Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they are happy to be at their school

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
69.0
67.4 - 70.7
65.0
64.6 - 65.4
67.3
67.0 - 67.7
68.2
67.8 - 68.5
66.6
71.3
74.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
72.2
70.0 - 74.4
69.0
68.4 - 69.7
71.0
70.4 - 71.6
71.8
71.1 - 72.4
68.8
72.6
76.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
69.0
65.6 - 72.4
64.2
63.3 - 65.0
65.2
64.5 - 66.0
65.1
64.4 - 65.9
64.7
69.8
74.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
65.8
62.2 - 69.3
60.8
59.9 - 61.6
61.5
60.7 - 62.3
62.2
61.4 - 63.0
61.6
65.7
68.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
S
63.7
62.1 - 65.2
74.1
72.7 - 75.5
75.4
74.0 - 76.8
75.2
81.6
82.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
64.9
61.9 - 67.9
61.1
58.9 - 63.3
65.8
63.5 - 68.0
66.8
64.6 - 69.1
66.0
69.0
78.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
68.3
64.2 - 72.4
66.1
64.8 - 67.4
73.6
72.4 - 74.8
75.5
74.2 - 76.7
72.7
80.1
83.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
68.3
64.1 - 72.5
64.8
63.2 - 66.4
66.8
65.2 - 68.4
68.6
67.0 - 70.2
66.9
71.7
69.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
69.0
61.0 - 77.0
66.3
64.4 - 68.2
72.0
70.2 - 73.8
72.7
70.8 - 74.5
66.6
77.2
75.8
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
68.0
62.7 - 73.3
64.7
62.6 - 66.8
67.6
65.5 - 69.6
70.0
67.8 - 72.1
66.5
68.5
73.8
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
67.0
64.3 - 69.6
63.6
60.7 - 66.4
65.7
62.7 - 68.8
67.6
64.8 - 70.5
64.5
71.2
83.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
63.8
58.7 - 68.8
67.2
64.0 - 70.5
77.2
74.2 - 80.2
78.9
75.9 - 81.9
77.5
81.4
91.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
61.8
57.9 - 65.8
57.5
54.0 - 61.0
65.8
62.5 - 69.2
65.7
62.1 - 69.2
68.4
65.8
72.6
Dieppe and Memramcook
74.7
72.8 - 76.6
70.9
69.2 - 72.6
77.7
76.1 - 79.3
79.5
77.9 - 81.1
75.0
78.6
85.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
56.8
44.7 - 68.9
52.4
47.6 - 57.2
49.3
44.6 - 54.0
52.3
47.4 - 57.3
56.1
64.1
69.6
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
S
66.4
64.2 - 68.6
75.0
73.0 - 77.0
77.4
75.5 - 79.2
76.0
82.3
85.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
70.1
66.2 - 74.0
65.4
63.5 - 67.3
65.1
63.1 - 67.0
65.0
63.1 - 67.0
67.7
68.7
70.4
Fredericton
68.5
63.3 - 73.6
64.0
62.8 - 65.2
65.2
64.1 - 66.3
63.9
62.7 - 65.1
64.2
68.1
75.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
68.2
79.4
86.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
62.9
58.3 - 67.6
60.2
57.5 - 62.9
69.8
67.3 - 72.3
68.7
66.2 - 71.1
71.1
75.6
78.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
57.5
57.5 - 57.5
60.6
53.8 - 67.5
52.7
47.3 - 58.2
57.1
51.3 - 62.8
55.0
53.1
73.6
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
61.6
57.4 - 65.7
82.1
78.8 - 85.3
85.9
82.8 - 89.1
82.2
85.9
84.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
55.0
47.9 - 62.2
49.4
45.7 - 53.2
56.3
52.6 - 60.0
61.8
58.0 - 65.7
61.4
62.6
67.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
70.9
68.4 - 73.4
66.1
64.5 - 67.8
67.8
66.1 - 69.5
70.1
68.5 - 71.8
68.1
70.5
70.1
Moncton
75.3
72.9 - 77.7
72.6
71.7 - 73.5
73.8
72.9 - 74.7
73.7
72.7 - 74.6
71.0
76.1
77.7
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
62.9
55.8 - 70.0
62.7
59.0 - 66.4
62.1
58.3 - 65.9
66.4
62.7 - 70.1
61.7
68.0
72.5
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
44.2
38.7 - 49.7
51.8
46.7 - 56.9
58.7
53.7 - 63.6
55.2
49.8 - 60.6
56.5
82.5
68.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
75.5
68.0 - 83.0
67.8
63.1 - 72.5
65.1
61.0 - 69.2
70.0
65.9 - 74.1
61.9
57.4
63.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
58.3
52.0 - 64.6
52.2
50.1 - 54.3
52.2
50.2 - 54.3
57.0
55.0 - 59.1
52.8
60.2
58.2
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
54.2
48.6 - 59.8
48.7
44.9 - 52.5
45.5
41.7 - 49.2
49.6
45.9 - 53.4
47.2
54.1
55.1
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
68.0
64.2 - 71.8
65.2
63.7 - 66.7
63.7
62.3 - 65.1
65.9
64.5 - 67.3
64.3
69.1
74.1
Riverview and Coverdale
68.3
67.1 - 69.5
65.3
63.3 - 67.3
66.1
64.0 - 68.2
64.9
62.8 - 67.0
61.8
65.5
73.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
65.8
60.3 - 71.3
62.3
59.2 - 65.3
63.1
60.0 - 66.2
67.6
64.3 - 70.9
68.9
65.8
67.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
72.1
66.5 - 77.6
66.1
64.8 - 67.3
67.4
66.3 - 68.5
67.2
66.1 - 68.3
66.2
73.2
76.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
57.9
49.3 - 66.4
54.7
51.6 - 57.8
58.3
55.5 - 61.2
57.4
54.7 - 60.2
59.0
62.1
61.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
74.2
70.5 - 77.9
69.8
67.1 - 72.4
70.8
68.4 - 73.2
73.7
71.1 - 76.3
70.0
77.0
84.1
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
66.2
59.9 - 72.6
64.5
61.3 - 67.8
71.7
68.5 - 74.8
78.6
75.6 - 81.7
79.9
86.0
84.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
66.0
56.4 - 75.6
57.8
54.4 - 61.2
59.4
56.1 - 62.7
64.6
61.1 - 68.1
62.6
57.9
65.9
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
67.0
60.3 - 73.7
64.4
61.7 - 67.2
66.0
63.3 - 68.7
57.6
54.8 - 60.3
63.6
65.9
73.6
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
59.9
56.4 - 63.5
55.8
53.0 - 58.7
60.5
57.9 - 63.2
58.5
56.0 - 61.0
60.6
65.5
67.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
71.3
64.5 - 78.2
66.0
63.4 - 68.6
75.8
73.4 - 78.1
76.5
74.0 - 78.9
76.9
81.9
85.2
School districts
Anglophone East School District
70.8
67.6 - 74.1
68.4
67.5 - 69.2
69.3
68.5 - 70.2
68.8
68.0 - 69.7
66.8
69.5
72.3
Anglophone North School District
68.7
65.8 - 71.5
63.8
62.5 - 65.0
65.3
64.0 - 66.6
66.3
64.9 - 67.6
64.5
66.3
68.3
Anglophone South School District
69.0
65.4 - 72.5
63.7
62.9 - 64.6
65.0
64.2 - 65.8
64.9
64.1 - 65.6
64.7
69.5
74.0
Anglophone West School District
65.0
61.4 - 68.6
60.7
59.9 - 61.6
60.7
59.9 - 61.5
62.0
61.2 - 62.8
61.2
64.9
68.5
Anglophone sector
68.2
66.2 - 70.2
64.0
63.5 - 64.4
64.7
64.3 - 65.2
65.1
64.6 - 65.5
64.0
67.6
71.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
65.3
61.9 - 68.8
64.4
63.2 - 65.7
73.0
71.8 - 74.2
75.0
73.8 - 76.2
72.8
81.3
85.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
S
63.2
61.4 - 64.9
75.2
73.7 - 76.7
76.7
75.2 - 78.1
75.3
83.7
83.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
75.0
73.7 - 76.4
71.4
70.5 - 72.4
74.4
73.6 - 75.3
76.8
75.8 - 77.8
72.6
78.7
84.0
Francophone sector
71.2
68.5 - 73.9
67.8
67.1 - 68.5
74.1
73.5 - 74.8
76.2
75.6 - 76.9
73.2
80.5
84.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
70.5
68.9 - 72.1
67.2
66.7 - 67.8
69.0
68.5 - 69.6
71.5
71.0 - 72.1
70.1
74.4
80.0
Grades 9 to 12
68.0
65.5 - 70.4
63.4
62.9 - 63.9
66.2
65.7 - 66.7
65.8
65.3 - 66.3
64.1
69.1
71.4
Gender
Female
69.9
67.9 - 71.8
65.8
65.2 - 66.3
68.2
67.7 - 68.7
68.4
67.8 - 69.0
68.0
n/a
n/a
Male
69.8
68.2 - 71.5
65.6
65.1 - 66.2
67.8
67.3 - 68.4
70.3
69.7 - 70.8
67.8
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
47.9
43.8 - 52.1
48.5
45.1 - 51.8
50.9
48.0 - 53.9
50.1
48.3 - 52.0
50.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
68.5
66.6 - 70.5
64.6
64.1 - 65.2
67.1
66.6 - 67.6
66.6
66.1 - 67.2
66.2
71.2
n/a
Male
69.9
68.4 - 71.5
65.6
65.1 - 66.2
67.9
67.4 - 68.5
70.0
69.5 - 70.5
67.3
71.5
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
55.8
53.4 - 58.2
51.7
50.5 - 52.9
56.2
55.1 - 57.3
57.2
56.4 - 58.1
57.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
61.1
58.5 - 63.7
56.9
55.5 - 58.3
58.5
57.0 - 59.9
58.4
56.8 - 60.1
60.1
64.2
64.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
79.8
78.3 - 81.3
75.9
75.0 - 76.8
76.5
75.6 - 77.4
78.4
77.4 - 79.4
75.2
79.8
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
59.9
57.9 - 62.0
56.3
54.9 - 57.8
59.5
58.1 - 60.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
77.3
75.8 - 78.9
73.7
72.9 - 74.5
73.2
72.3 - 74.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Socioeconomic status
High socioeconomic status
73.0
71.4 - 74.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Low socioeconomic status
65.5
63.0 - 68.0
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 in grades 6 to 12 who reported that they are happy to be at their 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 "agree or strongly Agree" by the number of respondents who answered "strongly disagree, disagree, agree or strongly agree" to the question: How strongly do you agree or disagree with each of the following? c) I am happy to be at my school

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

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_SCC03_1

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