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

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11th94.0%93.9%94.0%93.3%93.6%93.4%89.8%91.6%90.7%
5th93.9%93.0%93.5%94.3%93.1%93.7%92.2%91.7%91.9%
8th91.5%91.8%91.6%91.1%92.3%91.7%87.3%91.2%89.2%
9th91.6%91.9%91.8%91.8%92.5%92.2%87.4%90.7%89.0%
All Grades92.7%92.6%92.6%92.5%92.9%92.7%89.1%91.3%90.2%
Aitkin County11th100.0%89.8%95.4%95.8%93.0%94.3%82.1%83.9%83.1%
5th87.0%93.1%90.2%91.2%92.9%92.3%94.2%92.2%93.2%
8th95.1%94.8%94.9%95.5%92.0%93.6%88.6%92.3%90.6%
9th85.5%82.5%84.1%80.6%90.0%84.8%84.0%86.4%85.1%
All Grades91.8%90.3%91.0%89.4%92.2%90.9%88.5%89.5%89.0%
Anoka County11th92.0%91.6%91.8%93.5%94.3%93.9%88.1%89.5%88.8%
5th93.3%92.1%92.7%93.6%93.6%93.6%89.4%89.0%89.2%
8th89.8%90.8%90.3%89.7%93.2%91.4%85.5%91.6%88.5%
9th90.9%90.2%90.6%91.2%91.8%91.5%84.9%89.3%87.0%
All Grades91.4%91.1%91.3%91.5%93.1%92.3%86.9%89.9%88.4%
Becker County11th98.2%93.4%95.7%91.8%95.6%93.8%92.0%92.5%92.3%
5th97.8%82.9%90.7%94.7%92.1%93.4%92.9%95.3%94.1%
8th97.2%93.0%95.0%92.4%97.0%94.8%87.2%88.5%87.8%
9th93.7%89.9%91.5%94.7%93.5%94.1%81.2%89.1%85.1%
All Grades96.4%91.0%93.6%93.5%94.6%94.0%87.6%91.1%89.3%
Beltrami County11th93.2%92.3%92.8%92.0%92.4%92.2%85.2%92.1%88.5%
5th94.0%94.5%94.2%95.0%93.5%94.3%82.9%87.4%85.3%
8th86.7%90.0%88.4%90.0%91.5%90.7%82.0%86.5%84.2%
9th91.2%93.3%92.3%85.8%88.0%86.9%85.2%88.0%86.6%
All Grades91.2%92.5%91.9%90.9%91.4%91.1%83.7%88.1%85.9%
Benton County11th97.3%93.0%95.3%***87.2%89.6%88.4%
5thN/AN/AN/A***92.3%92.2%92.2%
8th86.6%87.1%86.8%***86.9%93.6%90.0%
9th97.1%92.3%94.7%***87.3%91.2%89.2%
All Grades93.5%90.8%92.2%***88.4%91.7%90.0%
Big Stone County11th90.9%97.7%94.8%******
5th91.7%100.0%96.2%******
8th96.7%91.7%94.4%*****100.0%
9th90.0%90.9%90.5%******
All Grades92.4%94.8%93.6%***95.2%92.3%94.1%
Blue Earth County11th94.5%93.6%94.1%95.4%93.1%94.2%87.2%90.9%89.1%
5th95.7%93.7%94.7%95.4%92.1%93.7%92.4%92.3%92.4%
8th91.5%95.4%93.5%89.4%91.7%90.6%86.2%89.1%87.6%
9th91.6%92.0%91.8%89.8%89.5%89.7%91.2%91.8%91.5%
All Grades93.3%93.7%93.5%92.4%91.6%92.0%89.4%91.1%90.3%
Brown County11th87.6%87.5%87.6%91.5%80.0%85.9%91.3%92.6%92.0%
5th90.4%93.2%91.9%92.0%93.0%92.5%85.4%94.5%89.7%
8th84.5%86.8%85.7%91.5%87.7%89.5%86.6%88.3%87.6%
9th89.7%82.0%86.0%77.7%84.8%81.4%84.8%86.4%85.6%
All Grades88.0%87.6%87.8%87.7%86.5%87.1%86.9%90.4%88.6%
Carlton County11th94.9%96.4%95.7%94.4%97.5%95.9%89.2%92.4%91.0%
5th96.3%93.5%94.9%93.1%91.3%92.1%89.3%91.3%90.3%
8th90.6%92.8%91.7%95.5%92.1%93.8%88.2%93.7%91.4%
9th95.7%94.9%95.3%90.2%91.9%91.1%85.9%93.2%89.6%
All Grades94.3%94.4%94.3%93.3%92.9%93.1%88.0%92.7%90.5%
Carver County11th91.9%92.3%92.1%94.9%96.2%95.6%92.5%96.5%94.4%
5th94.2%93.0%93.6%95.0%97.6%96.4%95.2%95.5%95.3%
8th94.8%93.7%94.2%95.3%95.7%95.5%95.0%96.3%95.7%
9th94.4%95.8%95.1%96.8%93.6%95.2%85.1%88.5%86.8%
All Grades93.9%93.8%93.8%95.6%95.6%95.6%92.2%94.4%93.3%
Cass County11th87.1%93.1%90.1%93.8%94.4%94.1%95.8%86.5%91.1%
5th86.6%87.7%87.2%87.1%83.4%85.1%92.1%86.9%89.4%
8th84.4%91.0%87.9%93.9%89.1%91.4%81.6%84.9%83.3%
9th85.9%86.7%86.3%89.5%92.2%90.9%91.3%84.0%87.6%
All Grades86.0%89.3%87.7%90.6%88.9%89.7%89.4%85.5%87.4%
Chippewa County11thN/AN/AN/A***93.6%80.4%87.1%
5th100.0%88.9%94.6%***92.9%87.1%90.2%
8thN/AN/AN/A***72.6%87.3%80.9%
9thN/AN/AN/A***93.2%84.4%88.7%
All Grades100.0%88.9%94.6%***88.1%85.2%86.7%
Chisago County11th93.6%92.8%93.2%***92.8%95.3%94.2%
5th94.2%89.1%91.6%***94.0%91.1%92.6%
8th92.1%89.2%90.8%***82.9%88.7%85.7%
9th94.6%92.3%93.4%***86.7%90.3%88.4%
All Grades93.5%91.1%92.3%***87.8%91.4%89.6%
Clay County11th93.4%97.2%95.2%94.4%96.6%95.6%91.8%94.0%92.8%
5th96.5%93.3%95.1%95.4%93.3%94.2%91.7%90.9%91.3%
8th90.7%92.8%91.8%95.4%95.0%95.2%89.6%92.6%91.3%
9th90.0%94.0%92.0%94.1%95.3%94.7%89.5%94.7%91.9%
All Grades92.8%94.1%93.5%94.8%95.0%94.9%90.7%92.9%91.8%
Clearwater County11th94.3%91.4%92.9%96.9%94.6%95.7%***
5th97.7%86.5%92.5%92.2%88.9%90.5%***
8th93.9%93.0%93.5%95.6%94.7%95.2%***
9th94.9%88.9%91.4%90.7%81.3%85.0%***
All Grades95.2%89.9%92.5%93.6%88.6%90.9%***
Cook County11th100.0%93.8%96.2%*****90.6%
5th100.0%87.5%92.9%*****85.2%
8th85.7%76.9%82.4%*****87.9%
9th90.9%95.7%93.3%*****72.4%
All Grades91.5%90.0%90.8%***83.6%85.0%84.3%
Cottonwood County11th97.4%93.2%94.9%97.7%88.2%92.6%90.3%89.3%89.7%
5th76.2%91.1%83.9%92.7%93.2%92.9%88.6%93.7%91.3%
8th95.6%91.4%93.2%93.3%88.0%90.5%85.9%88.9%87.4%
9th95.3%94.1%94.7%89.6%94.0%91.8%86.6%87.6%87.2%
All Grades91.1%92.5%91.9%93.3%90.8%92.0%87.8%89.8%88.9%
Crow Wing County11th95.5%90.7%92.9%***91.4%92.5%92.0%
5th98.0%85.7%92.1%***92.6%89.4%90.8%
8th91.6%85.9%88.8%***95.4%95.5%95.5%
9th94.3%92.4%93.4%***92.2%93.9%93.1%
All Grades94.7%88.4%91.6%***92.3%92.9%92.6%
Dakota County11th94.7%95.8%95.2%94.8%94.8%94.8%90.3%91.7%91.0%
5th94.6%94.0%94.3%93.9%93.8%93.9%91.2%92.6%91.9%
8th92.4%92.7%92.5%91.4%92.4%91.9%86.8%92.6%89.7%
9th93.4%95.4%94.4%92.9%93.4%93.2%88.9%91.2%90.0%
All Grades93.8%94.4%94.1%93.2%93.6%93.4%89.2%92.0%90.6%
Dodge County11th92.4%92.8%92.6%91.8%93.2%92.4%94.9%98.5%96.8%
5th93.8%97.0%95.4%94.8%89.3%92.0%93.6%90.1%91.9%
8th91.5%93.3%92.3%97.4%94.5%96.0%95.2%92.3%93.7%
9th94.3%89.8%92.2%98.4%95.7%97.1%92.1%91.7%91.9%
All Grades93.0%93.3%93.1%95.8%93.1%94.5%94.0%93.1%93.6%
Douglas County11th96.4%93.3%95.1%92.2%91.7%91.9%86.7%89.1%88.0%
5th93.5%93.9%93.7%97.4%94.3%95.9%97.3%94.5%95.8%
8th89.0%93.8%91.3%96.4%93.0%94.7%88.5%94.2%91.2%
9th80.6%84.4%82.6%94.9%91.8%93.4%87.6%93.8%90.4%
All Grades90.1%91.1%90.6%95.4%92.7%94.0%90.2%93.2%91.7%
Faribault County11th94.1%92.4%93.2%98.2%96.6%97.3%89.4%93.0%91.3%
5th96.0%97.1%96.6%90.0%96.5%93.5%96.1%88.9%92.4%
8th96.3%90.8%93.3%87.0%93.1%90.4%83.0%96.1%91.1%
9th93.2%89.7%91.5%93.3%83.9%87.9%86.9%82.1%84.6%
All Grades94.8%92.5%93.5%92.3%92.3%92.3%88.8%90.5%89.8%
Fillmore County11th95.7%95.2%95.4%93.8%95.2%94.4%**96.4%
5th91.5%84.8%88.0%95.0%95.8%95.4%100.0%91.7%95.8%
8th88.0%87.1%87.6%90.6%95.7%93.3%92.5%96.9%94.4%
9th94.6%94.8%94.7%93.2%89.2%91.4%***
All Grades91.9%90.3%91.1%93.1%94.0%93.6%96.2%95.5%95.9%
Freeborn County11th94.0%92.2%93.0%89.9%87.8%88.9%81.8%93.9%87.6%
5th93.8%91.1%92.5%93.2%95.1%94.2%89.2%94.8%92.1%
8th80.0%93.3%86.6%85.5%92.1%88.7%79.6%86.1%83.0%
9th80.3%88.8%84.2%90.0%89.2%89.5%79.8%88.4%84.1%
All Grades86.8%91.3%89.0%89.5%91.3%90.4%82.6%90.5%86.5%
Goodhue County11th97.1%94.3%95.6%93.7%91.5%92.7%83.8%88.2%85.8%
5th93.3%93.0%93.1%94.1%83.6%88.9%91.0%89.0%90.0%
8th93.8%92.7%93.3%88.6%88.2%88.4%88.3%84.6%86.5%
9th93.1%92.5%92.8%89.1%90.8%90.0%**87.2%
All Grades94.3%93.2%93.7%91.5%88.2%89.9%87.8%87.6%87.7%
Grant County11th96.8%100.0%98.3%95.2%91.7%93.0%97.4%89.7%94.0%
5th89.5%96.6%92.5%86.1%93.5%90.2%95.8%83.3%90.5%
8th92.3%94.6%93.7%87.0%100.0%92.3%96.3%94.9%95.5%
9th88.6%96.6%92.2%96.9%100.0%98.5%96.8%88.2%92.3%
All Grades91.5%96.7%94.0%90.4%96.0%93.3%96.5%89.1%92.9%
Hennepin County11th93.9%95.2%94.5%92.1%94.0%93.1%92.3%94.0%93.1%
5th94.8%94.0%94.4%93.3%93.2%93.3%93.6%93.4%93.5%
8th92.6%92.8%92.7%91.7%92.9%92.3%89.2%92.0%90.6%
9th92.1%93.4%92.7%93.3%94.0%93.6%89.5%93.6%91.5%
All Grades93.3%93.8%93.5%92.6%93.5%93.0%91.0%93.2%92.1%
Houston County11th91.8%95.9%94.1%91.4%88.9%90.3%88.8%96.2%92.2%
5th93.1%88.7%91.1%89.4%92.9%91.1%91.3%92.1%91.7%
8th90.8%83.3%87.1%95.5%94.7%95.1%83.3%96.9%89.3%
9th95.8%92.2%94.1%91.5%94.5%93.2%90.3%98.8%94.4%
All Grades92.9%90.7%91.8%92.0%93.1%92.5%88.4%96.1%92.0%
Hubbard County11th89.6%89.0%89.3%94.7%97.2%95.9%88.9%98.0%92.9%
5th92.8%78.1%86.4%95.7%93.4%94.7%87.6%90.6%89.0%
8th92.5%95.5%93.7%91.1%94.2%92.6%86.8%90.4%88.4%
9th89.6%93.4%91.3%87.8%86.8%87.3%89.3%90.3%89.7%
All Grades91.3%89.0%90.2%92.3%92.8%92.5%88.1%91.8%89.8%
Isanti County11th91.0%96.8%93.7%93.2%92.9%93.0%83.4%85.1%84.2%
5th97.3%90.5%93.8%98.4%94.3%96.4%89.6%88.3%88.9%
8th91.4%91.8%91.6%91.2%86.8%89.0%86.4%87.8%87.1%
9th90.1%86.8%88.4%89.8%91.3%90.5%84.2%81.1%82.7%
All Grades92.6%90.8%91.7%93.2%91.3%92.3%86.0%85.6%85.8%
Itasca County11th86.8%88.4%87.5%93.3%89.6%91.2%83.9%87.5%85.8%
5th89.7%93.7%92.0%92.8%90.8%91.8%94.1%94.0%94.1%
8th93.0%87.9%90.4%86.7%88.6%87.7%85.5%87.3%86.4%
9th88.0%88.4%88.2%88.2%89.9%89.1%82.7%87.1%84.7%
All Grades89.5%89.6%89.6%90.0%89.8%89.9%86.6%89.1%87.9%
Jackson County11th94.5%94.5%94.5%97.9%91.4%95.2%**91.4%
5th97.6%90.3%93.3%91.5%87.8%89.8%97.1%93.1%95.3%
8th98.1%95.3%96.9%93.3%86.4%89.2%88.6%90.3%89.3%
9th100.0%89.8%94.2%86.7%88.6%87.6%85.7%85.3%85.5%
All Grades97.4%92.2%94.7%92.3%88.7%90.6%90.3%89.2%89.7%
Kanabec County11th93.9%92.3%93.0%94.9%83.3%88.5%86.8%94.2%90.5%
5th94.0%88.6%91.6%90.7%94.4%92.9%98.5%83.0%91.7%
8th89.2%90.0%89.6%89.9%84.6%87.7%86.0%90.9%88.6%
9th90.0%81.7%86.2%93.0%94.9%94.0%91.0%90.3%90.6%
All Grades91.6%88.4%90.0%91.9%89.6%90.7%91.0%89.7%90.4%
Kandiyohi County11th93.7%87.2%89.9%93.9%93.3%93.6%91.9%88.8%90.5%
5th94.4%93.2%93.8%93.9%89.6%91.5%88.4%90.9%89.6%
8th92.5%92.1%92.3%92.1%91.6%91.8%89.1%87.7%88.3%
9th90.4%91.0%90.7%91.6%90.1%90.8%83.8%90.4%87.3%
All Grades92.7%90.8%91.7%92.8%91.0%91.8%88.2%89.4%88.8%
Kittson County11th100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%**100.0%
5th88.0%95.0%91.1%100.0%85.0%92.1%***
8th95.7%100.0%97.8%95.5%100.0%97.6%**90.3%
9th96.8%92.6%94.8%88.9%93.8%91.2%**95.8%
All Grades94.9%96.7%95.8%96.5%94.7%95.7%92.6%97.5%94.7%
Koochiching County11th82.6%79.3%80.8%*****80.8%
5th93.0%91.8%80.0%***97.1%93.5%95.4%
8th90.0%80.0%80.0%***88.9%92.6%90.7%
9th88.2%75.0%81.4%***79.3%90.0%84.7%
All Grades84.8%82.5%83.6%***85.3%93.1%89.2%
Lac Qui Parle County11th91.4%96.3%93.5%97.1%97.3%97.2%93.0%93.8%93.3%
5th96.3%100.0%98.0%94.0%89.7%92.1%93.3%87.5%90.6%
8th92.3%81.1%86.8%89.8%93.8%91.6%87.2%97.7%92.3%
9th89.2%85.4%87.1%91.9%100.0%95.9%89.3%97.9%94.7%
All Grades92.7%90.4%91.6%92.8%95.0%93.8%90.8%94.5%92.6%
Lake County11th95.2%92.5%93.4%***94.3%86.1%90.1%
5th92.1%90.6%91.4%***97.4%92.1%94.7%
8th97.5%91.8%94.4%***92.6%95.7%94.0%
9th87.5%91.2%88.8%***78.4%92.5%86.7%
All Grades92.0%91.6%91.8%***90.9%91.9%91.4%
Lake of the Woods County11th94.1%92.3%93.3%*****68.8%
5th71.4%100.0%88.9%*****86.2%
8th92.3%88.9%90.3%*****90.9%
9th92.3%83.3%88.0%*****97.4%
All Grades87.7%92.3%90.2%***87.1%85.7%86.4%
Le Sueur County11th94.6%91.5%92.9%88.4%89.7%89.0%82.1%81.9%82.0%
5th94.1%93.4%93.7%91.1%89.1%90.1%87.8%93.6%91.3%
8th90.7%90.2%90.5%87.2%88.3%87.8%88.6%93.3%91.2%
9th95.2%84.9%90.1%88.7%90.4%89.6%86.7%93.1%89.7%
All Grades93.6%89.9%91.7%88.9%89.3%89.1%86.4%90.5%88.7%
Lincoln County11th78.3%85.0%81.4%*****94.7%
5th93.8%88.2%90.9%*****78.0%
8th91.7%100.0%94.4%*****95.0%
9th80.0%83.3%82.1%*****90.0%
All Grades85.9%87.7%86.8%***90.9%86.8%88.7%
Lyon County11th95.1%93.7%94.4%88.8%87.4%88.1%91.3%93.0%92.2%
5th91.3%92.0%91.7%94.9%94.3%94.6%86.8%93.6%90.2%
8th84.8%92.7%89.5%91.9%91.0%91.4%88.4%93.0%90.6%
9th92.3%90.3%91.3%88.1%90.8%89.5%89.9%97.7%93.7%
All Grades91.5%92.1%91.8%91.0%91.1%91.0%89.1%94.4%91.7%
McLeod County11th91.7%64.3%76.9%*****87.5%
5th100.0%87.5%95.2%*****94.3%
8th94.7%100.0%96.7%*****93.9%
9th83.3%71.4%76.9%******
All Grades92.9%78.7%86.4%***92.7%92.9%92.8%
Mahnomen County11th88.0%95.5%91.5%100.0%90.0%93.9%**89.5%
5th81.5%82.6%82.2%93.8%87.5%90.3%92.3%85.7%89.2%
8th88.2%76.7%82.8%80.0%90.5%86.6%73.5%90.6%81.8%
9th93.5%93.0%93.2%87.1%86.5%86.8%86.8%90.7%88.9%
All Grades88.0%86.5%87.2%89.7%88.6%89.1%85.6%88.8%87.3%
Marshall County11th95.2%88.5%91.5%92.9%94.7%93.9%**100.0%
5th97.1%95.2%96.1%95.8%93.3%94.2%**86.8%
8th91.7%92.1%91.9%90.9%97.7%94.7%***
9th98.1%90.5%94.7%100.0%97.0%98.6%**87.1%
All Grades95.8%91.4%93.5%95.2%95.6%95.4%86.0%93.5%89.9%
Martin County11th92.6%88.5%90.6%***90.7%96.0%93.8%
5th93.4%86.5%90.1%***89.9%89.9%89.9%
8th91.7%93.6%92.6%***88.2%88.7%88.4%
9th92.6%91.8%92.2%***84.0%79.6%82.4%
All Grades92.6%90.1%91.4%***87.7%89.3%88.5%
Meeker County11th92.1%94.2%93.2%88.8%94.7%91.6%**90.7%
5th94.6%93.4%94.0%95.7%94.8%95.2%**88.5%
8th95.9%91.4%93.6%88.3%91.4%89.8%86.7%97.1%92.2%
9th93.0%91.5%92.2%90.4%87.4%88.8%**80.3%
All Grades94.2%92.4%93.3%90.9%91.8%91.4%85.4%89.7%87.7%
Mille Lacs County11th92.3%92.5%92.4%96.0%92.1%94.0%92.0%91.7%91.9%
5th91.1%93.4%92.3%95.9%91.6%93.6%94.9%86.9%90.9%
8th89.7%88.6%89.2%92.7%91.9%92.3%87.3%92.9%90.3%
9th88.0%87.9%87.9%88.4%90.3%89.3%84.9%86.2%85.5%
All Grades90.1%90.1%90.1%93.1%91.5%92.3%89.9%89.7%89.8%
Morrison County11th94.7%92.8%93.8%98.3%95.5%97.0%88.4%86.9%87.7%
5th94.5%95.9%95.2%97.9%95.1%96.3%91.4%96.0%93.7%
8th92.1%93.3%92.7%93.8%93.5%93.6%83.6%89.6%86.6%
9th90.9%92.4%91.7%92.1%95.8%94.0%87.4%90.1%88.7%
All Grades92.9%93.5%93.2%95.3%95.0%95.1%87.7%90.9%89.3%
Mower County11th93.7%94.3%94.0%86.2%89.6%88.0%74.7%86.0%80.7%
5th95.3%93.8%94.5%94.8%93.0%93.9%90.0%90.2%90.1%
8th89.4%90.6%90.0%86.5%90.9%88.9%86.7%86.0%86.4%
9th85.3%91.6%88.4%87.2%93.6%90.5%82.9%79.5%81.3%
All Grades91.0%92.6%91.8%89.0%91.9%90.5%85.3%86.0%85.6%
Murray County11th100.0%100.0%100.0%97.3%100.0%98.7%100.0%100.0%100.0%
5th96.4%90.9%93.4%94.6%96.9%95.7%96.6%90.2%92.9%
8th97.4%96.9%97.2%92.7%90.3%91.7%92.5%93.9%93.2%
9th97.1%91.7%94.3%97.1%100.0%98.7%97.1%85.7%91.3%
All Grades97.8%94.6%96.3%95.3%97.2%96.2%96.4%92.0%94.2%
Nicollet County11th98.0%98.2%98.1%***85.7%88.5%87.0%
5th85.7%85.9%85.8%******
8th94.7%90.2%92.6%******
9th93.0%100.0%96.7%***92.9%85.2%89.3%
All Grades92.1%93.6%92.8%***89.1%86.9%88.1%
Nobles County11th92.3%85.5%89.1%96.6%88.6%92.9%87.7%93.6%90.6%
5th89.4%89.2%89.3%94.7%92.2%93.5%92.3%91.7%92.0%
8th88.6%91.0%89.8%85.3%94.7%89.6%88.0%93.6%90.7%
9th88.1%87.6%87.9%92.8%90.0%91.2%92.7%87.0%90.0%
All Grades89.5%88.5%89.0%92.0%91.5%91.7%90.2%91.4%90.8%
Norman County11th100.0%96.8%98.4%92.9%100.0%96.1%**100.0%
5th89.1%91.5%90.5%81.8%91.7%86.0%**89.7%
8th97.4%100.0%98.5%88.9%90.9%90.0%83.3%75.8%79.7%
9th97.4%100.0%98.7%93.5%90.6%92.1%***
All Grades95.4%96.2%95.8%89.1%92.5%90.8%85.7%87.3%86.6%
Olmsted County11th96.0%94.2%94.9%94.5%95.6%95.1%87.6%90.0%88.8%
5th94.4%90.2%92.3%95.2%93.6%94.4%91.2%92.9%92.1%
8th91.2%92.8%92.1%89.7%89.1%89.4%81.4%89.0%85.3%
9th92.8%94.8%93.8%93.5%94.5%94.0%90.4%93.5%91.9%
All Grades93.0%93.2%93.1%93.2%93.0%93.1%87.4%91.3%89.4%
Otter Tail County11th97.5%93.8%95.6%95.8%92.7%94.2%93.6%93.3%93.4%
5th93.3%94.1%93.7%95.6%90.7%93.2%94.0%91.3%92.6%
8th93.4%92.6%93.0%94.3%93.4%93.8%93.1%92.7%92.9%
9th95.8%94.9%95.3%94.4%90.9%92.7%87.7%91.6%89.6%
All Grades94.9%93.8%94.3%95.1%91.9%93.5%92.0%92.2%92.1%
Pennington County11th93.5%85.7%89.2%***87.7%91.3%89.3%
5th100.0%100.0%100.0%***91.9%85.7%88.6%
8th89.1%96.5%92.5%***89.7%91.0%90.3%
9th88.6%93.5%91.2%***83.1%85.1%84.2%
All Grades90.3%92.8%91.5%***88.3%87.9%88.1%
Pine County11th87.7%87.6%87.7%94.0%90.6%92.2%92.4%89.7%91.1%
5th87.3%83.6%85.4%93.1%93.8%93.4%92.7%91.3%92.0%
8th84.8%86.0%85.5%89.6%88.8%89.2%89.2%86.1%87.5%
9th87.5%79.0%83.5%90.5%87.0%88.7%79.3%88.0%83.8%
All Grades86.8%84.1%85.4%91.4%89.4%90.4%88.4%88.6%88.5%
Pipestone County11th97.1%90.3%93.8%*****85.7%
5th95.7%97.5%96.8%***100.0%96.9%98.5%
8th100.0%94.6%96.7%***88.6%88.9%88.7%
9th91.7%81.3%86.8%***66.7%83.9%75.9%
All Grades95.7%91.4%93.4%***85.8%89.6%87.8%
Polk County11th92.8%94.2%93.5%92.2%85.1%89.0%92.1%94.4%93.1%
5th95.1%88.7%92.2%96.2%94.7%95.4%93.8%90.4%92.2%
8th93.5%92.7%93.1%94.0%95.1%94.5%90.9%90.6%90.7%
9th93.4%88.6%91.2%92.5%95.5%94.0%83.0%89.8%86.4%
All Grades93.8%91.1%92.5%93.8%93.3%93.5%90.1%91.2%90.6%
Pope County11th94.4%97.0%95.7%87.5%92.1%90.3%89.7%92.1%91.0%
5th87.9%90.2%89.2%100.0%85.0%92.0%***
8th81.3%95.1%89.0%93.8%90.7%92.0%91.4%96.7%93.8%
9th90.3%91.5%91.0%92.0%96.7%94.5%82.9%84.1%83.5%
All Grades88.6%93.2%91.2%94.0%90.7%92.1%87.9%90.2%89.1%
Ramsey County11th91.8%92.8%92.3%89.5%91.4%90.4%89.5%91.5%90.6%
5th91.5%90.7%91.1%93.1%92.6%92.8%90.6%90.4%90.5%
8th90.2%90.4%90.3%88.6%91.1%89.9%85.5%89.1%87.2%
9th89.3%89.4%89.4%90.0%90.5%90.3%87.2%90.1%88.7%
All Grades90.7%90.8%90.7%90.5%91.4%91.0%88.3%90.2%89.2%
Red Lake County11th96.0%91.3%93.8%87.0%89.5%88.1%**100.0%
5th100.0%96.0%98.1%92.6%96.0%94.2%**98.0%
8th87.5%95.0%90.9%91.7%100.0%95.6%**98.1%
9th100.0%97.0%98.3%85.7%100.0%93.2%93.1%88.5%90.9%
All Grades96.1%95.1%95.6%89.5%96.6%92.9%97.1%95.9%96.5%
Redwood County11th95.9%95.5%95.7%93.0%89.1%90.9%85.1%93.3%89.7%
5th91.9%89.5%90.8%95.8%90.6%92.9%96.8%89.2%92.7%
8th96.1%93.7%94.7%86.5%86.6%86.5%80.0%89.4%85.5%
9th90.9%94.4%92.9%88.6%97.0%92.7%90.3%90.5%90.4%
All Grades93.5%93.4%93.5%89.8%90.9%90.3%88.4%90.4%89.5%
Renville County11th100.0%100.0%100.0%86.8%92.7%89.0%87.1%90.0%88.5%
5th91.2%92.9%92.1%96.0%91.9%93.5%95.0%95.0%95.0%
8th93.0%92.0%92.6%83.6%87.9%85.8%81.1%87.9%84.3%
9th94.6%97.1%95.8%92.7%90.0%91.4%100.0%92.3%96.2%
All Grades94.5%95.3%94.9%88.5%90.2%89.3%91.2%91.5%91.4%
Rice County11th91.4%93.3%92.3%93.3%96.7%95.0%86.5%91.8%89.0%
5th95.6%95.3%95.4%95.5%95.1%95.3%93.6%93.6%93.6%
8th91.3%94.7%93.0%91.0%94.1%92.5%92.5%89.3%90.9%
9th86.4%88.1%87.3%89.3%95.0%92.2%87.1%89.2%88.2%
All Grades91.2%92.7%92.0%92.3%95.1%93.7%89.7%90.9%90.3%
Rock County11th100.0%94.9%97.3%***100.0%90.9%95.5%
5th92.5%93.8%93.1%***94.6%95.6%95.1%
8th88.6%85.1%86.8%***90.0%88.9%89.5%
9th92.3%89.2%90.8%***94.1%96.0%95.2%
All Grades93.0%90.3%91.7%***94.2%93.3%93.7%
Roseau County11th93.3%96.3%94.8%93.5%93.2%93.3%94.3%88.3%91.2%
5th88.5%88.5%88.5%92.6%93.8%93.3%97.9%97.4%97.6%
8th88.0%96.3%93.1%94.7%93.8%94.2%94.4%92.4%93.5%
9th92.9%94.2%93.5%91.9%96.8%94.5%88.4%92.1%90.3%
All Grades90.9%93.8%92.5%93.1%94.5%93.9%93.4%92.1%92.7%
St. Louis County11th93.2%92.3%92.8%93.8%92.9%93.4%89.9%90.2%90.1%
5th92.9%91.9%92.4%95.1%93.9%94.5%92.4%92.0%92.2%
8th89.2%88.2%88.7%88.8%91.2%90.0%86.6%91.8%89.0%
9th91.9%92.3%92.1%90.6%92.8%91.7%85.6%90.6%88.0%
All Grades91.8%91.2%91.5%92.1%92.7%92.4%88.5%91.2%89.8%
Scott County11th95.8%94.0%94.9%97.1%94.8%96.0%86.6%90.4%88.5%
5th96.1%96.4%96.3%96.7%95.5%96.1%94.3%92.3%93.3%
8th91.2%91.6%91.4%90.8%93.4%92.1%88.0%92.7%90.3%
9th91.8%91.1%91.5%91.5%91.7%91.6%84.6%88.2%86.5%
All Grades93.6%93.2%93.4%93.9%93.8%93.8%88.4%90.9%89.6%
Sherburne County11th95.3%96.3%95.8%93.2%93.7%93.5%90.3%93.7%92.1%
5th96.0%95.7%95.9%94.7%93.1%93.9%93.2%93.7%93.5%
8th90.6%94.0%92.4%91.4%94.8%93.2%86.1%90.9%88.4%
9th92.2%94.2%93.2%90.8%94.4%92.6%86.6%89.6%88.1%
All Grades93.4%95.0%94.2%92.5%94.0%93.3%89.0%92.0%90.5%
Sibley County11th94.7%92.6%93.7%85.0%90.9%87.5%91.4%93.2%92.3%
5th92.1%86.8%89.3%98.4%93.2%95.8%87.1%89.4%88.3%
8th90.5%88.9%89.7%89.1%80.9%84.8%90.6%83.6%87.2%
9th95.5%93.7%94.5%90.0%87.7%88.9%83.3%86.8%85.0%
All Grades93.2%90.6%91.9%90.6%87.7%89.2%87.9%88.2%88.0%
Stearns County11th94.0%89.9%92.0%93.7%94.6%94.2%91.4%90.7%91.1%
5th93.0%91.3%92.1%92.7%91.6%92.1%92.6%91.6%92.1%
8th91.6%88.2%89.8%90.2%90.4%90.3%87.9%89.7%88.8%
9th88.4%89.8%89.1%91.8%92.7%92.2%85.0%90.3%87.5%
All Grades91.7%89.8%90.7%92.0%92.2%92.1%89.1%90.6%89.8%
Steele County11th93.1%96.0%94.6%86.1%91.4%88.7%77.3%83.0%80.1%
5th95.9%94.5%95.2%95.2%93.4%94.3%90.3%90.2%90.3%
8th89.7%92.5%91.0%85.6%86.3%85.9%85.2%90.0%87.6%
9th93.1%94.0%93.5%86.0%88.0%87.0%71.9%79.1%75.6%
All Grades92.2%94.2%93.2%88.4%89.8%89.1%79.2%84.2%81.6%
Stevens County11th100.0%94.4%97.6%100.0%92.5%96.4%***
5th96.8%92.9%94.5%100.0%94.9%97.1%***
8th87.8%91.3%89.5%94.3%97.6%96.1%***
9th94.3%94.0%94.1%100.0%97.6%98.7%**96.4%
All Grades93.5%92.9%93.2%98.6%95.7%97.0%96.4%96.9%96.7%
Swift County11th96.0%97.4%96.8%******
5th100.0%96.4%98.4%******
8th88.9%94.3%91.5%******
9th82.1%80.8%81.5%******
All Grades92.0%92.9%92.5%******
Todd County11th96.5%96.2%96.4%96.8%92.9%94.8%85.7%85.7%85.7%
5th94.0%84.8%89.2%88.7%91.5%90.1%87.1%85.9%86.5%
8th90.3%91.8%91.0%90.4%89.3%89.9%87.8%83.7%85.6%
9th92.4%95.5%93.8%89.5%85.1%87.2%82.0%82.3%82.1%
All Grades93.3%91.9%92.7%91.3%89.7%90.5%86.0%84.4%85.2%
Traverse County11th100.0%100.0%100.0%******
5th100.0%94.1%96.4%*****92.1%
8th80.0%87.5%84.6%*****97.1%
9th90.9%100.0%95.7%*****90.0%
All Grades92.7%93.4%93.1%***91.2%95.0%93.2%
Wabasha County11th97.4%91.9%94.8%94.8%89.8%92.4%89.1%88.1%88.6%
5th88.2%91.9%90.2%96.9%96.6%96.8%92.3%92.8%92.6%
8th97.2%95.7%96.5%89.4%93.6%91.6%93.6%93.9%93.7%
9th93.3%94.1%93.7%91.2%93.0%92.1%92.3%90.2%91.3%
All Grades94.5%93.2%93.9%93.1%93.4%93.2%92.0%91.6%91.8%
Wadena County11th92.9%93.8%93.3%97.6%97.0%97.3%93.3%88.6%90.8%
5th94.4%93.0%93.6%89.8%91.3%90.5%93.6%92.3%93.0%
8th92.9%96.4%94.5%93.8%94.2%94.0%91.3%89.4%90.3%
9th95.9%94.5%95.3%92.8%94.2%93.4%89.3%93.2%91.3%
All Grades94.1%94.3%94.2%93.3%93.9%93.6%92.1%90.7%91.4%
Waseca County11th93.0%92.7%92.9%92.9%86.4%89.7%90.6%93.4%91.8%
5th92.5%94.0%93.2%93.3%94.4%93.8%**90.2%
8th94.1%85.6%90.1%94.6%93.5%94.1%74.6%87.4%80.6%
9th92.8%91.8%92.2%87.0%88.9%88.0%79.5%92.3%86.5%
All Grades93.1%90.9%92.1%92.1%90.9%91.5%81.6%91.0%86.0%
Washington County11th96.6%95.9%96.3%96.0%96.3%96.2%88.2%91.1%89.7%
5th96.0%95.4%95.6%96.6%94.5%95.6%94.9%92.3%93.6%
8th92.1%91.6%91.8%92.0%93.4%92.7%88.3%93.6%90.9%
9th92.7%93.3%93.0%94.4%93.5%94.0%87.9%91.3%89.6%
All Grades94.2%94.0%94.1%94.8%94.3%94.6%89.9%92.2%91.0%
Watonwan County11th91.4%97.8%95.0%79.6%82.0%80.8%94.7%78.4%85.4%
5th100.0%100.0%100.0%95.5%88.1%91.9%92.4%88.9%90.8%
8th96.0%71.4%85.9%87.0%85.9%86.4%92.2%87.2%89.8%
9th83.3%91.7%86.9%86.8%90.4%88.7%77.6%91.5%85.2%
All Grades90.7%88.9%89.9%86.8%86.9%86.8%89.2%86.7%88.0%
Wilkin County11th97.7%100.0%98.8%95.0%100.0%97.0%**93.8%
5th96.4%96.0%96.2%96.9%89.3%93.3%**95.6%
8th90.0%90.3%90.1%91.2%94.7%93.1%84.6%92.6%88.7%
9th94.2%93.9%94.1%97.4%98.0%97.7%96.6%91.7%93.8%
All Grades94.5%95.2%94.8%95.1%95.7%95.4%93.7%92.2%92.9%
Winona County11th94.2%92.7%93.4%91.3%93.9%92.6%100.0%90.2%95.6%
5th91.8%95.7%93.7%95.5%90.4%93.0%91.6%90.4%91.0%
8th92.4%92.0%92.2%93.9%92.4%93.1%84.2%89.5%87.0%
9th90.6%92.8%91.7%91.4%92.1%91.8%90.6%94.1%92.4%
All Grades92.1%93.2%92.7%92.9%92.2%92.6%90.1%90.7%90.4%
Wright County11th96.4%95.9%96.2%95.1%94.8%94.9%91.6%94.8%93.2%
5th95.9%95.5%95.7%97.6%96.2%96.8%97.2%94.5%95.8%
8th94.8%95.3%95.1%95.4%96.7%96.0%91.8%93.1%92.5%
9th96.2%94.1%95.1%95.1%95.7%95.4%92.5%92.6%92.5%
All Grades95.8%95.2%95.5%95.8%95.9%95.8%93.3%93.7%93.5%
Yellow Medicine County11th91.8%97.7%94.6%87.9%94.3%91.2%**98.2%
5th100.0%95.0%96.7%93.8%84.8%89.4%90.7%82.7%86.8%
8th78.6%100.0%88.7%96.7%95.5%95.9%85.4%87.5%86.4%
9th89.2%93.2%91.4%89.5%89.4%89.4%86.0%84.6%85.4%
All Grades88.7%96.2%92.6%91.9%90.7%91.3%89.0%87.4%88.2%

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.