a
n/a
Male
13.9
10.6 - 17.2
13.5
13.1 - 13.8
13.3
13.0 - 13.7
13.5
13.2 - 13.9
13.6
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
13.0
8.9 - 17.2
13.4
11.4 - 15.5
10.8
9.1 - 12.5
13.8
12.6 - 15.0
13.5
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
13.5
10.2 - 16.8
13.6
13.2 - 13.9
13.7
13.3 - 14.0
13.2
12.9 - 13.6
13.9
13.8
n/a
Male
14.2
10.8 - 17.5
13.8
13.4 - 14.1
13.7
13.3 - 14.1
13.7
13.4 - 14.1
13.7
14.3
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
8.9
6.2 - 11.5
9.3
8.7 - 9.9
10.1
9.5 - 10.7
14.2
13.7 - 14.8
14.2
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
11.9
8.5 - 15.3
11.7
10.9 - 12.5
12.3
11.4 - 13.2
11.7
10.7 - 12.7
14.3
17.4
10.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
13.8
9.4 - 18.3
14.8
14.1 - 15.5
15.2
14.5 - 15.9
11.5
10.8 - 12.2
11.2
11.0
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
13.2
9.7 - 16.6
14.2
13.3 - 15.1
13.6
12.7 - 14.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
14.6
10.1 - 19.1
15.4
14.8 - 16.0
15.3
14.7 - 16.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
13.3
9.7 - 17.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
14.0
10.6 - 17.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
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 who reported they are in grade 6 (among those who are in grades 6 to 12).

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey, Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "6th grade" by the number of respondents who answered "6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade or 12th grade" to the question: What grade are you in?

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), and Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area (community).

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

NBHC code

SH_GRADE_1

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