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Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that getting an education is important to them

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Unit %

Academic Year 2025-2026 Academic Year 2024-2025
Province
New Brunswick
76.0
74.4 - 77.6
75.2
74.8 - 75.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
76.8
74.0 - 79.6
75.8
75.2 - 76.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
77.7
75.2 - 80.3
76.6
75.8 - 77.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
77.1
74.0 - 80.2
76.1
75.4 - 76.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
70.3
68.9 - 71.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
70.2
65.4 - 75.0
69.4
67.4 - 71.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
72.2
69.2 - 75.1
72.0
70.8 - 73.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
75.3
70.9 - 79.8
74.5
73.1 - 76.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
73.5
67.6 - 79.4
72.3
70.5 - 74.1
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
66.9
60.1 - 73.7
66.1
64.0 - 68.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
69.8
63.5 - 76.1
71.1
68.5 - 73.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
67.0
63.7 - 70.2
75.0
72.0 - 78.0
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
70.7
63.3 - 78.0
67.0
63.7 - 70.3
Dieppe and Memramcook
73.3
67.1 - 79.5
73.2
71.5 - 74.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
71.2
66.8 - 75.6
62.9
58.2 - 67.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
75.3
73.3 - 77.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
77.2
73.7 - 80.7
77.8
76.2 - 79.4
Fredericton
79.7
75.6 - 83.7
78.7
77.7 - 79.7
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
65.2
59.2 - 71.2
65.2
62.7 - 67.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
65.8
65.8 - 65.8
75.1
69.4 - 80.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
64.0
59.9 - 68.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
73.3
68.8 - 77.8
72.6
69.3 - 76.0
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
77.0
73.7 - 80.3
75.9
74.5 - 77.4
Moncton
80.3
77.1 - 83.5
79.9
79.1 - 80.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
73.8
69.8 - 77.7
74.0
70.6 - 77.3
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
59.1
54.5 - 63.7
60.8
55.8 - 65.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
76.2
72.4 - 80.0
76.6
72.5 - 80.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
72.1
67.9 - 76.3
72.1
70.2 - 73.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
72.7
68.0 - 77.4
70.6
67.1 - 74.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
80.1
76.7 - 83.6
78.8
77.5 - 80.1
Riverview and Coverdale
79.4
71.1 - 87.6
79.2
77.5 - 80.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
77.2
76.3 - 78.1
70.9
68.0 - 73.7
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
78.5
74.8 - 82.3
76.0
74.9 - 77.1
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
76.2
72.6 - 79.8
70.8
68.0 - 73.7
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
68.7
65.3 - 72.1
68.3
65.6 - 71.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
71.8
67.7 - 76.0
69.6
66.5 - 72.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
74.1
66.7 - 81.6
76.0
73.1 - 78.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
74.4
69.9 - 78.8
75.0
72.5 - 77.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
72.9
64.0 - 81.7
74.6
72.1 - 77.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
73.2
71.5 - 75.0
71.1
68.7 - 73.6
School districts
Anglophone East School District
80.3
77.5 - 83.2
79.6
78.8 - 80.3
Anglophone North School District
76.7
73.8 - 79.6
75.7
74.6 - 76.8
Anglophone South School District
78.2
75.8 - 80.6
77.0
76.2 - 77.7
Anglophone West School District
77.5
74.4 - 80.6
76.4
75.7 - 77.1
Anglophone sector
78.4
76.9 - 79.9
77.3
76.9 - 77.7
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
68.7
66.7 - 70.7
69.4
68.2 - 70.6
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
69.6
68.0 - 71.2
District scolaire francophone Sud
71.6
68.5 - 74.7
69.7
68.7 - 70.6
Francophone sector
70.1
67.5 - 72.7
69.6
68.9 - 70.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
72.8
71.3 - 74.3
72.2
71.7 - 72.7
Grades 9 to 12
78.2
76.1 - 80.3
77.3
76.9 - 77.8
Gender
Female
83.2
81.9 - 84.6
82.7
82.2 - 83.1
Male
70.3
68.2 - 72.5
69.1
68.6 - 69.7
Non-binary
59.2
55.0 - 63.3
59.6
56.3 - 62.9
Sex at birth
Female
82.2
80.9 - 83.6
81.6
81.1 - 82.0
Male
70.0
67.9 - 72.1
68.9
68.4 - 69.5
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
71.4
69.0 - 73.8
70.9
69.9 - 72.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
70.4
68.1 - 72.8
68.0
66.7 - 69.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
84.3
82.5 - 86.0
83.8
83.0 - 84.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
66.1
63.9 - 68.3
65.8
64.4 - 67.1
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
82.7
80.9 - 84.5
81.2
80.5 - 81.9
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
79.9
77.7 - 82.1
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
70.8
68.5 - 73.0
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 that getting an education is important to them.

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 "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "no, sometimes or yes" to the question: Getting an education is important to me

Notes

Due to an update of the resilience scale, this indicator has replaced SH_RES03_1 starting with the 2024-2025 edition of the questionnaire.

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

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_REI02_1

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