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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
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
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
23.8
23.1 - 24.5
20.5
19.8 - 21.2
21.9
24.2
25.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
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
28.5
27.0 - 30.0
24.5
23.2 - 25.9
28.3
32.5
34.0
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
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
25.5
24.4 - 26.7
22.8
21.6 - 24.0
24.6
26.4
30.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
25.0
23.6 - 26.5
21.4
20.0 - 22.8
24.0
25.2
23.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
25.3
23.6 - 27.1
22.9
21.1 - 24.7
23.2
25.0
30.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
24.0
22.2 - 25.8
23.5
21.5 - 25.5
20.6
24.2
25.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
24.6
21.8 - 27.3
21.1
18.6 - 23.7
22.6
24.8
33.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
25.7
22.7 - 28.8
21.1
18.1 - 24.1
23.4
30.7
35.8
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
20.7
17.9 - 23.5
20.6
17.5 - 23.7
23.2
25.9
26.5
Dieppe and Memramcook
32.7
30.9 - 34.5
28.4
26.6 - 30.2
28.0
29.7
35.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
22.1
18.2 - 26.0
21.4
17.4 - 25.4
21.7
26.4
23.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
30.0
27.9 - 32.1
27.3
25.3 - 29.3
29.6
33.6
37.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
24.8
23.0 - 26.5
21.4
19.7 - 23.1
23.4
23.0
26.4
Fredericton
23.4
22.4 - 24.3
20.4
19.4 - 21.4
22.6
24.9
28.0
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
26.6
35.1
32.4
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
22.4
20.1 - 24.6
19.6
17.5 - 21.6
22.0
24.0
28.5
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
19.8
15.4 - 24.2
12.9
8.9 - 16.9
14.0
17.0
21.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
38.7
34.6 - 42.8
26.5
22.5 - 30.6
38.9
37.6
37.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
15.9
13.1 - 18.7
18.3
15.2 - 21.4
18.7
23.4
26.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
25.6
24.0 - 27.2
22.0
20.5 - 23.5
24.9
25.4
23.1
Moncton
27.8
26.9 - 28.7
23.4
22.5 - 24.3
24.4
26.1
30.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
22.3
19.1 - 25.6
21.0
17.7 - 24.2
20.9
24.1
26.7
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.1
16.0 - 24.1
16.0
11.9 - 20.0
16.0
23.3
29.2
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.6
22.9 - 30.4
21.8
18.1 - 25.6
21.9
21.4
28.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
18.7
17.1 - 20.2
17.6
16.1 - 19.2
17.9
21.5
21.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
17.3
14.4 - 20.2
13.9
11.3 - 16.5
17.0
17.9
22.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
24.6
23.3 - 25.9
20.1
18.8 - 21.3
22.1
22.8
24.2
Riverview and Coverdale
22.6
20.8 - 24.4
19.3
17.5 - 21.0
19.9
18.3
22.0
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
20.9
18.3 - 23.5
18.2
15.5 - 20.9
20.9
22.2
24.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
24.1
23.1 - 25.1
21.5
20.5 - 22.5
21.9
24.5
26.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
19.4
17.1 - 21.7
18.2
16.0 - 20.4
19.9
18.5
18.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
32.1
29.7 - 34.6
25.5
22.8 - 28.1
24.2
26.5
32.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
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
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
23.9
21.5 - 26.3
18.9
16.7 - 21.1
23.4
27.3
25.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
21.6
19.4 - 23.9
18.8
16.8 - 20.8
19.2
23.5
24.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
28.6
26.1 - 31.0
25.7
23.2 - 28.2
26.8
25.5
29.1
School districts
Anglophone East School District
24.2
23.4 - 24.9
20.6
19.8 - 21.4
21.4
21.9
25.0
Anglophone North School District
23.7
22.5 - 24.8
20.4
19.3 - 21.5
22.5
22.9
23.2
Anglophone South School District
23.6
22.9 - 24.3
20.2
19.5 - 20.9
21.8
23.9
25.1
Anglophone West School District
21.8
21.1 - 22.4
19.6
18.9 - 20.3
21.2
23.3
25.5
Anglophone sector
23.2
22.8 - 23.6
20.1
19.8 - 20.5
21.6
23.2
25.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
25.2
24.0 - 26.3
22.8
21.7 - 24.0
24.3
27.4
31.5
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
30.1
28.5 - 31.7
25.6
24.1 - 27.1
29.4
33.9
35.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
31.1
30.2 - 32.1
27.1
26.1 - 28.1
26.7
29.3
34.9
Francophone sector
29.2
28.5 - 29.8
25.5
24.8 - 26.2
26.4
29.5
33.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
24.6
24.1 - 25.1
22.6
22.1 - 23.1
23.1
26.3
30.6
Grades 9 to 12
25.0
24.6 - 25.5
21.0
20.5 - 21.4
22.8
24.1
25.4
Gender
Female
24.1
23.6 - 24.6
21.5
21.0 - 22.0
22.2
n/a
n/a
Male
26.3
25.8 - 26.8
22.7
22.2 - 23.2
25.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
15.2
13.0 - 17.3
13.0
11.7 - 14.3
13.3
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
23.4
22.9 - 23.8
20.6
20.2 - 21.1
21.1
24.8
n/a
Male
26.4
25.9 - 26.9
22.7
22.3 - 23.2
25.0
25.1
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
16.4
15.5 - 17.2
16.0
15.3 - 16.6
15.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.2
19.1 - 21.4
18.1
16.8 - 19.5
19.8
21.3
22.0
Immigrant
Immigrants
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
22.8
21.6 - 24.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
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 report 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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