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Percent of Students Reporting They Strongly Agree or Agree That They Feel Safe at School, All Available Years: by Grade, Race, Gender, and Region

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11thAfrican-American or Black89.2%91.2%90.2%88.6%91.9%90.2%87.1%90.7%89.0%
All Races Combined94.0%93.9%94.0%93.3%93.5%93.4%89.8%91.6%90.7%
Asian American93.1%93.0%93.1%89.7%92.9%91.3%90.7%91.6%91.1%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial90.6%91.5%91.0%90.7%92.5%91.6%87.5%89.0%88.2%
Hispanic/Latino91.8%93.0%92.4%90.2%93.5%91.9%87.4%90.1%88.7%
Native American89.2%89.9%89.6%91.2%90.3%90.7%86.6%87.3%86.9%
Pacific Islander89.5%83.3%86.3%*94.4%93.7%**79.6%
White94.8%94.6%94.7%94.6%93.9%94.3%90.5%92.3%91.4%
5thAfrican-American or Black90.4%90.8%90.6%90.9%90.4%90.6%89.3%90.1%89.7%
All Races Combined93.9%93.0%93.5%94.3%93.2%93.7%92.2%91.7%91.9%
Asian American95.0%93.1%94.1%95.0%94.0%94.5%92.3%92.8%92.6%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial90.0%90.7%90.3%90.8%90.3%90.6%88.8%90.1%89.4%
Hispanic/Latino91.9%91.7%91.8%92.6%92.2%92.4%90.7%92.2%91.4%
Native American89.0%88.9%88.9%88.8%89.2%89.0%85.3%89.4%87.7%
Pacific Islander84.8%91.9%88.9%88.9%79.7%83.8%81.4%83.1%82.3%
White95.1%93.9%94.5%95.6%94.3%94.9%93.4%92.4%92.9%
8thAfrican-American or Black89.7%88.8%89.2%88.1%89.2%88.7%84.4%88.4%86.5%
All Races Combined91.5%91.8%91.6%91.1%92.4%91.7%87.3%91.2%89.2%
Asian American91.6%91.3%91.4%90.4%91.8%91.1%87.0%91.5%89.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial88.4%88.3%88.4%86.5%90.4%88.4%82.9%88.0%85.2%
Hispanic/Latino89.2%90.1%89.7%88.8%90.3%89.5%86.6%90.0%88.3%
Native American82.8%85.1%84.1%84.9%89.9%87.8%83.4%87.5%85.7%
Pacific Islander84.4%90.2%88.0%*90.0%90.7%85.7%93.9%90.7%
White92.4%92.9%92.6%92.6%93.5%93.0%88.5%92.2%90.3%
9thAfrican-American or Black86.6%87.9%87.3%89.3%90.0%89.7%84.6%89.2%86.9%
All Races Combined91.6%91.9%91.8%91.8%92.5%92.2%87.4%90.7%89.0%
Asian American90.0%90.8%90.4%91.1%91.6%91.4%89.2%89.7%89.4%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial88.7%89.6%89.1%88.1%89.9%89.0%85.0%88.9%86.8%
Hispanic/Latino88.3%91.3%89.7%89.3%91.0%90.2%85.9%90.0%88.0%
Native American87.6%88.1%87.9%85.0%89.0%87.4%81.3%86.0%83.7%
Pacific Islander84.2%81.8%82.8%*83.3%86.7%74.3%91.8%84.5%
White92.9%92.7%92.8%93.0%93.5%93.2%88.1%91.5%89.8%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black89.1%89.6%89.4%89.4%90.2%89.8%86.4%89.5%88.0%
All Races Combined92.7%92.6%92.6%92.5%92.9%92.7%89.1%91.3%90.2%
Asian American92.4%92.0%92.2%91.5%92.5%92.0%89.7%91.4%90.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial89.3%89.8%89.5%88.7%90.7%89.6%85.7%88.9%87.2%
Hispanic/Latino90.1%91.4%90.7%90.1%91.5%90.8%87.6%90.5%89.1%
Native American87.2%87.9%87.6%87.4%89.4%88.6%84.1%88.0%86.3%
Pacific Islander85.7%87.1%86.5%90.6%85.6%87.6%80.4%88.0%84.9%
White93.7%93.5%93.6%93.9%93.8%93.8%90.0%92.1%91.0%
Metro11thAfrican-American or Black88.7%90.1%89.4%88.8%91.4%90.1%86.8%90.8%88.9%
All Races Combined93.9%94.5%94.2%93.2%94.1%93.7%90.1%92.0%91.0%
Asian American92.8%93.3%93.0%89.6%92.6%91.1%90.6%92.3%91.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial90.7%92.4%91.5%91.3%93.0%92.1%88.5%88.8%88.7%
Hispanic/Latino91.7%93.8%92.8%91.0%93.6%92.3%88.6%89.8%89.2%
Native American96.7%86.5%91.0%93.9%87.8%90.5%83.3%79.3%81.4%
Pacific Islander90.5%81.5%85.4%**94.9%**77.8%
White95.1%95.7%95.4%94.9%95.0%95.0%90.9%92.9%91.9%
5thAfrican-American or Black90.2%90.7%90.5%90.6%89.8%90.2%88.8%89.7%89.2%
All Races Combined94.1%93.4%93.7%94.1%93.6%93.8%92.1%91.8%91.9%
Asian American95.4%93.1%94.3%94.6%94.4%94.5%92.3%92.6%92.4%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial90.7%91.2%90.9%91.7%90.4%91.1%89.0%91.3%90.1%
Hispanic/Latino91.8%91.8%91.8%92.5%93.4%93.0%91.7%91.1%91.4%
Native American90.3%88.7%89.4%86.4%86.1%86.2%85.8%89.4%87.9%
Pacific Islander92.0%95.0%93.8%94.7%77.8%86.5%**76.3%
White95.5%94.7%95.0%95.7%95.5%95.6%93.6%92.6%93.1%
8thAfrican-American or Black89.6%88.7%89.1%88.2%89.0%88.6%84.1%88.3%86.3%
All Races Combined91.7%91.9%91.8%91.0%92.7%91.8%87.5%91.9%89.7%
Asian American91.9%91.2%91.6%90.2%92.0%91.1%86.7%91.8%89.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial89.4%88.8%89.1%87.2%90.9%88.9%84.0%88.2%85.9%
Hispanic/Latino89.9%90.1%90.0%87.5%91.0%89.2%87.4%91.9%89.7%
Native American83.6%83.8%83.7%86.7%89.8%88.6%88.9%87.3%87.9%
Pacific Islander94.1%91.7%92.7%**91.7%92.9%94.3%93.7%
White92.7%93.3%93.0%92.9%94.3%93.6%89.0%93.4%91.2%
9thAfrican-American or Black86.4%87.6%87.0%89.1%90.2%89.7%85.0%89.5%87.3%
All Races Combined91.7%92.5%92.1%92.4%92.8%92.6%87.8%91.3%89.5%
Asian American90.5%91.1%90.8%91.3%91.5%91.4%89.4%89.8%89.6%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial89.5%89.5%89.5%88.6%90.4%89.5%86.5%90.0%88.2%
Hispanic/Latino89.9%91.0%90.4%90.2%90.7%90.5%85.8%90.5%88.2%
Native American82.1%82.5%82.3%85.7%86.5%86.2%82.8%90.3%86.7%
Pacific Islander84.0%79.3%81.5%**81.8%**84.8%
White93.2%94.0%93.6%94.1%94.1%94.1%88.6%92.4%90.4%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black88.9%89.3%89.1%89.3%89.9%89.6%86.2%89.5%87.9%
All Races Combined92.8%93.0%92.9%92.6%93.2%92.9%89.3%91.8%90.5%
Asian American92.6%92.2%92.4%91.4%92.5%92.0%89.6%91.6%90.6%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial90.0%90.2%90.1%89.4%91.1%90.2%86.7%89.6%88.1%
Hispanic/Latino90.7%91.5%91.1%90.1%92.0%91.1%88.3%90.9%89.6%
Native American87.8%86.2%86.9%87.1%87.4%87.3%85.4%88.3%87.1%
Pacific Islander89.8%87.5%88.5%95.2%82.8%88.5%81.7%85.8%84.1%
White94.1%94.4%94.2%94.3%94.7%94.5%90.4%92.8%91.6%
Non-Metro11thAfrican-American or Black92.1%95.8%94.2%87.6%93.6%90.7%88.0%90.4%89.2%
All Races Combined94.1%93.3%93.7%93.4%92.9%93.1%89.5%91.3%90.4%
Asian American96.3%90.9%93.6%90.4%95.2%92.5%91.2%88.0%89.5%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial90.5%89.9%90.2%89.5%91.8%90.8%86.0%89.2%87.6%
Hispanic/Latino91.9%91.7%91.8%89.0%93.4%91.2%85.9%90.4%88.0%
Native American86.7%91.0%89.2%90.4%91.1%90.8%87.4%89.1%88.2%
Pacific Islander88.2%86.7%87.5%*****81.5%
White94.6%93.6%94.1%94.3%93.0%93.6%90.1%91.7%90.9%
5thAfrican-American or Black91.2%91.2%91.2%92.0%92.3%92.2%91.0%91.2%91.1%
All Races Combined93.8%92.5%93.1%94.5%92.7%93.5%92.2%91.6%91.9%
Asian American91.3%92.9%92.1%97.1%91.9%94.5%92.7%94.0%93.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial88.8%90.2%89.5%89.6%90.3%89.9%88.6%88.3%88.5%
Hispanic/Latino92.1%91.6%91.9%92.7%90.3%91.5%89.2%93.9%91.4%
Native American88.4%89.0%88.7%89.9%90.5%90.2%85.1%89.3%87.6%
Pacific Islander76.2%86.4%81.4%*81.4%80.9%82.9%93.3%87.7%
White94.7%93.2%93.9%95.4%93.4%94.4%93.3%92.2%92.7%
8thAfrican-American or Black90.0%89.2%89.5%87.7%89.8%88.9%85.5%88.5%87.1%
All Races Combined91.2%91.6%91.4%91.2%92.0%91.6%87.1%90.4%88.7%
Asian American89.6%91.9%90.7%91.1%90.5%90.7%88.6%89.8%89.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial86.8%87.5%87.2%85.5%89.9%87.7%81.3%87.6%84.2%
Hispanic/Latino88.2%90.1%89.1%90.7%89.3%90.0%85.4%87.0%86.2%
Native American82.5%85.6%84.3%84.3%89.9%87.5%82.1%87.6%85.1%
Pacific Islander73.3%88.9%83.3%**89.7%**86.7%
White92.1%92.4%92.3%92.2%92.8%92.5%88.2%91.1%89.6%
9thAfrican-American or Black87.8%89.4%88.7%90.2%89.2%89.7%83.3%87.9%85.7%
All Races Combined91.6%91.3%91.4%91.1%92.3%91.7%86.9%90.0%88.5%
Asian American85.1%88.2%86.8%89.8%92.7%91.2%88.4%88.3%88.3%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial87.4%89.7%88.6%87.3%89.3%88.2%82.9%87.2%84.8%
Hispanic/Latino85.5%91.7%88.6%88.1%91.4%89.8%86.1%89.1%87.6%
Native American90.1%89.9%89.9%84.7%89.9%87.8%80.8%84.8%82.9%
Pacific Islander84.6%84.6%84.6%*****84.2%
White92.5%91.6%92.1%92.0%92.9%92.4%87.8%90.7%89.2%
All GradesAfrican-American or Black90.2%91.1%90.7%89.8%91.1%90.5%87.2%89.5%88.4%
All Races Combined92.6%92.1%92.3%92.5%92.4%92.5%88.9%90.8%89.9%
Asian American90.6%90.9%90.8%92.2%92.3%92.2%90.2%90.3%90.2%
Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial88.1%89.2%88.7%87.7%90.2%88.9%84.3%88.0%86.0%
Hispanic/Latino89.1%91.2%90.2%90.1%90.9%90.5%86.7%89.9%88.3%
Native American87.0%88.6%87.9%87.5%90.3%89.1%83.7%87.9%86.0%
Pacific Islander80.3%86.7%84.0%83.9%88.2%86.7%78.9%90.4%85.7%
White93.4%92.6%93.0%93.4%93.0%93.2%89.7%91.4%90.6%

About the Indicator:

School safety is a factor associated with both substance use and mental health disorders. According to 2019 MSS data, students who “strongly agree” or “agree” they feel safe at school are 1.8 times less likely to report past month alcohol use, 1.8 times less likely to report past month tobacco use, 1.9 times less likely to report past month marijuana use, and 2.7 times less likely to report any past month prescription drug misuse as compared to those who “disagree” or “strongly disagree.” N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

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.