Students in grades 6 to 12 who have a learning exceptionality or special education need, based on the choices provided on the questionnaire

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
35.3
35.0 - 35.7
34.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
34.9
34.2 - 35.6
34.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
37.3
36.6 - 38.1
37.2
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
36.1
35.3 - 36.9
34.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
28.4
27.0 - 29.9
28.1
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
36.5
34.3 - 38.7
36.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
35.8
34.5 - 37.1
35.1
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
31.9
30.3 - 33.4
31.7
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
36.3
34.3 - 38.2
34.7
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
34.3
32.1 - 36.5
33.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
37.6
34.7 - 40.5
36.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
31.6
28.3 - 35.0
32.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
35.0
31.5 - 38.5
37.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
30.2
28.4 - 32.0
30.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
39.8
35.0 - 44.6
33.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
27.6
25.7 - 29.6
27.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
31.0
29.1 - 32.9
29.9
Fredericton
35.7
34.5 - 36.9
33.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
33.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
28.9
26.5 - 31.2
28.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
37.7
32.1 - 43.2
40.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
30.7
26.5 - 34.9
30.6
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
40.2
36.4 - 44.0
33.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
32.1
30.4 - 33.7
31.5
Moncton
35.5
34.5 - 36.6
35.8
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
37.7
34.0 - 41.5
34.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
29.9
25.2 - 34.7
32.8
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
30.2
26.1 - 34.2
33.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
41.3
39.3 - 43.3
41.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
36.4
32.8 - 40.0
30.9
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
35.0
33.6 - 36.4
36.5
Riverview and Coverdale
40.1
38.0 - 42.3
40.1
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
39.8
36.4 - 43.1
34.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
38.6
37.4 - 39.7
38.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
36.2
33.5 - 38.9
33.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.4
25.7 - 31.0
30.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
37.0
33.6 - 40.4
39.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
40.6
37.1 - 44.1
37.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
39.7
37.0 - 42.4
37.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
34.3
32.0 - 36.7
33.7
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
36.9
34.2 - 39.6
35.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
37.6
36.7 - 38.5
37.4
Anglophone North School District
36.7
35.4 - 38.0
36.5
Anglophone South School District
37.8
37.0 - 38.6
37.5
Anglophone West School District
36.4
35.6 - 37.2
34.5
Anglophone sector
37.2
36.7 - 37.6
36.4
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
34.4
33.2 - 35.7
34.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
26.3
24.8 - 27.8
27.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
29.8
28.8 - 30.9
30.1
Francophone sector
30.6
29.9 - 31.3
30.9
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
31.2
30.6 - 31.7
30.7
Grades 9 to 12
38.3
37.8 - 38.8
37.9
Gender
Woman/Girl
36.5
36.0 - 37.1
35.8
Man/Boy
31.0
30.5 - 31.6
30.4
Non-binary
63.2
61.4 - 65.0
62.0
Sex at birth
Female
39.2
38.6 - 39.7
38.5
Male
31.2
30.7 - 31.7
30.7
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
56.2
55.3 - 57.1
55.1
Heterosexual
30.1
29.7 - 30.5
29.3
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
55.9
55.0 - 56.8
54.9
Non LGBTQ2+ person
30.0
29.6 - 30.5
29.2
Race
White
36.5
36.0 - 36.9
36.0
South Asian
29.2
25.7 - 32.6
28.6
Other
44.0
41.2 - 46.8
45.7
Middle Eastern
25.5
23.1 - 27.9
26.8
Latino
37.0
34.1 - 39.8
37.6
East/Southeast Asian
23.4
21.8 - 25.0
24.4
Black
36.5
34.7 - 38.3
33.8
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
49.8
48.2 - 51.5
47.3
Non-Indigenous
33.4
33.0 - 33.8
33.8
Food poverty
Food poverty
52.3
50.8 - 53.8
47.4
No food poverty
34.0
33.6 - 34.4
34.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
22.6
21.6 - 23.5
23.3
Non-immigrants
37.2
36.8 - 37.6
36.3
Special needs
Has a special need
100.0
100.0 - 100.0
100.0
No special need
0.0
0.0
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 have a learning exceptionality or special education need, based on the choices provided on the questionnaire.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who selected "yes, to at least 1 of the 12 response options" by the "total number of respondents" to the question: If you have been diagnosed with a learning exceptionality or special education need, please indicate which one? Autism/Asperger syndrome, behavioural disorder, blind and low vision, deaf and hard-of-hearing, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or attention deficit disorder (ADD), intellectual disability, language/speech impairment, learning disability, physical disability, mental illness, gifted or other

Notes

This indicator has replaced SH_SENAL_1, which was previously available on our Web site. Due to changes in our 2021-2022 edition of the questionnaire, this indicator cannot be compared to previous versions. 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

%

NBHC code

SH_SENAV_1

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