Students in grades 6 to 12 who report they cut classes or skip school

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
15.3
15.0 - 15.6
12.7
12.6
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
13.6
13.0 - 14.1
10.9
10.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
16.0
15.4 - 16.6
14.1
13.6
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
15.0
14.3 - 15.6
13.0
13.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
17.8
16.5 - 19.0
12.3
13.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
20.7
18.8 - 22.7
18.2
13.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
16.3
15.3 - 17.4
11.8
11.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
16.6
15.3 - 17.9
13.3
19.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
13.1
11.7 - 14.6
12.1
8.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.0
16.1 - 19.8
14.6
11.3
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
21.8
19.2 - 24.4
17.5
10.6
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
20.5
17.5 - 23.6
8.9
15.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
19.1
16.1 - 22.1
19.2
16.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
16.5
15.0 - 18.0
7.6
8.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
18.9
15.0 - 22.8
8.6
12.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
16.3
14.7 - 18.0
13.2
15.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.0
11.6 - 14.4
12.7
13.6
Fredericton
15.4
14.5 - 16.4
12.5
10.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
3.2
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
18.6
16.5 - 20.6
9.7
11.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
16.0
11.7 - 20.3
13.9
14.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
21.8
17.9 - 25.6
11.2
12.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
15.5
12.5 - 18.4
14.9
15.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
16.2
14.8 - 17.5
13.7
19.7
Moncton
11.5
10.8 - 12.2
9.0
9.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
11.9
9.2 - 14.5
13.6
10.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
20.1
15.8 - 24.4
10.0
12.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
10.9
8.1 - 13.7
13.6
17.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
14.6
13.1 - 16.0
15.1
16.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
20.7
17.6 - 23.8
13.6
17.5
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
12.8
11.7 - 13.8
9.3
9.9
Riverview and Coverdale
13.8
12.2 - 15.3
15.8
13.7
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
10.3
8.1 - 12.4
7.3
10.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
17.6
16.7 - 18.6
17.0
15.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
14.1
12.1 - 16.1
14.5
15.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.0
12.9 - 17.2
13.9
6.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
17.3
14.6 - 20.0
15.7
13.2
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
18.4
15.5 - 21.3
23.6
18.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
15.8
13.8 - 17.9
14.6
11.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
16.5
14.5 - 18.4
12.8
14.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
18.8
16.5 - 21.1
10.9
9.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
12.1
11.5 - 12.8
11.4
11.7
Anglophone North School District
15.5
14.5 - 16.5
16.7
17.2
Anglophone South School District
15.9
15.3 - 16.5
14.3
13.8
Anglophone West School District
14.9
14.3 - 15.5
13.3
13.3
Anglophone sector
14.6
14.3 - 15.0
13.6
13.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
18.7
17.6 - 19.8
12.1
11.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
18.7
17.3 - 20.0
12.9
14.0
District scolaire francophone Sud
15.4
14.5 - 16.2
8.6
7.6
Francophone sector
17.0
16.4 - 17.6
10.5
10.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
10.2
9.8 - 10.6
6.3
4.8
Grades 9 to 12
18.9
18.5 - 19.3
17.2
17.9
Gender
Female
16.1
15.6 - 16.5
n/a
n/a
Male
13.8
13.4 - 14.2
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
20.6
19.0 - 22.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
16.3
15.9 - 16.7
12.7
n/a
Male
14.0
13.6 - 14.4
12.8
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
18.3
17.6 - 19.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
25.3
23.8 - 26.8
19.8
19.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
10.2
9.4 - 10.9
10.2
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 they cut classes or skip 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 "4, 5 or 6 definitely like me" by the number of respondents who answered "1. definitely not like me to 6. definitely like me" to the question: For each item, fill in the circle that best describes what you are like as a person. a) I cut classes or skip 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

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_OPP01_1

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