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Percent of Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Using Prescription Drugs Not Prescribed for Them, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th74.9%72.4%73.6%77.4%74.9%76.2%
8th84.3%79.6%82.0%81.3%75.5%78.5%82.6%77.5%80.1%75.7%71.2%73.5%
9th87.0%81.7%84.4%82.3%76.9%79.6%82.5%77.6%80.2%78.3%71.5%75.0%
11th88.7%82.0%85.4%84.7%77.8%81.3%84.7%78.9%81.9%80.9%74.1%77.6%
All Grades83.7%78.8%81.3%81.3%76.2%78.8%83.1%77.9%80.6%78.0%72.1%75.2%
Aitkin County5th78.8%75.4%77.1%87.5%79.3%82.6%
8th91.7%81.9%86.4%66.7%60.9%63.6%82.5%75.7%79.2%***
9th78.5%75.4%77.0%70.2%62.2%66.7%88.2%70.0%79.7%88.9%43.8%67.6%
11th86.5%93.3%89.7%87.5%68.5%77.5%**74.0%60.0%76.9%66.7%
All Grades83.8%81.0%82.4%79.7%70.6%74.9%84.7%71.0%78.0%74.0%59.0%67.4%
Anoka County5th78.5%73.9%76.2%74.9%74.0%74.4%
8th83.1%78.8%80.9%80.8%75.3%78.2%82.3%75.4%79.0%74.0%70.3%72.3%
9th87.7%81.1%84.6%83.2%78.4%80.9%79.1%75.9%77.6%77.0%68.9%73.2%
11th90.9%84.9%88.0%87.3%78.8%83.0%84.0%80.0%82.2%78.0%71.2%74.8%
All Grades84.5%79.0%81.8%82.8%77.1%80.0%81.6%76.6%79.2%75.7%70.1%73.1%
Becker County5th66.7%73.2%69.8%74.0%66.4%70.2%
8th87.7%82.2%85.0%81.3%70.6%76.0%77.7%71.7%75.0%72.4%69.9%71.0%
9th83.3%88.3%85.9%74.8%68.9%72.0%80.1%82.4%81.2%75.4%71.1%73.0%
11th93.1%76.3%84.2%81.5%70.3%75.8%78.0%75.7%76.8%79.2%68.1%75.0%
All Grades84.7%81.4%83.0%77.7%69.0%73.4%78.7%76.8%77.8%75.7%70.2%72.8%
Beltrami County5th59.4%55.2%57.4%66.7%64.0%65.3%
8th80.4%76.7%78.5%80.3%70.3%75.4%81.6%74.4%78.0%73.9%75.9%74.8%
9th83.1%76.9%79.9%86.9%74.6%80.4%79.5%71.0%75.5%73.8%69.8%71.3%
11th85.7%82.6%84.2%86.3%82.7%84.4%84.6%75.9%80.8%79.5%74.4%76.9%
All Grades77.2%73.3%75.3%79.0%71.9%75.4%81.6%73.5%77.8%74.6%73.7%74.0%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th84.0%76.1%80.6%79.1%70.9%75.1%79.6%77.8%78.8%76.7%71.2%73.9%
9th92.6%85.1%88.9%81.5%73.9%77.6%82.0%79.4%80.7%78.9%68.1%74.1%
11th92.0%89.7%91.0%75.8%63.5%70.3%83.5%73.5%78.8%82.0%70.6%77.4%
All Grades89.6%83.9%86.9%79.2%70.8%75.1%81.5%77.2%79.5%79.1%69.8%74.9%
Big Stone County5th91.7%78.6%84.6%***
8th96.6%77.3%88.2%*****85.0%82.4%58.8%70.6%
9th86.7%87.9%87.3%******61.5%65.4%63.5%
11th93.9%83.3%88.0%******70.6%63.6%66.7%
All Grades92.3%82.9%87.4%*****79.2%70.0%63.1%66.4%
Blue Earth County5th76.9%72.1%74.5%79.5%80.5%80.0%
8th83.0%82.5%82.7%81.4%75.2%78.3%80.9%83.0%81.9%76.2%75.4%75.8%
9th89.1%83.5%86.3%85.0%79.5%82.2%85.2%83.5%84.3%79.0%77.2%78.1%
11th89.8%83.7%87.0%84.0%83.1%83.5%83.7%74.0%78.7%78.6%82.2%80.4%
All Grades84.4%80.1%82.3%82.4%79.6%80.9%83.2%80.5%81.8%77.9%78.0%77.9%
Brown County5th84.1%72.7%77.8%70.6%79.2%75.1%
8th81.7%82.4%82.1%85.3%80.0%82.5%84.4%75.2%79.2%79.3%67.5%73.8%
9th86.1%77.5%82.1%80.6%71.7%75.9%71.2%70.9%71.1%76.7%71.2%73.7%
11th90.8%87.2%89.0%87.1%69.4%78.2%77.7%73.3%75.7%73.3%64.4%67.6%
All Grades85.5%79.8%82.6%81.1%75.2%78.0%76.8%73.1%75.0%77.2%67.5%72.0%
Carlton County5th76.5%70.3%73.4%87.3%84.4%85.7%
8th91.1%82.6%87.0%81.7%75.9%78.8%87.3%78.3%82.2%80.3%76.2%78.1%
9th93.9%86.0%90.1%85.3%77.4%81.2%88.9%85.9%87.4%74.0%75.7%74.8%
11th90.1%85.4%87.7%88.1%80.8%84.5%79.9%85.0%82.6%80.9%72.9%76.6%
All Grades87.7%80.7%84.3%85.4%79.6%82.4%85.7%83.1%84.3%78.3%75.1%76.6%
Carver County5th81.0%72.1%76.6%78.9%70.3%74.3%
8th90.8%76.3%83.8%77.9%77.4%77.6%87.8%86.6%87.2%68.2%55.9%60.7%
9th91.3%88.9%90.2%83.0%73.0%78.1%85.0%77.0%81.7%78.3%76.6%77.7%
11th95.2%80.9%88.1%88.0%74.8%81.0%87.2%80.6%84.2%84.0%66.7%73.7%
All Grades89.3%79.5%84.6%81.3%74.1%77.7%86.9%82.9%85.0%77.4%67.6%72.0%
Cass County5th59.6%69.7%65.0%71.3%58.1%64.1%
8th67.0%74.0%70.7%71.4%64.3%67.6%76.6%71.8%74.1%77.4%57.9%66.7%
9th81.8%75.9%78.9%72.5%64.5%68.4%77.3%80.2%78.7%62.9%63.4%63.2%
11th78.5%77.9%78.2%81.8%75.9%78.8%91.3%75.4%84.1%73.9%60.6%64.9%
All Grades70.7%73.8%72.3%73.5%64.3%68.7%80.3%75.7%78.1%70.8%60.7%64.9%
Chippewa County5th88.9%66.7%77.8%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***88.7%80.3%84.1%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***88.9%81.3%85.0%66.7%68.8%67.6%
11thN/AN/AN/A***87.5%70.5%79.3%100.0%68.8%84.8%
All Grades88.9%66.7%77.8%***88.5%78.5%83.3%84.4%75.0%80.2%
Chisago County5th77.5%79.8%78.7%***
8th85.4%73.0%79.7%***83.0%77.0%80.1%70.8%50.0%61.4%
9th89.4%84.9%87.1%***86.5%75.1%81.4%77.8%70.0%74.3%
11th89.2%85.0%87.2%***82.6%81.9%82.2%76.5%75.3%76.0%
All Grades86.4%80.7%83.6%***84.2%78.0%81.2%76.4%70.2%73.6%
Clay County5th75.5%78.1%76.7%75.6%74.9%75.2%
8th82.1%79.5%80.8%84.6%78.2%81.6%82.9%77.7%80.2%77.8%73.2%75.6%
9th85.5%82.0%83.8%86.6%78.3%82.1%82.2%75.2%79.0%79.6%74.4%77.0%
11th91.2%84.8%88.2%86.3%83.2%84.6%87.5%78.5%83.5%85.1%76.6%80.6%
All Grades83.0%80.9%82.0%83.2%78.4%80.7%84.3%77.1%80.9%80.3%74.6%77.5%
Clearwater County5th71.8%73.5%72.6%68.2%66.7%67.3%
8th80.9%79.5%80.2%75.6%62.2%69.2%******
9th82.1%83.0%82.6%88.1%69.4%76.9%******
11th92.6%70.8%82.4%71.9%73.5%72.7%******
All Grades80.9%78.0%79.5%76.1%67.9%71.7%******
Cook County5th80.0%85.7%83.3%***
8th72.2%61.5%67.7%*****69.4%85.7%76.9%81.5%
9th76.2%83.3%79.5%*****75.0%69.2%53.8%61.5%
11th90.0%75.0%80.8%*****72.4%***
All Grades77.8%75.9%76.9%***76.1%68.1%72.0%80.0%75.7%77.9%
Cottonwood County5th73.2%54.5%63.5%78.9%71.4%75.0%
8th74.4%63.8%68.9%86.4%65.3%75.3%84.8%80.5%82.7%80.0%67.2%73.3%
9th85.4%79.6%82.2%60.9%53.2%57.0%78.5%74.1%76.0%71.4%71.9%71.7%
11th85.7%76.4%80.0%86.4%66.7%75.8%88.2%73.1%80.1%77.6%75.0%76.5%
All Grades79.4%69.2%73.8%77.9%64.0%70.6%84.0%75.8%79.6%76.6%71.2%73.9%
Crow Wing County5th70.2%79.8%74.7%***
8th82.7%86.2%84.3%***87.7%81.3%84.5%78.7%77.4%78.1%
9th91.4%87.5%89.5%***90.9%85.4%88.1%80.1%65.0%73.4%
11th87.7%69.6%78.4%***84.7%80.8%82.8%70.6%77.0%73.5%
All Grades82.3%81.2%81.8%***88.1%83.2%85.6%77.3%73.3%75.4%
Dakota County5th77.8%72.9%75.3%78.7%74.4%76.5%
8th84.6%79.8%82.2%83.7%75.1%79.4%82.0%79.7%80.8%76.8%69.8%73.3%
9th88.4%83.5%86.0%83.6%77.9%80.8%84.4%78.3%81.4%79.6%73.0%76.5%
11th89.3%84.2%86.8%86.6%80.4%83.5%86.3%79.5%82.9%81.8%75.7%78.9%
All Grades84.9%79.8%82.3%83.2%76.9%80.1%84.1%79.1%81.6%79.2%72.6%76.0%
Dodge County5th71.7%70.1%70.9%78.3%77.2%77.7%
8th80.9%80.4%80.6%80.0%73.8%77.0%78.3%73.1%75.7%72.4%68.3%70.4%
9th78.3%76.0%77.2%77.8%78.1%77.9%82.5%66.3%74.4%76.0%61.9%69.3%
11th83.8%67.8%76.2%81.3%56.9%70.8%77.9%76.3%77.1%72.5%66.7%69.6%
All Grades78.4%73.8%76.2%79.2%73.0%76.2%79.3%72.3%75.8%73.7%65.7%69.8%
Douglas County5th83.1%76.3%80.0%78.6%81.6%80.1%
8th87.5%80.6%84.2%86.4%78.4%82.5%85.8%86.2%86.0%82.2%80.9%81.5%
9th84.6%83.3%83.9%86.3%80.0%83.2%87.4%81.8%84.9%75.5%69.0%72.5%
11th89.8%86.2%88.3%86.2%79.6%82.6%88.1%83.3%85.6%79.2%69.9%75.0%
All Grades86.4%81.6%84.1%84.3%79.9%82.1%86.9%84.0%85.5%78.7%73.5%76.2%
Faribault County5th81.3%83.9%82.7%65.1%80.9%73.3%
8th78.4%81.0%79.8%80.4%80.0%80.2%80.9%78.9%79.7%74.1%66.0%70.4%
9th87.3%87.3%87.3%75.0%71.7%73.2%86.7%77.6%82.6%77.8%65.1%71.4%
11th89.8%79.7%84.3%88.9%81.5%85.2%86.4%84.6%85.4%70.0%82.0%77.2%
All Grades84.5%83.0%83.7%78.1%78.5%78.3%84.8%80.2%82.4%74.5%71.2%72.8%
Fillmore County5th80.7%74.6%77.5%79.7%79.7%79.7%
8th89.3%70.6%80.4%82.3%76.8%79.4%86.8%79.3%83.6%***
9th94.4%80.0%87.2%80.3%73.8%77.2%***75.6%72.7%74.3%
11th84.8%84.1%84.4%75.8%77.0%76.4%**84.3%75.9%80.6%78.3%
All Grades87.5%77.1%82.1%79.5%76.9%78.2%86.6%82.4%84.4%77.0%74.7%75.8%
Freeborn County5th76.6%70.4%73.7%81.9%72.7%77.2%
8th85.5%76.6%81.0%77.9%62.1%70.4%88.0%87.0%87.5%80.0%63.9%71.2%
9th76.6%67.2%72.9%73.6%65.7%69.5%81.6%81.8%81.7%80.2%75.3%77.9%
11th84.6%72.9%77.9%83.9%77.8%81.0%85.5%71.8%79.2%74.5%68.9%71.6%
All Grades79.6%71.7%75.8%79.4%69.3%74.4%84.8%81.3%83.1%78.8%69.2%73.9%
Goodhue County5th76.5%69.4%72.6%76.8%69.7%73.5%
8th80.0%77.8%79.0%80.6%72.6%76.8%77.2%74.2%75.8%75.0%61.2%67.9%
9th92.0%78.9%85.4%77.5%65.2%71.0%**57.5%76.1%73.6%74.7%
11th90.3%77.2%83.3%81.4%71.8%77.6%64.4%77.8%70.8%83.3%74.6%78.9%
All Grades83.8%75.3%79.4%79.0%69.7%74.6%71.8%72.3%72.0%77.3%69.4%73.1%
Grant County5th75.0%92.9%82.8%65.7%72.1%69.2%
8th72.0%76.5%74.6%78.0%72.4%75.7%84.0%73.5%78.0%82.4%72.0%78.3%
9th82.9%69.2%77.0%83.9%73.5%78.5%93.3%84.4%88.7%62.2%51.9%57.8%
11th100.0%92.0%96.3%66.7%69.4%68.4%88.9%75.0%82.8%70.0%66.7%68.3%
All Grades82.4%82.3%82.4%74.2%71.8%73.0%89.0%77.7%83.2%71.4%63.0%67.9%
Hennepin County5th77.2%75.5%76.3%77.3%75.3%76.3%
8th86.2%82.3%84.3%81.6%74.7%78.2%83.6%78.5%81.2%76.6%72.8%74.7%
9th88.7%84.3%86.5%83.4%78.7%81.1%83.2%79.3%81.4%79.4%74.6%77.1%
11th89.8%83.9%86.9%81.7%76.6%79.3%85.2%80.2%82.9%80.6%75.6%78.3%
All Grades85.5%81.4%83.5%80.9%76.2%78.6%83.9%79.2%81.7%78.7%74.2%76.6%
Houston County5th71.3%73.8%72.3%88.5%77.0%82.9%
8th82.9%76.4%79.9%80.2%68.4%74.7%84.6%86.6%85.4%68.6%66.7%67.6%
9th83.2%74.1%78.9%82.9%70.8%76.1%84.5%86.9%85.6%80.6%62.7%70.9%
11th92.7%87.2%89.7%86.3%75.0%81.4%79.8%84.8%82.0%86.7%80.4%84.0%
All Grades83.0%79.1%81.1%84.4%72.5%78.5%83.0%86.1%84.3%79.8%68.8%74.3%
Hubbard County5th79.0%74.6%77.1%68.9%71.8%70.2%
8th83.7%84.4%84.0%89.3%84.1%87.0%87.5%72.7%81.2%69.7%54.5%62.8%
9th83.1%73.3%79.1%78.2%65.2%72.4%78.2%76.5%77.5%70.0%52.2%61.7%
11th79.7%84.6%82.2%90.1%81.2%85.7%86.9%90.7%88.5%77.6%54.8%65.8%
All Grades81.4%79.7%80.7%80.8%75.4%78.3%84.1%78.8%81.9%72.1%53.8%63.3%
Isanti County5th74.7%71.2%72.8%81.6%71.3%76.4%
8th81.0%75.3%78.2%70.4%64.4%67.4%79.1%74.0%76.7%69.1%66.7%67.9%
9th88.6%84.7%86.6%80.2%73.8%77.1%82.1%76.3%79.4%75.4%71.9%73.7%
11th90.0%74.3%83.3%82.1%73.2%77.7%87.3%80.6%84.5%87.9%74.3%81.0%
All Grades82.7%76.3%79.5%78.5%70.5%74.6%82.6%76.5%79.8%76.1%70.5%73.3%
Itasca County5th76.7%75.8%76.2%81.3%80.2%80.8%
8th86.9%72.5%79.7%84.2%75.4%79.7%86.7%81.7%84.3%73.1%66.1%69.6%
9th82.0%73.2%77.6%79.0%70.8%75.1%82.6%84.1%83.2%80.0%66.3%74.4%
11th89.1%75.4%83.0%84.2%83.6%83.8%86.3%77.9%81.9%76.1%64.4%70.5%
All Grades84.1%74.0%79.0%81.8%77.3%79.5%85.0%81.4%83.3%76.2%65.7%71.3%
Jackson County5th75.6%67.9%71.3%89.1%77.5%83.7%
8th86.8%79.1%83.3%80.0%80.0%80.0%77.3%82.8%79.5%67.9%65.5%66.7%
9th91.1%68.4%78.4%81.4%62.5%72.3%81.1%66.2%71.6%77.1%55.6%66.2%
11th92.6%74.1%83.3%69.2%48.3%60.3%**69.4%72.2%66.7%69.8%
All Grades87.0%72.0%79.3%80.4%66.7%73.9%79.6%68.8%73.3%72.7%62.0%67.5%
Kanabec County5th74.4%62.1%68.8%83.0%75.4%78.6%
8th80.5%78.5%79.5%70.8%62.5%67.3%84.9%78.7%81.6%66.7%83.3%77.8%
9th81.4%72.9%77.5%77.5%65.8%71.3%80.6%77.1%78.8%79.4%71.7%75.6%
11th73.5%72.3%72.8%79.3%79.2%79.2%88.7%68.8%79.2%87.2%68.9%78.3%
All Grades77.8%71.7%74.8%76.6%70.7%73.6%84.4%75.4%79.8%81.5%72.4%76.9%
Kandiyohi County5th66.7%70.6%68.6%76.8%70.4%73.1%
8th81.1%70.1%75.1%85.1%69.8%77.5%75.7%74.5%75.1%75.5%67.5%71.8%
9th80.5%79.9%80.2%80.4%70.6%75.4%78.7%74.2%76.4%71.3%62.9%67.3%
11th86.2%70.8%77.3%83.0%71.9%76.9%85.9%80.0%83.3%84.2%74.6%79.0%
All Grades78.1%72.8%75.3%81.3%70.6%75.6%79.9%75.8%77.9%76.5%68.5%72.5%
Kittson County5th76.2%83.3%79.5%66.7%78.9%73.0%
8th87.0%78.9%83.3%90.5%85.0%87.8%**83.9%***
9th90.0%92.6%91.2%61.1%75.0%67.6%**75.0%***
11th89.5%85.0%87.2%89.3%88.9%89.1%**88.9%***
All Grades86.0%85.7%85.9%78.8%82.2%80.4%88.4%76.9%82.9%87.5%81.3%85.0%
Koochiching County5th67.5%64.2%91.1%***
8th59.3%85.7%88.8%*****88.6%79.5%76.5%78.2%
9th76.5%81.3%78.8%*****91.8%77.8%73.3%75.4%
11th95.7%79.3%86.5%*****83.3%83.3%62.5%75.0%
All Grades81.4%77.9%79.6%***90.6%87.3%88.9%80.0%72.5%76.6%
Lac Qui Parle County5th66.7%83.3%74.0%86.0%74.4%80.9%
8th86.8%75.0%81.4%86.4%89.4%87.7%86.4%81.4%83.9%84.2%73.3%79.4%
9th68.6%76.2%72.7%81.1%88.9%84.9%85.2%90.5%88.4%78.4%78.4%78.4%
11th91.2%82.1%87.1%81.3%83.3%82.4%90.5%90.9%90.7%82.4%87.5%84.5%
All Grades77.0%79.2%78.0%84.3%84.2%84.2%87.6%87.3%87.4%81.7%79.0%80.4%
Lake County5th80.0%81.3%80.6%***
8th86.5%90.9%88.6%***90.6%77.5%84.9%***
9th86.2%82.8%85.1%***88.6%83.0%85.4%***
11th90.0%89.2%89.5%***78.8%80.0%79.4%***
All Grades85.3%86.3%85.8%***86.8%80.3%83.6%***
Lake of the Woods County5th69.2%90.9%82.9%***
8th90.0%94.1%92.6%*****90.6%***
9th83.3%77.8%81.0%*****81.1%88.2%85.7%87.1%
11th93.3%83.3%88.9%*****78.6%***
All Grades84.0%88.3%86.4%***87.0%80.4%83.5%90.5%85.7%88.3%
Le Sueur County5th75.0%69.5%72.0%76.5%65.9%71.1%
8th87.2%76.3%82.7%70.4%74.1%72.5%82.9%76.1%79.1%71.7%72.9%72.4%
9th93.2%75.4%84.5%81.0%80.6%80.8%79.8%71.1%75.7%81.5%57.1%70.2%
11th87.0%82.0%84.2%88.1%76.3%82.9%83.3%72.3%76.9%85.9%58.7%72.8%
All Grades86.4%75.9%81.1%79.1%74.2%76.6%81.7%73.2%77.2%81.5%61.2%71.6%
Lincoln County5th66.7%64.7%65.6%***
8th81.8%91.7%85.3%*****81.1%88.2%82.6%85.0%
9th86.7%87.5%87.2%*****73.7%91.3%65.0%79.1%
11th87.0%72.2%80.5%*****82.9%100.0%81.8%90.7%
All Grades81.3%78.9%80.1%***86.5%72.4%79.1%93.4%76.9%84.9%
Lyon County5th65.2%60.9%63.0%74.8%78.3%76.6%
8th80.3%70.5%74.5%82.1%77.9%79.8%83.3%81.4%82.4%81.1%63.0%72.7%
9th84.3%80.0%82.1%75.4%73.5%74.4%81.6%67.3%74.6%78.7%71.2%74.6%
11th85.1%78.9%82.1%78.8%68.2%73.9%81.0%74.8%77.7%78.1%67.4%73.6%
All Grades80.1%73.8%76.8%77.8%74.9%76.4%82.0%74.5%78.3%79.2%67.9%73.8%
McLeod County5th100.0%85.7%94.7%***
8th78.9%72.7%76.7%*****81.8%58.8%93.3%75.0%
9th88.9%71.4%81.3%******76.9%66.7%71.0%
11th100.0%78.6%88.5%*****83.3%***
All Grades90.4%76.9%84.6%***91.7%80.0%85.5%73.0%78.3%75.9%
Mahnomen County5th63.0%44.7%51.4%53.1%60.5%57.1%
8th75.0%73.1%74.1%92.0%55.3%69.8%**40.0%***
9th81.5%87.5%85.1%61.3%71.4%66.7%72.7%73.5%73.1%***
11th91.7%90.0%90.9%89.5%82.8%85.4%**69.4%***
All Grades77.4%69.9%73.2%71.0%66.4%68.4%63.0%60.0%61.4%***
Marshall County5th63.6%62.5%63.0%87.0%80.0%82.5%
8th83.3%81.6%82.4%72.7%83.7%78.9%***72.7%77.3%75.8%
9th96.2%85.7%91.6%87.5%74.2%81.7%**82.1%***
11th97.7%81.6%89.1%85.7%80.6%82.8%******
All Grades87.3%78.1%82.6%83.1%80.0%81.4%**81.0%71.9%70.0%70.8%
Martin County5th71.0%71.0%71.0%***
8th88.2%77.3%83.1%***90.3%81.1%86.1%81.0%61.5%71.8%
9th88.2%77.3%82.3%***78.4%64.7%73.4%80.0%67.4%74.5%
11th82.5%82.4%82.4%***88.5%83.8%85.7%63.5%75.8%68.2%
All Grades82.2%76.6%79.4%***84.7%77.5%81.3%75.3%67.2%71.8%
Meeker County5th70.2%71.9%71.1%77.5%69.4%73.5%
8th80.5%81.6%81.0%75.4%80.4%77.8%86.2%75.8%80.6%66.7%43.2%52.4%
9th81.0%80.0%80.5%82.5%75.2%78.7%**83.0%82.8%63.6%72.6%
11th71.7%58.0%64.3%87.2%75.4%81.6%**79.1%65.5%55.6%60.7%
All Grades76.5%74.7%75.6%80.0%75.1%77.6%80.0%81.8%81.0%72.0%53.6%61.9%
Mille Lacs County5th56.7%68.7%63.0%83.5%67.8%75.1%
8th81.5%74.1%77.7%81.0%80.3%80.6%84.9%81.9%83.2%81.3%76.9%79.1%
9th86.9%81.3%84.0%77.7%70.1%74.1%79.6%73.8%77.0%75.6%53.5%65.8%
11th90.9%73.5%82.4%83.7%73.4%78.6%85.5%81.6%83.6%75.0%64.2%69.9%
All Grades82.0%75.3%78.6%81.4%73.2%77.2%83.4%79.7%81.6%77.6%66.2%72.2%
Morrison County5th68.9%69.9%69.4%71.7%80.2%76.6%
8th84.3%77.1%80.7%82.9%75.2%79.2%78.5%71.3%74.9%72.3%72.7%72.8%
9th81.9%78.0%79.9%80.0%79.5%79.7%75.0%73.5%74.3%66.4%63.2%64.4%
11th89.3%76.5%83.2%90.5%78.7%85.2%83.6%72.5%78.6%71.3%68.9%70.1%
All Grades81.3%75.6%78.5%81.9%78.5%80.2%78.7%72.5%75.7%70.0%67.9%68.9%
Mower County5th64.0%58.8%61.3%63.5%69.5%66.5%
8th79.9%67.8%74.0%79.1%71.7%75.2%80.5%80.6%80.5%68.2%67.3%67.7%
9th85.1%75.5%80.6%82.8%82.2%82.5%81.6%74.7%78.5%74.8%67.8%71.2%
11th86.5%79.6%82.7%85.7%75.0%80.2%76.5%80.0%78.3%70.3%77.5%73.9%
All Grades77.1%68.7%72.8%76.7%74.4%75.6%80.1%78.7%79.4%70.8%69.6%70.1%
Murray County5th85.2%75.8%80.0%85.7%72.7%79.4%
8th92.3%74.2%84.3%82.9%87.1%84.7%86.1%80.0%83.3%71.9%71.4%71.6%
9th88.2%85.7%87.0%94.3%75.6%84.2%90.9%72.7%81.8%85.3%80.8%83.3%
11th84.2%93.1%88.1%83.8%92.1%88.0%83.8%72.4%78.8%93.1%87.5%90.6%
All Grades87.7%82.0%85.0%86.5%81.8%84.2%86.8%75.0%81.3%83.2%78.8%81.1%
Nicollet County5th72.0%76.6%74.1%***
8th85.5%73.5%79.8%******76.1%78.8%77.4%
9th83.6%85.5%84.6%***73.1%57.9%66.1%71.0%61.9%66.0%
11th100.0%87.3%93.3%***78.4%85.7%81.5%86.5%75.0%80.8%
All Grades83.8%80.9%82.3%***75.9%71.8%74.0%78.3%71.2%74.6%
Nobles County5th69.1%70.8%69.9%65.7%64.4%65.0%
8th80.2%83.8%81.9%71.8%77.2%74.3%73.8%72.4%73.2%77.6%60.0%69.4%
9th78.6%69.1%74.0%63.6%63.0%63.3%69.2%76.2%72.5%***
11th80.7%73.4%77.2%67.1%74.0%70.3%82.9%72.3%77.8%***
All Grades77.2%74.4%75.9%67.4%69.1%68.2%75.2%73.7%74.5%77.6%60.0%69.4%
Norman County5th75.6%71.9%73.5%83.9%82.6%83.3%
8th81.1%66.7%74.6%84.4%77.4%80.6%91.2%75.0%83.3%***
9th87.2%86.1%86.7%86.2%87.1%86.7%******
11th93.3%73.3%83.3%89.3%65.2%78.4%**85.2%***
All Grades83.4%74.5%78.9%85.7%78.5%82.1%94.1%77.6%85.3%***
Olmsted County5th81.4%74.4%77.9%74.6%73.9%74.3%
8th82.6%77.5%79.9%79.9%71.6%75.8%79.2%74.8%77.0%72.3%66.3%69.4%
9th91.1%76.5%83.7%84.3%72.1%78.6%85.5%75.3%80.7%78.2%71.0%74.7%
11th91.7%76.2%82.7%84.0%75.0%79.5%84.7%80.1%82.4%83.2%76.5%79.8%
All Grades86.3%76.5%81.1%80.1%73.1%76.7%82.5%76.4%79.5%77.5%70.9%74.3%
Otter Tail County5th73.4%79.1%76.5%76.8%80.0%78.4%
8th79.1%75.7%77.5%82.6%80.0%81.2%87.1%80.5%84.0%75.7%67.0%71.7%
9th86.1%82.1%84.1%78.8%77.3%78.0%79.7%74.6%77.4%70.9%85.1%77.7%
11th92.4%85.6%88.9%87.6%72.9%80.3%84.1%81.3%82.6%89.6%67.9%78.3%
All Grades82.8%80.4%81.6%81.3%77.7%79.5%83.7%78.9%81.3%77.7%73.7%75.8%
Pennington County5th50.0%0.0%38.5%***
8th84.0%85.1%84.5%***85.9%67.6%77.4%81.6%70.4%75.7%
9th89.9%83.8%86.7%***87.5%66.2%75.8%68.5%60.0%65.1%
11th95.3%76.5%85.1%***73.7%68.4%71.6%72.4%57.4%65.7%
All Grades86.7%81.0%83.9%***82.7%67.2%75.3%73.3%62.8%68.5%
Pine County5th54.1%58.3%56.2%71.4%76.6%74.0%
8th77.5%75.6%76.5%85.6%75.9%80.9%75.4%74.0%74.7%65.2%69.1%67.0%
9th81.4%75.2%78.6%79.5%71.4%75.4%69.4%66.7%68.0%60.0%59.8%59.9%
11th81.4%80.4%80.9%80.7%75.5%78.0%84.3%72.4%78.8%80.5%84.8%82.8%
All Grades76.1%74.2%75.2%80.4%74.5%77.4%75.8%71.1%73.5%68.6%71.4%70.0%
Pipestone County5th73.9%56.8%63.3%***
8th95.8%67.6%79.3%***85.7%65.6%76.1%83.8%48.6%66.2%
9th86.2%86.2%86.2%*****73.1%75.7%56.5%65.1%
11th92.0%71.4%81.1%*****81.8%72.2%64.3%68.8%
All Grades87.1%69.5%77.3%***81.7%71.6%76.7%77.3%55.9%66.5%
Polk County5th69.4%70.2%69.8%77.7%80.5%79.1%
8th86.0%81.1%83.8%83.0%73.1%78.1%85.9%80.8%83.3%67.8%74.2%70.7%
9th83.0%75.8%79.7%82.7%81.3%81.9%80.6%75.6%78.1%72.7%70.4%71.5%
11th86.9%83.3%85.0%84.2%77.0%81.0%89.1%81.6%85.8%85.4%74.4%80.4%
All Grades80.9%77.5%79.3%81.8%78.1%80.0%85.3%79.3%82.4%74.7%72.7%73.8%
Pope County5th83.3%72.5%77.1%87.9%89.5%88.7%
8th78.1%80.5%79.5%90.3%76.2%82.2%71.4%75.0%73.0%***
9th96.8%73.3%82.9%92.0%83.3%87.3%83.3%75.9%79.7%***
11th77.1%93.5%84.8%91.3%78.4%83.3%96.4%84.4%90.0%***
All Grades83.6%79.0%81.1%90.2%81.6%85.3%82.8%78.7%80.8%***
Ramsey County5th70.2%67.5%68.8%72.6%69.3%71.0%
8th81.0%78.4%79.7%76.1%72.5%74.3%77.7%72.9%75.4%76.9%71.6%74.5%
9th83.9%77.7%80.9%78.8%75.2%77.1%78.0%73.4%75.8%80.7%72.2%76.6%
11th85.5%81.5%83.5%82.0%76.2%79.1%83.1%78.8%81.0%82.9%71.4%77.4%
All Grades79.9%75.7%77.8%77.0%73.0%75.1%79.3%74.8%77.1%79.7%71.8%76.0%
Red Lake County5th81.5%52.0%67.3%77.8%63.6%71.4%
8th75.0%60.0%68.2%83.3%66.7%75.6%**69.8%50.0%57.9%54.8%
9th74.1%78.1%76.3%66.7%73.9%70.5%75.9%68.0%72.2%71.4%68.4%69.2%
11th87.5%78.3%83.0%95.7%52.6%76.2%**81.4%92.3%57.1%74.1%
All Grades79.4%68.0%73.8%81.1%64.7%73.3%77.5%70.0%74.0%71.9%61.5%65.5%
Redwood County5th72.4%63.5%68.2%83.3%68.8%75.0%
8th79.2%77.8%78.4%84.1%63.6%74.1%91.4%77.2%83.2%72.5%72.2%72.3%
9th84.3%79.0%81.4%76.9%68.3%72.8%79.4%61.9%71.0%83.9%68.2%74.7%
11th83.0%75.4%78.8%84.3%74.1%78.9%86.7%64.8%74.7%81.5%77.1%79.0%
All Grades79.4%74.2%76.7%81.8%68.5%75.1%85.4%68.9%76.6%77.2%72.2%74.4%
Renville County5th73.5%70.7%72.0%72.7%65.7%68.4%
8th79.1%72.0%76.5%83.6%76.6%80.0%81.1%74.1%78.1%75.0%60.0%69.0%
9th97.2%84.8%91.3%83.0%72.5%78.5%78.4%82.5%80.5%61.2%53.1%57.1%
11th80.6%79.2%80.0%85.5%75.7%81.8%**80.4%80.6%66.7%73.9%
All Grades82.6%76.4%79.8%82.8%73.3%78.3%82.2%76.7%79.7%71.5%59.0%65.7%
Rice County5th76.2%73.9%75.1%85.5%75.3%80.3%
8th88.8%82.9%85.8%85.2%83.8%84.5%86.3%80.0%83.4%65.8%78.7%72.8%
9th91.3%84.9%87.9%87.2%83.6%85.5%81.6%78.1%79.8%87.0%77.6%82.9%
11th89.7%83.6%86.8%90.6%88.8%89.7%86.3%79.5%83.2%82.2%79.1%80.6%
All Grades86.5%81.4%83.9%86.8%82.1%84.5%84.6%79.1%81.9%80.1%78.5%79.4%
Rock County5th82.1%87.5%84.5%***
8th88.1%80.0%84.1%***85.1%88.6%86.6%***
9th100.0%94.3%97.1%***87.9%85.1%86.3%***
11th88.2%78.9%83.3%***78.1%67.7%73.0%***
All Grades89.3%84.8%87.1%***83.9%81.4%82.7%***
Roseau County5th66.7%72.4%69.5%80.3%73.4%76.6%
8th74.5%77.2%76.2%87.0%81.3%84.1%84.5%68.9%77.3%67.6%62.5%65.2%
9th92.6%82.1%87.4%85.9%81.7%83.7%88.1%87.8%87.9%60.0%76.7%69.1%
11th91.7%76.9%84.0%87.0%72.2%78.0%88.5%72.9%80.2%91.7%83.3%88.1%
All Grades82.2%77.2%79.5%85.0%77.5%80.9%86.8%77.3%82.0%72.1%72.5%72.3%
St. Louis County5th75.0%69.8%72.4%80.9%75.9%78.4%
8th84.4%80.0%82.3%80.7%78.6%79.7%84.5%80.2%82.5%75.9%72.5%74.3%
9th88.4%81.8%85.3%84.1%79.0%81.5%80.1%79.4%79.8%78.6%72.5%75.5%
11th86.2%78.9%82.9%86.5%81.3%83.8%83.1%78.8%80.9%81.6%75.1%78.3%
All Grades83.5%77.5%80.6%82.9%78.5%80.7%82.4%79.5%81.0%78.3%73.2%75.8%
Scott County5th80.5%78.5%79.5%81.9%81.4%81.6%
8th86.1%82.0%84.1%84.2%80.3%82.3%83.5%82.2%82.9%73.6%72.3%73.0%
9th86.3%85.3%85.8%83.3%76.6%79.8%85.9%80.0%82.9%77.7%70.8%74.4%
11th89.0%81.9%85.5%89.0%77.6%83.6%87.8%83.0%85.4%81.8%76.9%79.3%
All Grades85.5%81.9%83.7%84.4%79.1%81.7%85.5%81.6%83.6%77.2%72.9%75.1%
Sherburne County5th76.8%72.2%74.5%82.1%78.4%80.3%
8th86.8%82.9%84.8%84.7%80.4%82.5%87.0%80.4%83.9%79.2%77.0%78.1%
9th90.7%82.5%86.8%82.3%82.3%82.3%86.2%80.3%83.4%78.8%72.4%75.9%
11th91.2%82.6%86.7%85.7%79.4%82.6%88.5%80.6%84.4%85.7%75.4%80.8%
All Grades86.2%80.0%83.0%83.7%80.1%81.9%87.1%80.4%83.9%80.9%75.1%78.2%
Sibley County5th77.6%61.5%69.1%69.1%68.4%68.8%
8th84.3%81.3%82.8%82.3%67.7%74.8%72.9%72.5%72.7%70.9%61.1%66.1%
9th80.4%89.5%85.2%74.5%61.2%68.3%70.5%73.8%72.1%65.4%62.5%64.0%
11th85.5%82.4%84.0%74.6%67.4%71.6%78.9%75.5%77.3%73.2%64.6%68.5%
All Grades81.9%77.8%79.8%75.3%66.4%71.0%74.0%73.9%74.0%69.6%62.7%66.1%
Stearns County5th70.6%68.1%69.3%73.1%74.2%73.6%
8th83.3%78.3%80.9%76.3%71.5%73.9%78.2%71.8%75.0%72.0%72.6%72.3%
9th85.2%80.1%82.7%80.2%74.9%77.6%86.5%75.8%81.7%80.1%72.1%76.4%
11th87.6%82.8%85.3%81.4%73.3%77.4%82.0%73.0%77.6%74.1%72.9%73.3%
All Grades82.1%77.5%79.8%77.4%73.4%75.5%82.1%73.4%78.0%74.8%72.5%73.7%
Steele County5th60.9%71.2%66.3%74.5%74.4%74.4%
8th85.5%83.6%84.6%78.8%80.1%79.4%83.4%72.5%78.2%64.4%61.9%63.4%
9th86.3%82.9%84.7%85.8%79.0%82.3%82.6%75.8%79.2%75.6%72.5%73.9%
11th86.6%81.5%84.3%81.3%79.8%80.5%81.3%69.6%75.8%90.1%77.2%84.4%
All Grades84.2%81.7%83.0%79.9%78.2%79.1%82.6%73.2%78.0%77.3%71.3%74.7%
Stevens County5th80.6%82.1%81.4%83.3%88.9%86.4%
8th81.6%67.4%74.7%85.7%81.0%83.1%***76.7%78.3%77.5%
9th87.9%85.4%86.4%91.2%78.6%84.2%**96.2%80.0%59.4%70.1%
11th95.7%64.7%82.5%85.7%68.8%78.4%***83.3%63.6%73.0%
All Grades85.3%76.7%80.8%86.5%79.6%82.9%**88.6%79.6%68.5%74.0%
Swift County5th75.0%82.1%78.1%***
8th88.9%76.5%82.9%*********
9th85.2%61.5%73.6%*********
11th88.0%73.7%79.4%*********
All Grades83.9%73.8%78.8%*********
Todd County5th69.9%78.7%74.4%78.7%72.0%75.1%
8th85.6%74.2%80.0%80.4%75.8%78.1%85.4%75.3%80.1%50.0%55.6%52.7%
9th84.2%79.8%82.3%82.8%72.7%77.4%78.2%79.2%78.7%66.7%67.6%67.2%
11th87.6%83.3%85.9%81.5%75.8%78.5%72.2%80.4%76.4%66.7%66.7%66.7%
All Grades82.6%78.8%80.8%80.8%74.1%77.3%79.8%77.7%78.7%60.8%63.7%62.4%
Traverse County5th63.6%73.3%69.2%***
8th78.6%90.9%86.1%*****81.3%***
9th81.8%100.0%91.3%*****88.9%***
11th72.2%87.5%76.9%******66.7%68.4%68.0%
All Grades74.1%87.7%81.1%***77.1%84.2%80.8%74.2%66.7%70.0%
Wabasha County5th68.5%73.4%71.2%76.9%75.2%76.1%
8th85.9%80.5%83.4%78.6%75.0%76.7%81.8%74.6%78.4%68.0%63.3%65.6%
9th89.8%86.0%88.0%87.1%80.1%83.9%80.6%75.8%78.3%86.4%69.2%78.0%
11th87.8%87.0%87.4%84.7%71.6%78.8%80.0%72.2%76.4%77.9%71.9%75.2%
All Grades83.8%81.8%82.8%81.8%75.7%78.9%80.9%74.4%77.9%77.7%67.9%72.9%
Wadena County5th70.1%65.5%67.6%83.7%67.9%75.9%
8th80.6%89.6%84.6%81.3%65.3%72.4%78.4%75.6%77.0%80.0%75.0%77.6%
9th90.7%81.8%86.8%84.5%82.5%83.6%91.4%75.4%83.5%82.3%72.3%78.0%
11th81.2%75.0%78.3%80.2%72.1%76.8%85.7%82.6%84.1%83.0%69.8%76.4%
All Grades81.3%77.7%79.6%82.4%71.0%76.8%84.2%77.8%81.0%81.6%72.1%77.3%
Waseca County5th76.0%75.0%75.6%81.6%77.9%79.9%
8th88.2%84.0%86.3%79.2%74.7%77.2%84.4%67.7%76.6%75.3%69.6%72.9%
9th93.8%85.7%89.5%86.7%83.3%85.0%82.1%81.1%81.6%67.8%67.0%67.4%
11th92.8%82.9%88.1%91.4%79.0%85.2%86.7%77.6%83.0%88.7%75.5%82.1%
All Grades87.1%82.0%84.6%84.4%79.1%81.9%84.4%75.1%80.0%75.5%70.0%72.9%
Washington County5th77.4%76.0%76.7%83.8%83.7%83.8%
8th87.0%77.9%82.5%84.0%81.2%82.6%84.6%78.0%81.5%79.7%75.1%77.6%
9th86.3%81.4%83.9%85.8%80.7%83.4%83.2%79.2%81.3%83.0%79.2%81.2%
11th90.1%83.6%86.9%88.4%83.9%86.3%86.6%83.1%84.8%86.2%79.4%82.9%
All Grades85.3%79.6%82.5%85.4%82.3%83.9%84.7%79.9%82.4%82.7%77.8%80.4%
Watonwan County5th71.4%50.0%58.8%70.5%53.7%62.4%
8th83.7%58.1%73.8%74.0%63.8%68.1%74.0%57.5%66.7%51.8%35.1%45.2%
9th81.0%75.0%78.4%62.7%58.0%60.3%81.3%74.5%77.8%68.9%51.5%61.5%
11th93.9%82.9%87.8%72.2%64.0%68.3%67.6%69.6%68.7%68.8%60.0%65.4%
All Grades84.7%71.1%78.4%69.3%60.3%64.6%74.8%67.9%71.3%61.7%46.7%55.6%
Wilkin County5th71.4%48.0%60.4%80.0%64.3%72.4%
8th75.0%76.7%75.7%80.6%81.1%80.9%80.0%63.0%71.2%61.9%73.9%68.2%
9th91.5%83.3%88.3%78.4%62.5%69.4%**83.0%70.8%66.7%68.8%
11th92.9%88.2%90.8%70.0%82.6%74.6%**60.0%76.9%47.8%63.3%
All Grades84.1%75.6%80.4%76.8%71.3%74.1%76.8%66.7%71.5%70.4%62.9%66.7%
Winona County5th74.1%78.8%76.5%68.2%71.1%69.7%
8th82.1%83.0%82.6%83.4%76.4%79.9%84.4%75.5%79.7%73.8%62.2%67.6%
9th86.4%83.9%85.1%84.1%81.3%82.7%82.3%69.2%75.6%73.6%66.7%69.6%
11th82.7%83.3%83.0%83.9%86.7%85.3%88.1%84.3%86.4%72.1%67.0%69.4%
All Grades81.9%82.5%82.2%80.2%79.2%79.7%84.7%75.7%80.1%73.2%65.3%68.9%
Wright County5th73.7%71.4%72.6%80.4%79.8%80.0%
8th87.7%84.6%86.2%87.5%82.0%84.8%89.9%81.1%85.5%80.9%78.3%79.7%
9th88.6%84.3%86.4%84.1%78.6%81.3%83.3%80.3%81.9%83.0%71.3%77.3%
11th88.8%79.6%84.2%87.1%78.7%82.9%87.1%74.6%81.3%76.9%75.0%75.9%
All Grades84.8%80.3%82.5%84.8%79.8%82.3%86.7%79.1%83.0%80.5%75.0%77.8%
Yellow Medicine County5th88.9%70.0%75.9%67.4%67.4%67.4%
8th67.9%70.8%69.2%82.8%68.2%74.0%68.8%72.5%70.5%81.6%68.4%75.9%
9th64.9%76.7%71.3%81.6%79.1%80.2%80.4%65.8%74.2%77.6%77.5%77.5%
11th78.3%73.2%75.9%78.1%75.8%76.9%**83.1%75.0%72.2%73.7%
All Grades72.5%73.4%73.0%76.6%72.3%74.3%75.2%74.8%75.0%78.3%72.8%75.8%

About the Indicator:

The Minnesota Student Survey added a question about the perceived harm of misusing prescription drugs 2013. 

"N/A" indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. "*" indicates the data are unreliable as a result of small sample sizes or other reasons.

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.