Students who reported they are in grade 9 (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
14.1
11.8 - 16.4
14.3
14.1 - 14.6
14.5
14.3 - 14.8
15.0
14.7 - 15.2
14.7
14.0
14.2
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.2
9.4 - 18.9
14.6
14.1 - 15.1
15.1
14.6 - 15.6
15.5
15.0 - 16.0
15.0
14.4
14.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
14.2
9.8 - 18.5
13.7
13.2 - 14.3
14.2
13.7 - 14.7
14.7
14.2 - 15.3
14.8
13.7
14.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
14.0
8.9 - 19.2
14.1
13.5 - 14.7
14.4
13.9 - 15.0
14.3
13.7 - 14.9
14.2
14.2
14.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
14.9
13.8 - 16.1
13.9
12.9 - 15.0
15.3
14.3 - 16.4
14.3
13.7
14.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14.1
7.3 - 20.8
15.3
13.7 - 16.8
14.3
12.8 - 15.9
16.8
15.1 - 18.5
14.4
15.2
13.9
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
13.5
7.6 - 19.5
14.5
13.6 - 15.4
15.3
14.4 - 16.2
14.5
13.5 - 15.4
14.6
13.4
13.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
15.1
7.5 - 22.8
14.6
13.5 - 15.7
13.0
11.9 - 14.1
15.1
13.8 - 16.3
15.8
13.9
14.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
12.2
3.6 - 20.9
13.9
12.6 - 15.2
15.9
14.5 - 17.3
13.9
12.6 - 15.3
14.3
12.3
8.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
15.8
7.8 - 23.8
13.3
11.9 - 14.7
15.4
13.9 - 16.8
16.5
14.8 - 18.2
14.7
13.9
17.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
14.2
4.1 - 24.3
16.3
14.2 - 18.3
15.2
13.1 - 17.4
17.7
15.4 - 20.0
14.9
16.6
11.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
15.0
1.2 - 28.7
14.7
12.4 - 17.1
15.4
13.0 - 17.9
16.7
14.0 - 19.4
14.2
13.9
16.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
13.8
6.5 - 21.2
13.8
11.5 - 16.1
13.1
10.8 - 15.5
15.6
13.0 - 18.2
13.6
13.1
16.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
13.3
0.0 - 27.4
14.9
13.7 - 16.2
13.1
11.9 - 14.3
16.1
14.7 - 17.5
15.0
13.1
14.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
12.5
7.7 - 17.2
13.1
9.9 - 16.3
12.8
9.6 - 16.0
11.5
8.4 - 14.5
12.5
11.2
12.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
16.2
14.5 - 18.0
14.1
12.6 - 15.6
16.3
14.8 - 17.9
13.5
14.8
15.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
15.5
6.4 - 24.6
13.7
12.3 - 15.1
13.5
12.2 - 14.8
15.3
13.8 - 16.7
16.7
14.6
14.8
Fredericton
14.4
6.1 - 22.7
14.8
13.9 - 15.6
15.1
14.3 - 15.8
13.8
13.0 - 14.7
14.3
15.4
14.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0.0
0.0
0.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
17.2
13.7 - 20.7
13.0
11.3 - 14.7
13.8
12.0 - 15.6
14.8
13.0 - 16.6
15.4
9.9
13.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
13.6
13.6 - 13.6
14.9
10.8 - 19.0
13.0
9.6 - 16.5
13.3
9.8 - 16.9
13.2
16.7
17.7
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
14.8
11.8 - 17.7
13.8
10.8 - 16.7
12.5
9.6 - 15.4
15.1
13.4
15.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
13.1
5.6 - 20.6
16.2
13.5 - 19.0
18.0
15.2 - 20.9
15.8
13.0 - 18.5
12.8
10.7
13.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
15.5
7.1 - 23.8
14.9
13.7 - 16.0
13.3
12.1 - 14.4
14.8
13.5 - 16.1
16.0
14.0
15.5
Moncton
14.3
6.6 - 22.0
15.1
14.4 - 15.8
15.5
14.8 - 16.2
15.5
14.8 - 16.3
15.5
14.8
14.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
14.1
4.2 - 24.1
13.1
10.7 - 15.5
16.2
13.4 - 19.1
16.1
13.3 - 18.9
14.9
14.0
14.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
12.1
5.6 - 18.5
12.5
9.3 - 15.6
10.8
7.7 - 13.8
17.0
13.1 - 20.9
14.4
12.7
0.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
7.8
0.0 - 17.4
7.1
4.8 - 9.5
7.5
5.3 - 9.7
10.7
8.1 - 13.3
15.7
15.0
12.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.5
0.0 - 27.0
13.6
12.2 - 15.0
13.2
11.9 - 14.5
14.7
13.3 - 16.2
12.0
11.2
13.1
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
12.3
0.6 - 24.0
14.4
11.8 - 16.9
14.7
12.2 - 17.2
15.2
12.4 - 17.9
13.5
15.2
12.7
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.8
4.8 - 22.8
13.7
12.7 - 14.7
14.4
13.4 - 15.4
15.1
14.0 - 16.1
14.8
13.8
12.1
Riverview and Coverdale
13.8
0.0 - 29.1
15.1
13.6 - 16.6
15.7
14.2 - 17.2
14.4
12.9 - 15.9
13.5
13.8
14.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
13.1
0.0 - 26.5
13.7
11.7 - 15.7
15.9
13.7 - 18.1
15.7
13.0 - 18.4
17.1
14.4
14.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.9
8.3 - 21.4
13.1
12.3 - 14.0
14.7
13.9 - 15.5
15.3
14.5 - 16.1
15.7
15.0
16.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
15.1
13.5 - 16.6
14.5
12.4 - 16.5
14.8
12.8 - 16.9
16.4
14.3 - 18.4
14.4
16.8
13.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
13.6
0.0 - 27.3
12.3
10.5 - 14.1
14.9
13.2 - 16.7
14.0
12.1 - 16.0
13.9
14.3
12.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
16.9
1.2 - 32.7
13.6
11.4 - 15.8
14.7
12.4 - 17.1
14.5
12.2 - 16.8
16.7
15.8
16.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14.6
13.8 - 15.4
16.6
14.1 - 19.0
13.8
11.7 - 15.9
15.1
12.5 - 17.7
15.1
14.7
12.6
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.5
3.3 - 27.7
13.6
11.8 - 15.5
14.4
12.5 - 16.3
14.7
12.8 - 16.6
15.3
13.1
14.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
12.9
0.0 - 26.8
14.9
13.1 - 16.8
14.5
12.7 - 16.2
13.9
12.3 - 15.5
13.4
11.7
14.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
12.8
0.2 - 25.4
16.1
14.1 - 18.1
14.4
12.5 - 16.2
13.9
12.0 - 15.9
14.0
13.7
16.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
14.0
7.8 - 20.2
15.0
14.4 - 15.6
15.4
14.8 - 16.0
15.3
14.6 - 15.9
14.9
14.7
14.4
Anglophone North School District
14.9
9.0 - 20.7
14.7
13.8 - 15.6
14.5
13.6 - 15.4
15.2
14.2 - 16.2
16.3
14.0
14.8
Anglophone South School District
14.1
9.6 - 18.7
13.7
13.1 - 14.3
14.3
13.8 - 14.9
14.7
14.2 - 15.3
14.8
14.0
14.2
Anglophone West School District
14.0
8.6 - 19.4
14.4
13.8 - 14.9
14.5
13.9 - 15.0
14.7
14.1 - 15.2
14.4
14.2
14.0
Anglophone sector
14.2
11.3 - 17.0
14.4
14.1 - 14.7
14.7
14.3 - 15.0
14.9
14.6 - 15.2
14.9
14.2
14.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
13.9
8.5 - 19.3
14.9
14.0 - 15.8
14.8
13.9 - 15.7
15.5
14.6 - 16.5
14.3
13.9
13.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
15.3
14.0 - 16.6
13.8
12.7 - 15.0
15.2
14.1 - 16.4
14.2
13.8
14.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
14.0
7.6 - 20.5
13.4
12.7 - 14.0
14.1
13.4 - 14.7
15.0
14.2 - 15.7
14.3
13.3
14.1
Francophone sector
14.0
9.9 - 18.0
14.2
13.7 - 14.7
14.3
13.8 - 14.7
15.2
14.7 - 15.7
14.3
13.6
14.0
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Grades 9 to 12
24.0
23.4 - 24.6
24.5
24.1 - 24.9
24.7
24.3 - 25.2
25.5
25.1 - 26.0
25.4
24.0
23.8
Gender
Female
13.9
11.7 - 16.2
14.5
14.1 - 14.9
14.6
14.2 - 15.0
15.0
14.5 - 15.4
14.4
n/a
n/a
Male
14.5
12.1 - 16.9
14.1
13.7 - 14.5
14.7
14.3 - 15.1
15.3
14.9 - 15.7
15.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
13.2
9.9 - 16.5
15.1
12.8 - 17.4
12.9
11.0 - 14.8
13.8
12.5 - 15.0
15.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
13.8
11.6 - 16.1
14.6
14.2 - 15.0
14.5
14.1 - 14.9
14.9
14.5 - 15.3
14.5
13.5
n/a
Male
14.4
12.0 - 16.9
14.1
13.7 - 14.5
14.7
14.3 - 15.0
15.1
14.7 - 15.5
15.1
14.6
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
13.3
11.3 - 15.2
13.9
13.1 - 14.7
13.9
13.2 - 14.6
13.6
13.0 - 14.2
13.8
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
15.6
12.8 - 18.4
16.4
15.4 - 17.4
15.5
14.5 - 16.5
17.3
16.0 - 18.5
16.6
14.4
15.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
12.9
9.6 - 16.2
13.0
12.4 - 13.7
13.0
12.3 - 13.7
13.4
12.6 - 14.1
13.4
13.1
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
13.9
11.4 - 16.3
14.8
13.9 - 15.8
13.3
12.4 - 14.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
13.6
10.3 - 16.9
13.5
12.8 - 14.1
13.3
12.7 - 13.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
15.1
12.1 - 18.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
13.3
10.8 - 15.7
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 9 (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 "9th 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_4

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