While exploring how to incorporate indigenous content into my math and science curriculum I came across the question of why. Why aboriginal and not other cultures? The Aboriginal Report found in the link below had many answers for me. It gave me achievement reports as well as population statistics that are as recent as last year. If it is of interest to you, you can also find this data broken down by school district as well. One caveat is that the numbers of Aboriginal people are only recorded if a person self identifies as Aboriginal. So there could be students who did not self identify that are uncounted in the data. I was not initially surprised at the ratio of Aboriginal to all other students, and the district data lines up with my school data which showed 10.5% across the district and 8.4% at my school this year. I did take a quick peek at the English Language Learners (ELL) student numbers to find them similar to Aboriginal students. In my class this year I had 16% of my student identify as aboriginal which is above the average. This data confirms my need to incorporate aboriginal content into my curriculum.
Aboriginal Report 2015/16 – 2019/20. How Are We Doing? (2020). Retrieved 9 June 2021 from