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Percent of Students Reporting They Believe Use of Alcohol or Drugs is a Problem at Their School (agree or strongly agree), All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2001200420072010
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota9th59%62%61%60%65%62%56%60%58%54%57%56%
12th60%68%64%61%70%66%59%67%63%54%61%57%
All Grades60%65%62%60%67%64%55%65%60%54%59%56%
Aitkin County9th54%68%60%72%80%76%70%69%70%58%79%67%
12th62%52%58%66%64%65%60%72%66%61%74%68%
All Grades58%61%59%69%74%71%66%70%68%59%76%68%
Anoka County9th61%63%62%64%65%64%61%64%63%60%60%60%
12th60%67%64%65%70%68%62%68%65%59%66%63%
All Grades61%65%63%64%67%66%62%66%64%60%63%61%
Becker County9th67%76%71%62%74%69%43%64%54%54%58%56%
12th65%64%64%65%78%71%47%60%54%38%54%46%
All Grades66%71%68%63%76%70%45%63%54%46%56%51%
Beltrami County9th60%52%56%58%61%60%65%61%63%53%61%57%
12th42%48%45%67%69%68%50%60%55%48%55%52%
All Grades53%51%52%62%65%63%60%61%60%51%58%55%
Benton County9th58%57%57%56%66%61%55%62%59%48%56%52%
12th57%63%60%54%61%58%66%72%69%51%67%59%
All Grades57%59%58%55%64%60%60%66%63%50%61%55%
Big Stone County9thN/AN/AN/A62%65%63%N/AN/A61%49%43%46%
12thN/AN/AN/A53%77%67%N/AN/A44%60%68%63%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A58%73%65%N/AN/AN/A54%55%54%
Blue Earth County9th62%67%64%64%79%71%60%68%64%58%57%58%
12th54%63%59%57%64%60%54%67%60%56%62%59%
All Grades59%65%62%61%72%67%57%68%62%57%59%58%
Brown County9th62%66%64%49%58%53%51%58%55%48%61%54%
12th57%73%65%56%71%64%50%55%53%41%57%50%
All Grades59%69%65%52%64%58%51%57%54%46%59%52%
Carlton County9th49%61%55%53%54%54%49%47%48%43%56%49%
12th57%67%61%57%65%62%51%64%58%53%65%59%
All Grades52%63%58%55%59%57%50%54%52%48%60%53%
Carver County9th69%76%72%67%68%67%66%76%71%63%67%65%
12th66%79%73%64%76%70%72%68%70%54%63%58%
All Grades68%77%73%65%71%68%68%73%70%60%66%63%
Cass County9th74%81%77%67%76%72%70%73%71%48%54%52%
12th53%55%54%52%75%63%67%76%71%63%61%62%
All Grades63%72%67%61%76%69%68%74%71%55%58%57%
Chippewa County9th57%79%66%N/AN/AN/A59%63%61%N/AN/AN/A
12th68%78%73%N/AN/AN/A69%69%69%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades62%78%70%N/AN/AN/A63%65%65%N/AN/AN/A
Chisago County9th59%66%62%N/AN/AN/A64%57%61%64%59%61%
12th60%71%65%N/AN/AN/A62%71%66%56%56%56%
All Grades60%68%64%N/AN/AN/A63%63%63%60%58%59%
Clay County9th53%59%56%63%70%66%51%66%58%50%49%49%
12th54%60%57%57%73%64%55%68%61%42%56%50%
All Grades54%59%56%60%71%65%53%67%60%47%52%49%
Clearwater County9th61%65%63%N/AN/AN/A42%53%48%46%44%45%
12th49%71%59%N/AN/AN/A37%45%41%29%37%33%
All Grades56%67%62%N/AN/AN/A39%49%45%39%42%40%
Cook County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cottonwood County9th58%61%60%38%47%43%33%49%41%37%40%38%
12th61%61%61%49%58%54%52%51%51%32%39%35%
All Grades60%61%60%43%53%48%40%50%45%34%40%37%
Crow Wing County9th58%58%58%67%80%73%62%70%66%69%74%72%
12th72%71%71%68%78%73%65%72%69%53%56%54%
All Grades64%63%63%67%79%73%63%71%67%57%61%59%
Dakota County9th56%56%56%58%59%59%55%57%56%55%58%57%
12th59%65%62%63%69%66%63%68%66%59%65%62%
All Grades57%59%58%61%63%62%59%62%60%57%61%59%
Dodge County9th70%64%67%68%69%69%56%66%62%51%71%60%
12th56%66%61%53%67%60%50%79%64%64%70%67%
All Grades63%65%64%62%68%65%53%72%63%57%70%63%
Douglas County9th62%69%66%58%77%67%48%58%53%46%65%56%
12th68%80%74%76%87%82%70%61%66%51%61%56%
All Grades65%74%69%66%81%73%57%60%58%49%63%56%
Faribault County9th61%74%67%56%67%61%55%75%65%N/AN/AN/A
12th64%73%69%45%60%53%49%66%57%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades62%74%68%51%64%57%52%71%61%N/AN/AN/A
Fillmore County9th59%57%58%53%67%60%49%57%53%57%70%64%
12th57%54%55%45%55%50%51%48%50%48%47%47%
All Grades58%56%57%50%62%56%50%53%51%52%58%55%
Freeborn County9th54%67%61%50%52%51%40%44%42%61%60%60%
12th62%82%73%51%73%63%50%61%55%47%64%56%
All Grades57%74%66%50%61%56%45%50%47%55%62%59%
Goodhue County9th59%62%61%69%70%70%60%71%66%54%67%60%
12th62%80%71%62%76%69%59%72%65%54%66%61%
All Grades60%69%65%66%72%69%60%72%66%54%66%61%
Grant County9th49%60%55%38%69%53%36%68%52%N/AN/AN/A
12th34%59%47%61%70%66%65%66%66%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades41%59%51%49%70%59%49%67%59%N/AN/AN/A
Hennepin County9th60%62%61%58%62%60%56%56%56%49%50%50%
12th62%66%64%60%67%64%58%65%62%53%57%55%
All Grades61%64%62%59%64%61%57%60%58%51%53%52%
Houston County9th61%65%63%58%66%62%55%67%61%53%63%58%
12th72%81%77%61%68%65%61%69%65%49%61%56%
All Grades65%71%69%60%67%63%57%68%63%52%62%57%
Hubbard County9th64%83%73%80%78%79%69%78%73%61%67%64%
12th63%73%68%63%82%72%69%87%77%58%54%56%
All Grades64%79%71%73%80%76%69%82%75%60%62%61%
Isanti County9th67%77%72%66%81%74%68%77%73%N/AN/AN/A
12th70%77%73%66%84%75%67%71%69%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades68%77%73%66%83%74%68%75%71%N/AN/AN/A
Itasca County9th57%61%59%60%66%63%60%64%62%71%74%72%
12th50%58%54%58%79%67%51%69%60%60%74%67%
All Grades54%59%57%59%70%65%56%66%61%66%74%70%
Jackson County9th62%74%68%66%79%72%67%70%69%42%49%45%
12th71%84%78%68%90%78%54%72%61%43%67%55%
All Grades65%78%72%67%83%75%61%71%65%42%58%50%
Kanabec County9th63%72%68%N/AN/AN/A53%70%61%61%72%66%
12th48%49%49%N/AN/AN/A56%74%65%56%66%60%
All Grades56%62%59%N/AN/AN/A55%72%63%58%69%63%
Kandiyohi County9th64%72%68%65%67%66%56%59%57%49%52%51%
12th69%71%70%65%72%68%55%66%59%57%62%59%
All Grades66%72%69%65%69%67%56%61%58%53%57%54%
Kittson County9th33%52%43%43%38%40%50%44%48%4%18%10%
12th40%58%49%41%47%44%39%40%40%22%6%15%
All Grades37%55%46%42%42%42%45%42%43%12%13%12%
Koochiching County9th62%69%65%66%86%76%N/AN/AN/A74%85%79%
12th49%68%58%70%77%74%N/AN/AN/A63%79%71%
All Grades56%69%62%68%82%75%N/AN/AN/A70%82%76%
Lac Qui Parle County9th69%66%67%48%69%59%24%47%36%27%33%30%
12th72%76%74%62%71%67%39%62%50%43%49%46%
All Grades70%71%70%54%70%63%31%55%43%34%40%37%
Lake County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Lake of the Woods County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Le Sueur County9th61%70%66%64%76%70%59%67%63%64%65%64%
12th56%72%64%61%75%69%63%76%70%42%61%52%
All Grades59%71%65%63%75%70%61%71%66%54%63%59%
Lincoln County9th52%42%47%41%64%52%39%54%46%36%56%48%
12th39%70%52%61%63%61%58%51%55%38%55%46%
All Grades45%55%50%51%63%56%48%53%50%37%55%47%
Lyon County9th57%66%62%61%70%65%43%49%46%39%50%45%
12th58%73%65%58%77%67%58%63%61%41%44%42%
All Grades58%69%63%60%73%66%51%55%53%40%47%44%
McLeod County9th65%70%68%57%66%61%54%65%59%73%78%75%
12th69%79%74%64%75%70%61%69%65%68%71%69%
All Grades66%74%70%60%70%65%56%66%61%71%75%73%
Mahnomen County9th37%45%41%N/AN/A77%64%73%68%62%44%53%
12th28%83%52%N/AN/A63%73%63%69%45%75%60%
All Grades33%61%46%N/AN/AN/A68%70%69%54%57%56%
Marshall County9th48%39%44%42%56%47%42%47%45%56%45%50%
12th58%59%58%43%48%45%48%47%48%36%50%43%
All Grades52%50%51%42%51%46%45%47%46%47%47%47%
Martin County9th58%73%66%71%66%68%61%64%63%44%54%49%
12th61%85%73%71%80%76%62%76%69%53%43%48%
All Grades60%79%69%71%72%72%61%69%65%48%49%48%
Meeker County9th53%55%54%65%65%65%53%52%53%50%46%48%
12th53%63%59%46%65%55%57%56%57%46%61%53%
All Grades53%58%56%56%65%60%55%54%54%48%53%50%
Mille Lacs County9th67%67%67%71%79%76%69%70%69%60%62%61%
12th68%74%71%76%76%76%67%85%76%59%77%69%
All Grades67%70%68%73%78%76%68%76%72%59%69%64%
Morrison County9th64%66%65%62%68%65%43%48%46%43%45%44%
12th54%76%65%65%62%63%55%60%58%37%50%44%
All Grades60%70%65%63%65%64%49%53%51%40%47%44%
Mower County9th60%65%63%63%74%69%62%69%65%52%56%54%
12th64%67%65%66%71%69%63%82%72%55%70%62%
All Grades62%66%64%64%73%69%62%74%68%53%62%58%
Murray County9th48%67%58%61%63%62%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12th55%68%61%53%63%58%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All Grades51%67%59%57%63%60%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Nicollet County9th61%59%60%62%66%64%82%83%82%N/AN/A57%
12th59%73%66%52%78%66%68%60%64%N/AN/A56%
All Grades60%65%62%58%71%65%76%72%74%N/AN/AN/A
Nobles County9th49%54%52%45%59%51%52%57%55%61%59%60%
12th63%69%66%63%75%69%48%65%57%60%63%62%
All Grades55%60%58%53%67%60%51%60%56%60%60%60%
Norman County9th49%61%56%54%51%53%36%44%39%32%59%43%
12th59%77%67%47%53%50%50%73%60%53%60%55%
All Grades54%68%61%51%52%52%43%58%50%43%60%49%
Olmsted County9th52%54%53%50%52%51%47%51%49%53%54%54%
12th55%56%56%53%64%59%52%54%53%48%52%50%
All Grades53%55%54%51%57%54%49%52%51%51%53%52%
Otter Tail County9th49%58%53%56%64%60%53%66%59%48%49%48%
12th53%69%61%53%58%55%54%70%62%48%54%51%
All Grades51%62%56%55%62%58%53%67%60%48%52%50%
Pennington County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A66%45%54%50%N/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A60%55%61%58%N/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A50%57%54%N/AN/AN/A
Pine County9th64%58%61%61%74%67%65%49%58%51%69%60%
12th56%61%58%59%79%68%52%75%64%44%51%47%
All Grades61%59%60%60%76%68%60%60%60%48%60%54%
Pipestone County9th70%87%79%43%67%55%31%50%42%N/AN/AN/A
12th62%67%64%26%68%47%45%52%48%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades66%78%73%35%67%51%38%51%45%N/AN/AN/A
Polk County9th52%65%59%61%74%68%61%73%67%58%64%61%
12th56%82%69%59%79%69%63%83%74%59%73%66%
All Grades54%73%63%60%76%68%62%78%70%58%68%63%
Pope County9thN/AN/A79%N/AN/A72%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/A69%N/AN/A74%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Ramsey County9th60%60%60%60%59%59%56%56%56%57%55%56%
12th60%62%61%60%62%61%56%60%58%54%57%55%
All Grades60%61%61%60%60%60%56%58%57%56%56%56%
Red Lake County9th57%62%59%24%54%38%45%52%48%26%62%47%
12th51%57%54%32%38%35%17%50%32%32%31%31%
All Grades54%60%57%28%46%36%33%51%41%29%50%40%
Redwood County9th53%65%59%41%51%46%45%62%53%46%57%52%
12th64%74%69%68%76%72%55%41%48%57%69%61%
All Grades58%69%64%55%62%58%49%53%51%51%61%56%
Renville County9th57%68%63%71%81%77%65%74%70%34%42%37%
12th54%64%59%68%85%77%55%70%63%42%48%45%
All Grades56%66%61%69%83%77%59%72%66%37%45%41%
Rice County9th73%73%73%71%74%72%64%72%68%64%66%65%
12th66%82%75%70%75%72%70%80%75%49%54%52%
All Grades71%76%74%70%74%72%66%75%71%59%61%60%
Rock County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Roseau County9th48%51%50%68%70%69%58%71%64%60%56%58%
12th50%56%53%63%69%66%67%72%69%54%70%61%
All Grades49%53%51%65%70%68%62%71%67%57%63%59%
St. Louis County9th59%58%58%61%68%65%62%64%63%56%62%59%
12th57%65%61%63%69%66%57%70%63%52%64%58%
All Grades58%61%59%62%69%65%60%67%63%54%63%59%
Scott County9th57%70%64%64%69%66%53%61%57%67%69%68%
12th65%73%69%63%79%71%70%76%73%63%70%66%
All Grades60%71%66%64%73%68%60%67%64%65%69%67%
Sherburne County9th55%61%58%59%62%60%57%62%60%63%67%65%
12th74%77%75%58%78%68%59%69%64%58%59%58%
All Grades61%66%64%59%66%63%58%65%61%61%64%62%
Sibley County9th55%68%62%61%58%60%33%49%41%41%56%48%
12th55%69%63%65%63%63%51%53%52%35%42%38%
All Grades55%68%63%63%60%62%42%51%46%38%50%44%
Stearns County9th62%64%63%59%66%63%54%56%55%51%59%55%
12th62%72%67%58%64%61%53%59%56%52%63%57%
All Grades62%68%65%59%65%62%54%57%55%51%60%56%
Steele County9th60%63%61%52%60%56%54%48%51%52%59%55%
12th57%71%64%57%70%63%49%62%55%51%66%58%
All Grades58%66%62%54%65%60%52%54%53%51%62%57%
Stevens County9thN/AN/AN/A56%77%66%36%42%39%N/AN/A23%
12thN/AN/AN/A52%69%61%21%63%43%N/AN/A37%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A54%73%63%29%51%41%N/AN/AN/A
Swift County9th41%76%58%N/AN/AN/A65%67%66%53%47%51%
12th59%62%61%N/AN/AN/A51%62%57%43%47%45%
All Grades48%70%59%N/AN/AN/A58%65%62%48%47%48%
Todd County9th50%51%50%52%69%60%52%73%62%45%44%44%
12th57%56%56%62%58%60%61%58%60%45%55%50%
All Grades53%53%53%56%64%60%56%66%61%45%51%48%
Traverse County9thN/AN/A56%N/AN/A63%N/AN/A24%N/AN/A54%
12thN/AN/A67%N/AN/A65%N/AN/A34%N/AN/A40%
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Wabasha County9th48%64%56%50%64%57%60%69%65%51%59%55%
12th54%56%55%47%59%52%62%82%72%48%55%51%
All Grades51%61%56%48%62%55%61%75%68%50%57%53%
Wadena County9th53%60%56%51%59%55%39%49%45%52%45%48%
12th58%56%57%55%64%58%51%47%49%45%50%48%
All Grades55%58%56%53%61%57%45%48%47%49%48%48%
Waseca County9th59%60%59%60%74%67%59%71%65%N/AN/A55%
12th78%77%78%68%75%71%57%67%62%N/AN/A62%
All Grades66%69%68%64%75%69%58%69%63%N/AN/AN/A
Washington County9th60%63%62%53%60%57%56%62%59%52%53%52%
12th70%82%76%73%85%79%71%75%73%61%69%65%
All Grades64%70%67%62%71%67%63%68%65%56%60%58%
Watonwan County9th54%64%60%44%54%49%57%64%61%59%64%61%
12th51%85%67%60%60%60%58%66%62%36%52%46%
All Grades52%72%63%51%57%54%57%65%61%50%58%54%
Wilkin County9th54%63%59%58%72%65%49%60%55%50%55%52%
12th62%80%73%58%79%70%46%54%50%38%53%46%
All Grades57%70%65%58%75%67%47%57%52%45%54%49%
Winona County9th56%61%58%47%71%59%70%76%73%51%49%50%
12th60%69%64%61%60%61%61%72%67%49%57%53%
All Grades58%64%60%53%66%60%66%74%70%50%53%51%
Wright County9th61%68%65%69%74%71%53%69%61%52%59%55%
12th55%62%58%58%68%64%63%74%68%54%64%59%
All Grades59%66%62%65%72%68%57%71%64%53%61%57%
Yellow Medicine County9th60%64%61%62%78%70%51%61%56%33%53%43%
12th73%88%81%64%70%66%48%57%52%46%53%49%
All Grades66%78%71%63%74%68%49%59%54%39%53%46%

Data Source: Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)

Description: The MSS is a confidential and anonymous self-administered survey given to students attending Minnesota public, charter and tribal schools. From 1995 to 2010, the survey was administered to students in 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. New in 2013, the survey was administered to students in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades. Trend data are now only available for 9th graders, and only for survey questions that did not change. Most schools elect to participate in the survey; in 2013, this included 84% of public schools in Minnesota.

Although the data are not presented here, the survey is also administered to area learning centers, juvenile correction facilities and private schools electing to participate.

Sponsored by: Minnesota Department of Education

Geographic Level: State, Region, and County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported every three years

Characteristics: The results of the MSS are also available at a county level. Data Privacy requirements mandate that data is presented in a manner such that no individual student can be identified through the presentation of the results. As part of the Data Privacy practices, the results are also presented in a manner that no individual school district could be identified through the results. Therefore, for counties that have only one school district, the results are not presented. Results are also withheld for counties in which the minimum number for student participation was not met.

The MSS is a “census” of schools, not a sample. The school districts get their own data. Fifth-graders were not asked all substance use questions. Some school districts do not participate, and student participation within the school district can vary widely. These data are self-reported.