Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling free to express themselves at school

Table

Unit %

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
25.5
25.1 - 25.8
24.8
24.5 - 25.2
21.7
21.3 - 22.0
23.0
25.0
27.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
27.5
26.9 - 28.1
26.9
26.3 - 27.5
23.2
22.5 - 23.8
23.4
24.7
28.5
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
23.9
23.2 - 24.7
23.8
23.1 - 24.5
20.5
19.8 - 21.2
21.9
24.2
25.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
23.1
22.4 - 23.7
22.3
21.7 - 23.0
19.8
19.1 - 20.5
21.5
23.6
25.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
30.1
28.6 - 31.6
28.5
27.0 - 30.0
24.5
23.2 - 25.9
28.3
32.5
34.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
24.1
22.2 - 26.0
22.9
21.0 - 24.9
20.9
18.9 - 22.9
22.8
25.3
30.0
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
27.1
25.9 - 28.3
25.5
24.4 - 26.7
22.8
21.6 - 24.0
24.6
26.4
30.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
23.3
22.0 - 24.7
25.0
23.6 - 26.5
21.4
20.0 - 22.8
24.0
25.2
23.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
27.6
25.8 - 29.4
25.3
23.6 - 27.1
22.9
21.1 - 24.7
23.2
25.0
30.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
23.7
21.8 - 25.6
24.0
22.2 - 25.8
23.5
21.5 - 25.5
20.6
24.2
25.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
25.1
22.5 - 27.6
24.6
21.8 - 27.3
21.1
18.6 - 23.7
22.6
24.8
33.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
28.2
25.1 - 31.3
25.7
22.7 - 28.8
21.1
18.1 - 24.1
23.4
30.7
35.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.8
19.8 - 25.7
20.7
17.9 - 23.5
20.6
17.5 - 23.7
23.2
25.9
26.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
32.1
30.4 - 33.8
32.7
30.9 - 34.5
28.4
26.6 - 30.2
28.0
29.7
35.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
19.4
15.5 - 23.2
22.1
18.2 - 26.0
21.4
17.4 - 25.4
21.7
26.4
23.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
33.2
31.1 - 35.4
30.0
27.9 - 32.1
27.3
25.3 - 29.3
29.6
33.6
37.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
28.4
26.7 - 30.2
24.8
23.0 - 26.5
21.4
19.7 - 23.1
23.4
23.0
26.4
Fredericton
24.0
22.9 - 25.0
23.4
22.4 - 24.3
20.4
19.4 - 21.4
22.6
24.9
28.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
25.3
22.9 - 27.6
22.4
20.1 - 24.6
19.6
17.5 - 21.6
22.0
24.0
28.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
17.3
12.3 - 22.4
19.8
15.4 - 24.2
12.9
8.9 - 16.9
14.0
17.0
21.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
30.0
26.0 - 33.9
38.7
34.6 - 42.8
26.5
22.5 - 30.6
38.9
37.6
37.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
15.0
12.3 - 17.8
15.9
13.1 - 18.7
18.3
15.2 - 21.4
18.7
23.4
26.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
24.0
22.5 - 25.4
25.6
24.0 - 27.2
22.0
20.5 - 23.5
24.9
25.4
23.1
Moncton
28.8
27.9 - 29.7
27.8
26.9 - 28.7
23.4
22.5 - 24.3
24.4
26.1
30.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
22.9
19.6 - 26.1
22.3
19.1 - 25.6
21.0
17.7 - 24.2
20.9
24.1
26.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
17.2
13.3 - 21.1
20.1
16.0 - 24.1
16.0
11.9 - 20.0
16.0
23.3
29.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
27.3
23.0 - 31.6
26.6
22.9 - 30.4
21.8
18.1 - 25.6
21.9
21.4
28.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
18.3
16.7 - 19.9
18.7
17.1 - 20.2
17.6
16.1 - 19.2
17.9
21.5
21.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
18.0
15.0 - 21.0
17.3
14.4 - 20.2
13.9
11.3 - 16.5
17.0
17.9
22.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
23.4
22.1 - 24.8
24.6
23.3 - 25.9
20.1
18.8 - 21.3
22.1
22.8
24.2
Riverview and Coverdale
28.0
26.1 - 29.8
22.6
20.8 - 24.4
19.3
17.5 - 21.0
19.9
18.3
22.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
19.3
16.9 - 21.8
20.9
18.3 - 23.5
18.2
15.5 - 20.9
20.9
22.2
24.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
25.1
24.0 - 26.3
24.1
23.1 - 25.1
21.5
20.5 - 22.5
21.9
24.5
26.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
20.0
17.5 - 22.5
19.4
17.1 - 21.7
18.2
16.0 - 20.4
19.9
18.5
18.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
27.8
25.3 - 30.4
32.1
29.7 - 34.6
25.5
22.8 - 28.1
24.2
26.5
32.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
24.3
21.5 - 27.2
21.4
18.5 - 24.2
19.8
16.9 - 22.6
27.1
28.4
28.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
22.4
19.5 - 25.2
19.5
16.9 - 22.2
19.1
16.2 - 22.0
22.0
21.5
25.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
24.1
21.7 - 26.6
23.9
21.5 - 26.3
18.9
16.7 - 21.1
23.4
27.3
25.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
20.6
18.3 - 22.9
21.6
19.4 - 23.9
18.8
16.8 - 20.8
19.2
23.5
24.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
27.3
24.9 - 29.7
28.6
26.1 - 31.0
25.7
23.2 - 28.2
26.8
25.5
29.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
25.4
24.6 - 26.2
24.2
23.4 - 24.9
20.6
19.8 - 21.4
21.4
21.9
25.0
Anglophone North School District
22.5
21.4 - 23.6
23.7
22.5 - 24.8
20.4
19.3 - 21.5
22.5
22.9
23.2
Anglophone South School District
23.7
22.9 - 24.4
23.6
22.9 - 24.3
20.2
19.5 - 20.9
21.8
23.9
25.1
Anglophone West School District
22.9
22.2 - 23.6
21.8
21.1 - 22.4
19.6
18.9 - 20.3
21.2
23.3
25.5
Anglophone sector
23.7
23.3 - 24.1
23.2
22.8 - 23.6
20.1
19.8 - 20.5
21.6
23.2
25.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
26.5
25.4 - 27.7
25.2
24.0 - 26.3
22.8
21.7 - 24.0
24.3
27.4
31.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
31.5
29.9 - 33.1
30.1
28.5 - 31.7
25.6
24.1 - 27.1
29.4
33.9
35.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
31.7
30.7 - 32.6
31.1
30.2 - 32.1
27.1
26.1 - 28.1
26.7
29.3
34.9
Francophone sector
30.1
29.4 - 30.8
29.2
28.5 - 29.8
25.5
24.8 - 26.2
26.4
29.5
33.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
26.0
25.5 - 26.5
24.6
24.1 - 25.1
22.6
22.1 - 23.1
23.1
26.3
30.6
Grades 9 to 12
25.1
24.7 - 25.6
25.0
24.6 - 25.5
21.0
20.5 - 21.4
22.8
24.1
25.4
Gender
Female
24.6
24.1 - 25.1
24.1
23.6 - 24.6
21.5
21.0 - 22.0
22.2
n/a
n/a
Male
27.3
26.8 - 27.8
26.3
25.8 - 26.8
22.7
22.2 - 23.2
25.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
13.3
11.0 - 15.6
15.2
13.0 - 17.3
13.0
11.7 - 14.3
13.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
23.9
23.4 - 24.4
23.4
22.9 - 23.8
20.6
20.2 - 21.1
21.1
24.8
n/a
Male
27.2
26.7 - 27.7
26.4
25.9 - 26.9
22.7
22.3 - 23.2
25.0
25.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
15.0
14.1 - 15.9
16.4
15.5 - 17.2
16.0
15.3 - 16.6
15.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
21.0
19.9 - 22.2
20.2
19.1 - 21.4
18.1
16.8 - 19.5
19.8
21.3
22.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
29.9
29.0 - 30.8
28.2
27.2 - 29.1
25.8
24.8 - 26.9
25.9
26.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
21.7
20.5 - 22.9
22.8
21.6 - 24.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
29.7
28.8 - 30.5
27.5
26.6 - 28.3
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 in grades 6 to 12 who reported feeling free to express themselves at school.

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 "really true for me" by the number of respondents who answered "really false for me, sort of false for me, sort of true for me or really true for me" to the question: We are interested in how you feel about yourself and how you think other people see you: o) I feel free to express myself at school.

Notes

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

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_MEF15_1

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