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Percent of Students Reporting Any Past 30 Day Use of Prescription Drugs Not Prescribed for Them, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th4.1%3.3%3.7%4.2%3.9%4.0%4.0%3.2%3.6%3.6%2.0%2.8%
9th6.5%4.6%5.6%4.8%3.8%4.3%4.2%3.4%3.8%3.4%2.3%2.9%
11th6.6%7.4%7.0%6.2%6.0%6.1%4.0%3.4%3.7%3.2%2.7%3.0%
All Grades5.7%5.0%5.3%5.0%4.5%4.7%4.1%3.3%3.7%3.4%2.3%2.9%
Aitkin County8th0.0%1.4%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%1.2%***
9th6.1%6.8%6.4%3.4%4.3%3.8%2.9%3.3%3.1%5.0%6.7%5.7%
11th3.6%4.2%3.9%0.0%7.4%3.9%**4.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades3.3%3.9%3.6%1.6%4.8%3.1%3.0%2.1%2.6%1.9%2.7%2.2%
Anoka County8th4.6%5.2%4.9%4.5%4.1%4.3%4.9%3.4%4.2%3.4%2.0%2.7%
9th7.5%5.0%6.3%5.1%4.6%4.8%4.6%3.1%3.9%3.1%2.0%2.6%
11th8.3%8.0%8.2%8.1%6.6%7.4%4.2%3.4%3.8%2.6%2.0%2.3%
All Grades6.6%5.8%6.2%5.7%5.0%5.4%4.6%3.3%4.0%3.1%2.0%2.6%
Becker County8th2.8%0.9%1.8%7.1%5.4%6.3%3.3%3.4%3.3%3.8%3.2%3.4%
9th5.0%2.0%3.3%0.8%4.1%2.4%6.8%5.1%6.0%6.1%1.3%3.4%
11th4.7%4.4%4.5%6.4%3.6%5.0%5.3%3.7%4.5%2.6%0.0%1.5%
All Grades4.2%2.4%3.2%4.6%4.4%4.5%5.1%4.1%4.6%4.4%1.7%3.0%
Beltrami County8th7.4%2.9%5.1%6.7%7.1%6.9%7.0%4.1%5.5%5.8%4.7%5.3%
9th7.8%2.3%5.0%7.6%5.4%6.5%4.9%6.9%5.9%11.4%2.3%6.8%
11th5.8%9.0%7.4%10.1%3.8%6.8%4.6%3.4%4.1%2.4%4.8%3.6%
All Grades7.1%4.4%5.7%7.9%5.6%6.7%5.6%5.0%5.3%7.1%3.9%5.5%
Benton County8th6.1%3.1%4.8%5.3%3.1%4.2%3.4%2.1%2.8%3.7%0.9%2.3%
9th5.9%2.2%4.0%5.0%9.8%7.5%3.4%4.4%3.9%7.6%3.4%5.7%
11th2.7%5.1%3.8%6.7%6.6%6.6%4.2%6.1%5.1%2.9%5.8%4.1%
All Grades5.0%3.3%4.2%5.5%6.7%6.1%3.6%4.1%3.8%5.1%3.1%4.2%
Big Stone County8th0.0%4.5%1.9%*****0.0%0.0%5.9%2.9%
9th3.3%6.1%4.8%******7.7%0.0%3.8%
11th0.0%0.0%0.0%******0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades1.1%3.1%2.1%*****1.9%3.3%1.5%2.4%
Blue Earth County8th3.0%1.2%2.1%3.2%2.5%2.8%3.0%1.6%2.3%1.7%3.6%2.7%
9th5.7%5.7%5.7%3.6%3.3%3.4%5.3%3.7%4.5%2.8%2.3%2.6%
11th7.0%4.4%5.8%6.1%6.7%6.4%3.8%4.8%4.3%1.6%0.5%1.1%
All Grades5.1%3.7%4.4%4.2%4.1%4.1%4.0%3.3%3.7%2.1%2.3%2.2%
Brown County8th4.7%1.8%3.2%2.0%0.0%0.9%8.6%4.9%6.5%6.5%1.2%4.0%
9th4.8%5.2%5.0%3.7%5.0%4.3%7.4%3.6%5.6%8.7%5.7%7.1%
11th6.3%9.4%7.9%11.5%5.9%8.7%3.1%1.2%2.2%8.3%3.2%5.4%
All Grades5.2%5.2%5.2%5.4%3.4%4.4%6.4%3.4%4.9%7.5%3.1%5.2%
Carlton County8th3.8%2.3%3.1%4.2%3.6%3.9%2.2%6.5%4.7%6.0%2.6%4.2%
9th3.8%2.3%3.1%1.7%3.1%2.4%4.1%5.3%4.7%7.2%2.9%5.1%
11th3.8%3.8%3.8%3.1%5.9%4.5%3.4%3.6%3.5%4.5%6.9%5.8%
All Grades3.8%2.8%3.3%3.0%4.1%3.6%3.4%5.2%4.3%6.0%3.9%4.9%
Carver County8th3.5%3.4%3.5%4.8%4.1%4.5%2.2%1.7%1.9%0.0%2.9%1.8%
9th4.0%0.6%2.4%2.7%2.8%2.8%4.9%2.9%4.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th3.4%7.0%5.2%5.1%5.3%5.2%4.7%0.0%2.5%4.0%0.0%3.5%
All Grades3.6%3.6%3.6%4.1%3.9%4.0%3.7%1.5%2.6%1.1%0.9%1.4%
Cass County8th7.9%3.1%5.3%8.0%4.0%5.9%9.6%4.2%6.9%6.3%0.0%2.9%
9th5.6%2.2%3.9%13.2%6.3%9.7%2.7%6.3%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th7.6%8.6%8.1%15.2%6.3%10.8%4.3%6.8%5.5%21.7%3.0%10.5%
All Grades7.0%4.2%5.6%11.8%5.4%8.5%5.8%5.6%5.7%7.8%0.9%4.0%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A***3.2%1.3%2.2%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***4.2%5.3%4.8%4.8%6.3%5.4%
11thN/AN/AN/A***2.1%8.9%5.4%0.0%6.3%2.9%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***3.3%4.6%4.0%4.0%5.1%4.4%
Chisago County8th3.3%3.4%3.3%***4.0%3.9%3.9%8.0%4.5%6.4%
9th8.1%5.5%6.8%***2.8%1.7%2.3%5.4%1.2%3.4%
11th10.4%5.8%8.2%***1.8%2.2%2.0%3.8%0.0%2.1%
All Grades7.0%4.9%6.0%***3.0%2.7%2.8%4.9%1.1%3.1%
Clay County8th2.9%2.9%2.9%3.4%3.8%3.6%3.7%3.7%3.7%2.4%1.1%1.8%
9th4.7%0.9%2.8%5.1%3.7%4.3%3.7%2.3%3.1%1.8%1.8%1.8%
11th5.1%5.4%5.2%5.3%6.1%5.7%2.3%0.4%1.5%3.9%5.7%4.9%
All Grades4.2%2.9%3.6%4.5%4.5%4.5%3.2%2.1%2.7%2.5%2.6%2.6%
Clearwater County8th2.0%2.4%2.2%7.1%8.1%7.6%******
9th7.9%5.6%6.5%4.8%9.7%7.7%******
11th3.6%8.0%5.7%6.3%14.3%10.4%******
All Grades4.3%5.0%4.7%6.0%10.4%8.4%******
Cook County8th5.3%0.0%3.1%*****10.8%7.1%0.0%3.4%
9th9.5%0.0%4.9%*****7.1%0.0%7.7%3.7%
11th0.0%13.3%8.0%*****3.2%7.7%15.4%11.5%
All Grades6.0%4.2%5.1%***8.3%6.3%7.3%4.9%7.3%6.1%
Cottonwood County8th0.0%2.0%1.1%0.0%4.1%2.2%5.1%2.6%3.8%1.8%1.6%1.7%
9th4.8%3.9%4.3%13.0%6.4%9.7%3.0%1.1%1.9%8.0%3.4%5.5%
11th11.4%3.5%6.5%9.1%3.9%6.3%4.3%6.2%5.3%10.4%3.8%7.6%
All Grades5.0%3.2%4.0%7.5%4.8%6.0%4.2%3.3%3.7%7.0%2.9%4.9%
Crow Wing County8th2.8%0.0%1.5%***3.1%3.1%3.1%6.7%1.2%4.0%
9th3.5%5.2%4.3%***5.1%2.8%3.9%1.3%3.1%2.1%
11th4.6%5.7%5.2%***4.1%2.9%3.5%4.0%3.3%3.7%
All Grades3.5%3.3%3.4%***4.5%2.9%3.7%4.2%2.3%3.3%
Dakota County8th4.0%3.9%4.0%4.0%4.0%4.0%3.9%3.4%3.7%3.6%2.5%3.1%
9th7.4%3.7%5.6%4.6%4.0%4.3%4.1%3.5%3.8%2.4%1.8%2.1%
11th8.2%8.0%8.1%6.8%6.9%6.9%3.9%3.2%3.5%3.7%2.2%3.0%
All Grades6.5%5.2%5.8%5.0%4.9%4.9%4.0%3.4%3.7%3.2%2.2%2.7%
Dodge County8th4.3%3.5%4.0%3.5%3.7%3.6%2.1%3.0%2.5%7.5%2.4%5.0%
9th5.0%1.6%3.4%7.1%0.0%3.8%3.1%3.8%3.5%2.4%0.0%1.2%
11th8.7%15.1%11.7%7.1%4.2%5.9%5.3%2.5%3.9%6.5%2.1%4.3%
All Grades5.8%6.0%5.9%5.9%2.4%4.3%3.4%3.1%3.3%5.4%1.5%3.5%
Douglas County8th2.4%6.3%4.3%2.4%5.8%4.1%1.7%2.4%2.0%4.1%3.4%3.8%
9th5.8%3.1%4.3%4.5%2.6%3.6%3.4%0.7%2.2%3.9%3.1%3.5%
11th10.5%10.4%10.5%3.3%11.0%7.5%6.0%5.0%5.4%1.9%0.0%1.0%
All Grades6.3%6.4%6.3%3.4%6.4%4.9%3.2%2.4%2.8%3.4%2.4%2.9%
Faribault County8th3.7%7.7%5.9%2.2%1.8%2.0%0.0%5.6%3.4%0.0%3.8%1.9%
9th9.6%4.6%7.2%8.9%8.5%8.7%8.2%1.9%5.3%4.6%3.1%3.9%
11th4.0%17.5%11.5%5.6%10.7%8.2%2.2%2.0%2.1%2.5%0.0%1.0%
All Grades6.2%9.8%8.1%5.5%7.1%6.3%4.0%3.4%3.7%2.5%2.3%2.4%
Fillmore County8th4.0%5.8%4.9%7.9%1.4%4.5%2.6%6.7%4.3%***
9th5.5%7.3%6.4%2.8%4.6%3.7%***0.0%3.0%1.3%
11th4.3%4.8%4.6%14.3%6.5%10.4%**0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades4.5%5.9%5.2%8.1%4.1%6.1%2.9%4.3%3.6%0.0%1.3%0.6%
Freeborn County8th3.1%4.6%3.9%8.5%4.7%6.7%4.6%1.9%3.3%0.0%1.0%0.5%
9th6.9%2.9%5.3%6.6%5.0%5.7%6.0%2.7%4.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th3.3%11.0%7.5%2.3%3.7%3.0%5.7%2.7%4.4%3.6%1.6%2.6%
All Grades4.9%6.3%5.6%6.1%4.5%5.3%5.4%2.4%4.0%0.8%0.8%0.8%
Goodhue County8th2.8%3.5%3.1%3.2%6.6%4.9%3.0%4.2%3.6%5.5%2.5%3.9%
9th5.6%6.9%6.2%5.9%1.8%3.7%**2.5%1.7%5.4%3.7%
11th4.0%7.9%6.1%4.1%3.7%3.9%3.1%5.4%4.1%4.4%8.7%6.6%
All Grades3.9%6.1%5.0%4.3%4.1%4.2%3.2%4.1%3.6%3.7%5.0%4.4%
Grant County8th0.0%2.9%1.7%2.3%6.9%4.2%4.0%5.6%4.9%11.1%4.0%8.1%
9th8.6%3.8%6.6%9.4%2.9%6.1%6.7%0.0%3.2%2.7%7.7%4.8%
11th6.5%0.0%3.5%0.0%2.8%1.8%2.8%3.4%3.1%0.0%4.5%2.4%
All Grades5.4%2.3%3.9%4.2%4.0%4.1%4.4%3.1%3.7%5.4%5.5%5.4%
Hennepin County8th4.0%2.9%3.5%4.1%4.3%4.2%2.9%2.7%2.8%2.7%2.0%2.4%
9th6.0%5.6%5.8%4.2%3.6%3.9%3.3%3.2%3.3%3.1%2.1%2.6%
11th6.8%8.2%7.5%7.2%6.4%6.8%4.6%3.9%4.3%3.1%3.6%3.4%
All Grades5.6%5.5%5.5%4.9%4.6%4.8%3.5%3.2%3.4%3.0%2.5%2.7%
Houston County8th2.4%2.7%2.5%2.3%5.3%3.7%4.3%4.3%4.3%7.0%0.0%3.4%
9th4.2%3.4%3.8%4.9%1.9%3.2%2.7%2.3%2.5%3.0%3.6%4.0%
11th0.0%2.5%1.4%5.0%3.3%4.3%1.9%2.6%2.2%4.0%0.0%2.3%
All Grades2.2%2.8%2.5%4.0%3.3%3.7%2.9%3.0%2.9%4.5%1.5%3.2%
Hubbard County8th7.8%3.2%5.9%9.3%0.0%5.1%4.5%6.2%5.2%5.9%0.0%3.2%
9th7.1%3.9%5.8%12.6%7.0%10.1%1.3%1.9%1.5%2.5%1.4%2.0%
11th7.7%7.1%7.4%8.5%4.2%6.3%4.9%0.0%2.8%0.0%1.6%0.8%
All Grades7.6%4.9%6.4%10.3%3.9%7.3%3.5%3.0%3.3%2.9%1.1%2.0%
Isanti County8th9.7%3.7%6.9%6.6%4.5%5.6%5.3%7.2%6.2%5.4%1.2%3.3%
9th11.5%7.8%9.7%8.8%5.3%7.1%5.9%8.0%6.9%0.7%0.7%0.7%
11th5.8%8.6%7.0%8.9%6.0%7.5%4.4%4.0%4.2%4.5%0.9%2.7%
All Grades9.4%6.2%7.9%8.1%5.3%6.7%5.2%6.7%5.9%3.6%0.9%2.2%
Itasca County8th1.6%1.6%1.6%6.4%5.4%5.9%3.9%3.6%3.8%2.3%2.9%2.6%
9th9.3%6.9%8.1%9.0%2.8%6.0%3.7%5.5%4.5%3.5%6.0%4.5%
11th3.4%4.9%4.1%9.4%3.3%6.0%3.4%2.2%2.8%5.4%5.4%5.3%
All Grades5.0%4.4%4.7%8.2%3.9%6.0%3.7%3.9%3.8%3.4%4.4%3.9%
Jackson County8th5.6%0.0%3.1%6.7%5.0%5.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%3.4%3.4%
9th2.2%5.2%3.9%2.3%2.5%2.4%0.0%4.8%2.9%8.1%5.6%6.8%
11th1.9%7.4%4.6%7.7%6.7%7.2%**2.8%0.0%7.4%3.2%
All Grades3.3%4.5%3.9%5.1%4.4%4.8%1.0%2.8%2.0%4.0%5.4%4.7%
Kanabec County8th3.7%7.6%5.6%4.5%10.6%7.1%7.1%6.6%6.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th12.9%8.5%10.9%2.8%3.8%3.3%3.0%5.8%4.4%1.6%0.0%0.8%
11th12.2%10.8%11.4%3.4%5.6%4.6%5.7%4.1%4.9%2.2%0.0%1.1%
All Grades9.0%8.9%8.9%3.7%6.4%5.0%5.1%5.6%5.4%1.7%0.0%0.8%
Kandiyohi County8th4.4%1.3%2.7%2.5%2.5%2.5%5.4%4.7%5.0%3.4%2.5%3.0%
9th5.5%4.3%4.9%3.6%4.0%3.8%6.5%1.3%3.8%2.6%2.2%2.4%
11th8.0%5.3%6.5%6.1%2.8%4.3%2.2%3.6%2.8%0.9%2.1%1.6%
All Grades5.9%3.7%4.7%3.8%3.1%3.5%4.8%3.2%4.0%2.4%2.3%2.3%
Kittson County8th0.0%13.6%6.7%4.5%0.0%2.4%**3.3%***
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%2.9%**0.0%***
11th5.3%4.5%4.9%0.0%5.3%2.1%**7.4%***
All Grades1.4%5.6%3.5%1.5%3.6%2.4%4.7%2.7%3.8%4.2%0.0%2.5%
Koochiching County8th0.0%2.9%1.3%*****0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th14.7%3.0%9.0%*****6.1%3.6%0.0%1.7%
11th9.1%10.3%9.8%*****4.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades6.9%5.2%6.1%***5.4%1.8%3.5%1.1%0.0%0.6%
Lac Qui Parle County8th0.0%2.9%1.4%0.0%8.3%3.7%4.3%2.3%3.4%0.0%3.2%1.4%
9th13.5%0.0%6.2%5.4%0.0%2.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%1.1%
11th2.9%0.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%0.0%2.7%0.0%3.8%1.7%
All Grades5.5%0.9%3.2%1.6%3.4%2.4%3.5%0.8%2.1%0.0%2.8%1.4%
Lake County8th8.1%2.9%5.6%***9.3%7.3%8.4%***
9th12.7%11.8%12.4%***5.7%2.1%3.6%***
11th5.0%5.3%5.2%***8.8%3.3%6.3%***
All Grades10.0%6.6%8.4%***8.1%4.2%6.2%***
Lake of the Woods County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%*****0.0%***
9th16.7%9.1%13.0%*****2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th0.0%15.4%6.7%*****3.4%***
All Grades5.1%7.3%6.3%***2.2%2.0%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Le Sueur County8th6.3%3.9%5.3%6.0%2.7%4.2%7.0%1.1%3.8%2.1%0.0%0.9%
9th4.2%4.2%4.2%5.8%0.0%2.8%2.1%0.0%1.1%0.0%2.7%1.2%
11th5.4%9.6%7.7%5.1%4.3%4.8%0.0%4.3%2.5%3.1%3.3%3.2%
All Grades5.2%6.1%5.7%5.6%2.2%3.9%3.0%1.9%2.4%1.4%2.3%1.8%
Lincoln County8th8.3%0.0%5.6%*****5.1%11.1%4.0%7.0%
9th6.7%0.0%2.6%*****5.0%8.3%0.0%4.5%
11th4.3%5.3%4.8%*****5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades6.5%1.9%4.3%***3.5%6.9%5.2%6.3%1.5%3.8%
Lyon County8th3.0%2.1%2.5%3.2%4.9%4.1%2.8%3.0%2.9%1.8%0.0%1.0%
9th6.9%8.3%7.6%5.3%4.4%4.8%2.8%2.0%2.4%1.6%4.1%2.9%
11th3.1%2.2%2.7%7.0%2.3%4.8%5.1%2.7%3.8%1.5%0.0%0.9%
All Grades4.7%4.6%4.6%5.0%4.1%4.6%3.5%2.6%3.0%1.6%1.8%1.7%
McLeod County8th0.0%0.0%0.0%*****0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%******0.0%5.6%3.2%
11th0.0%7.1%4.0%*****0.0%***
All Grades0.0%3.0%1.4%***0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%2.2%2.4%
Mahnomen County8th0.0%3.7%1.8%8.3%15.4%12.7%**13.7%***
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%3.2%5.7%4.5%11.8%2.9%7.4%***
11th8.0%14.3%10.9%10.5%6.7%8.2%**8.6%***
All Grades2.4%4.5%3.5%6.8%9.6%8.4%9.3%10.1%9.7%***
Marshall County8th2.8%0.0%1.3%6.1%0.0%2.6%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th5.5%2.4%4.1%2.5%3.1%2.8%**0.0%***
11th11.6%1.9%6.3%3.6%0.0%1.6%******
All Grades6.7%1.5%4.1%4.0%0.9%2.4%**2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Martin County8th3.8%7.0%5.3%***3.1%1.8%2.5%4.8%0.0%2.5%
9th7.5%6.2%6.8%***6.7%5.7%6.3%1.6%2.1%1.8%
11th5.0%12.0%8.4%***5.8%9.6%8.0%3.7%3.0%3.4%
All Grades5.7%8.1%6.9%***5.3%6.1%5.7%3.3%1.5%2.5%
Meeker County8th4.1%1.6%2.8%3.4%5.5%4.4%9.7%0.0%4.8%3.7%2.6%3.0%
9th6.0%5.2%5.6%5.8%1.8%3.7%**5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th6.7%10.1%8.5%6.4%2.8%4.7%**2.3%3.1%3.7%3.4%
All Grades5.3%4.8%5.1%5.0%3.4%4.2%8.3%1.1%4.4%2.2%2.0%2.1%
Mille Lacs County8th7.9%1.5%4.6%7.0%3.1%4.9%4.9%4.7%4.8%5.7%2.3%4.0%
9th9.9%2.9%6.3%4.4%5.0%4.7%3.4%6.4%4.8%3.7%3.0%3.4%
11th6.4%4.9%5.7%9.5%4.2%6.8%4.7%2.8%3.8%5.8%3.6%4.7%
All Grades8.2%3.0%5.5%6.8%4.0%5.4%4.4%4.6%4.5%5.0%2.9%4.0%
Morrison County8th3.4%2.3%2.8%4.7%3.8%4.3%4.5%5.4%4.9%3.5%2.2%2.9%
9th7.0%2.2%4.6%4.9%2.0%3.4%7.0%4.1%5.6%4.7%6.2%5.4%
11th3.8%4.0%3.9%4.1%5.5%4.8%4.1%2.9%3.6%2.1%0.0%1.0%
All Grades4.8%2.7%3.8%4.6%3.6%4.1%5.3%4.2%4.8%3.5%2.9%3.2%
Mower County8th3.4%0.7%2.0%2.6%7.1%4.9%5.6%3.6%4.7%6.3%1.4%3.7%
9th8.1%6.4%7.3%5.3%3.8%4.5%6.0%7.8%6.8%3.8%2.4%3.1%
11th10.8%5.3%7.8%3.8%4.3%4.1%2.9%5.2%4.1%2.1%4.4%3.2%
All Grades6.8%3.8%5.3%3.9%5.2%4.6%5.2%5.2%5.2%4.5%2.4%3.4%
Murray County8th2.6%0.0%1.4%4.9%0.0%2.8%2.7%6.7%4.5%12.1%0.0%5.6%
9th2.9%0.0%1.4%0.0%2.4%1.3%3.0%3.1%3.1%5.9%0.0%3.3%
11th7.9%0.0%4.5%2.7%2.6%2.7%0.0%6.9%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades4.5%0.0%2.4%2.7%1.8%2.2%1.9%5.5%3.5%6.3%0.0%3.2%
Nicollet County8th3.6%4.1%3.8%******0.0%3.0%1.5%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%***1.4%6.7%3.9%3.1%1.2%2.0%
11th0.0%3.6%1.9%***4.1%3.6%3.8%5.3%2.8%4.1%
All Grades1.3%2.4%1.8%***2.8%5.0%3.8%2.9%2.2%2.6%
Nobles County8th4.4%0.9%2.7%3.5%3.2%3.4%3.8%2.0%2.9%3.5%3.9%3.7%
9th7.6%1.8%4.8%2.6%3.8%3.3%6.0%3.8%5.0%***
11th0.0%7.6%3.6%4.8%6.6%5.6%1.8%0.0%0.9%***
All Grades4.4%3.0%3.7%3.6%4.4%4.0%3.9%2.0%3.0%3.5%3.9%3.7%
Norman County8th5.3%0.0%2.9%4.3%1.8%3.0%14.3%0.0%7.4%***
9th5.1%8.3%6.7%3.3%3.2%3.3%******
11th0.0%6.7%3.3%3.6%0.0%2.0%**3.7%***
All Grades3.7%5.2%4.4%3.8%1.8%2.8%9.6%1.7%5.4%***
Olmsted County8th4.5%2.4%3.4%2.7%1.7%2.2%3.8%4.3%4.1%2.4%2.1%2.3%
9th2.6%6.0%4.3%3.6%5.0%4.2%5.4%1.7%3.6%2.1%1.2%1.7%
11th8.2%9.8%9.1%4.1%3.3%3.7%3.3%3.3%3.3%3.8%1.9%2.8%
All Grades4.7%5.2%5.0%3.4%3.2%3.3%4.2%3.3%3.7%2.7%1.7%2.2%
Otter Tail County8th1.9%2.5%2.2%4.4%2.3%3.3%4.1%3.4%3.8%2.8%3.2%3.0%
9th3.7%3.7%3.7%4.9%1.3%3.1%4.9%3.3%4.2%1.9%3.1%2.5%
11th1.1%4.6%2.9%4.8%6.7%5.7%5.4%3.0%4.1%3.8%3.4%3.6%
All Grades2.3%3.5%2.9%4.7%3.3%4.0%4.7%3.3%4.0%2.7%3.2%3.0%
Pennington County8th2.4%2.9%2.6%***2.6%1.5%2.1%6.0%1.8%3.8%
9th4.3%5.3%4.8%***3.4%4.1%3.8%1.4%1.8%1.6%
11th6.5%0.0%3.1%***1.8%9.3%5.0%1.7%4.3%2.9%
All Grades4.0%3.1%3.5%***2.6%4.3%3.4%2.8%2.5%2.7%
Pine County8th3.9%3.2%3.5%4.8%4.2%4.5%3.5%1.5%2.4%2.6%2.0%2.3%
9th7.5%4.5%6.1%5.7%4.8%5.2%9.1%6.2%7.6%1.4%5.7%3.8%
11th13.3%12.8%13.1%12.0%7.4%9.6%3.3%1.3%2.4%4.9%4.3%4.6%
All Grades8.2%6.7%7.4%7.0%5.3%6.1%5.4%3.1%4.2%3.0%4.0%3.5%
Pipestone County8th0.0%5.6%3.3%***0.0%3.1%1.5%0.0%5.6%2.7%
9th5.9%3.6%4.8%***4.0%10.7%7.5%2.6%2.0%2.3%
11th6.7%20.0%13.3%*****6.7%2.8%3.6%3.1%
All Grades4.5%9.6%7.1%***2.4%7.3%4.8%1.8%3.5%2.7%
Polk County8th3.1%2.8%3.0%3.7%2.6%3.2%3.3%1.9%2.6%4.3%1.1%2.9%
9th4.0%7.0%5.4%5.3%1.2%3.1%4.3%3.7%4.0%2.5%2.4%2.4%
11th6.4%4.7%5.5%8.6%11.5%9.9%2.0%5.1%3.4%1.0%1.1%1.1%
All Grades4.4%5.0%4.7%5.8%4.3%5.1%3.2%3.4%3.3%2.7%1.6%2.2%
Pope County8th6.3%4.9%5.5%0.0%7.1%4.1%0.0%3.4%1.6%***
9th0.0%4.3%2.6%16.0%0.0%7.3%3.4%6.1%4.8%***
11th8.6%3.1%6.0%4.3%8.1%6.7%0.0%3.0%1.7%***
All Grades5.1%4.2%4.6%6.3%5.5%5.8%1.1%4.2%2.7%***
Ramsey County8th4.8%4.9%4.8%4.8%4.6%4.7%5.2%3.1%4.2%4.6%2.2%3.4%
9th6.5%5.1%5.8%5.3%3.5%4.4%4.2%4.4%4.3%4.3%1.8%3.1%
11th6.8%7.3%7.0%5.4%6.1%5.7%3.5%2.7%3.1%2.6%3.0%3.0%
All Grades6.1%5.8%6.0%5.2%4.7%5.0%4.4%3.4%3.9%4.0%2.3%3.2%
Red Lake County8th0.0%15.0%6.8%8.3%0.0%4.4%**3.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
9th7.4%6.3%6.8%4.8%4.3%4.5%13.8%3.8%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th4.0%4.3%4.2%0.0%10.5%4.8%**0.0%0.0%14.3%7.1%
All Grades3.9%8.0%6.0%4.4%4.8%4.6%6.3%2.8%4.6%0.0%3.8%2.4%
Redwood County8th5.9%0.0%2.8%1.4%6.1%3.6%5.2%1.3%2.9%2.9%0.0%1.4%
9th3.8%6.1%5.0%4.6%5.0%4.8%4.3%1.5%2.9%0.0%11.1%6.6%
11th16.3%4.9%10.0%2.0%3.5%2.8%0.0%5.5%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades8.5%3.8%5.9%2.7%4.9%3.8%3.4%2.5%2.9%1.6%3.1%2.4%
Renville County8th2.3%4.0%2.9%1.6%3.1%2.4%5.4%0.0%3.1%5.7%5.6%5.6%
9th0.0%2.9%1.4%3.8%0.0%2.1%2.6%0.0%1.3%10.2%4.0%7.1%
11th0.0%4.2%1.8%0.0%2.7%1.0%**0.0%0.0%3.0%1.4%
All Grades0.9%3.6%2.1%1.7%2.1%1.9%2.9%0.0%1.6%5.8%4.2%5.0%
Rice County8th3.9%3.4%3.6%1.7%1.7%1.7%3.5%3.0%3.3%4.4%2.5%3.4%
9th7.8%6.2%6.9%4.9%2.9%3.9%5.5%3.0%4.3%3.8%1.3%2.6%
11th9.8%7.4%8.6%1.9%4.1%3.0%5.9%4.0%5.0%3.9%2.5%3.2%
All Grades6.9%5.4%6.2%2.7%2.7%2.7%5.0%3.3%4.2%4.0%2.1%3.0%
Rock County8th4.4%4.9%4.7%***2.1%2.9%2.4%***
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%***
11th0.0%2.6%1.4%***3.2%3.3%3.3%***
All Grades1.7%2.6%2.1%***1.8%1.8%1.8%***
Roseau County8th8.3%0.0%3.1%5.2%2.5%3.8%2.8%8.2%5.3%0.0%3.2%1.4%
9th6.1%0.0%3.1%3.5%1.0%2.2%6.0%1.3%3.5%4.0%0.0%1.8%
11th5.6%14.1%10.0%8.7%1.4%4.2%7.5%3.4%5.4%4.0%0.0%2.3%
All Grades6.4%4.6%5.4%5.3%1.6%3.3%5.2%4.1%4.7%2.2%1.3%1.8%
St. Louis County8th4.0%3.4%3.7%4.5%3.4%3.9%4.3%3.6%4.0%3.7%0.8%2.4%
9th5.4%4.0%4.7%5.7%4.1%4.9%4.2%4.0%4.1%4.5%2.9%3.7%
11th3.8%6.0%4.8%5.5%6.4%6.0%5.5%4.3%4.9%2.2%2.9%2.5%
All Grades4.5%4.4%4.4%5.2%4.6%4.9%4.6%4.0%4.3%3.6%2.1%2.9%
Scott County8th4.9%3.6%4.3%3.8%2.5%3.1%3.2%2.3%2.7%3.9%3.0%3.4%
9th6.6%4.4%5.5%4.9%3.1%3.9%4.4%3.0%3.7%5.5%2.7%4.1%
11th7.0%8.9%7.9%5.3%6.8%6.0%4.6%3.8%4.2%4.1%1.4%2.9%
All Grades6.1%5.5%5.8%4.6%3.9%4.3%4.0%2.9%3.5%4.5%2.5%3.6%
Sherburne County8th3.6%1.9%2.7%5.8%4.3%5.0%4.2%2.7%3.5%3.6%2.3%3.0%
9th5.3%5.6%5.5%5.9%4.8%5.4%4.4%1.8%3.2%4.2%2.1%3.3%
11th6.2%9.0%7.7%5.5%7.8%6.6%5.3%4.4%4.9%2.2%2.6%2.4%
All Grades5.0%5.3%5.1%5.7%5.4%5.6%4.6%2.9%3.8%3.4%2.3%2.9%
Sibley County8th5.5%2.0%3.8%1.6%1.5%1.6%5.3%4.2%4.8%7.3%1.8%4.5%
9th5.3%9.0%7.3%3.6%8.0%5.7%6.3%1.6%4.0%5.5%2.0%3.8%
11th3.6%8.3%5.8%15.3%9.3%12.7%7.0%0.0%3.6%4.8%4.3%4.5%
All Grades4.8%6.6%5.7%6.8%5.7%6.3%6.2%1.8%4.1%5.9%2.6%4.2%
Stearns County8th3.4%2.9%3.2%3.3%3.7%3.5%4.6%3.5%4.0%4.9%1.9%3.5%
9th5.9%3.8%4.8%4.4%3.2%3.8%3.2%2.8%3.0%2.3%1.8%2.0%
11th4.2%5.8%5.0%3.1%5.0%4.0%4.2%2.8%3.5%3.0%1.5%2.2%
All Grades4.5%4.2%4.4%3.6%3.9%3.7%4.0%3.1%3.6%3.8%1.8%2.8%
Steele County8th5.3%3.1%4.3%1.6%1.1%1.4%4.6%5.0%4.8%3.3%4.8%3.9%
9th6.5%4.0%5.3%3.3%4.7%4.0%6.1%3.7%4.9%2.2%0.0%1.3%
11th6.7%6.5%6.6%5.3%3.3%4.3%4.3%1.6%3.0%0.0%6.8%2.9%
All Grades6.1%4.5%5.4%3.4%3.1%3.3%5.1%3.6%4.4%1.7%3.7%2.6%
Stevens County8th0.0%4.3%2.1%2.9%7.1%5.2%***6.8%0.0%3.3%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%2.7%**3.6%2.8%3.0%2.9%
11th0.0%6.3%2.6%11.6%6.1%9.2%***0.0%3.0%1.6%
All Grades0.0%2.7%1.4%5.4%6.0%5.7%**2.2%3.6%1.8%2.7%
Swift County8th2.8%0.0%1.4%*********
9th7.1%3.8%5.6%*********
11th4.0%5.3%4.8%*********
All Grades4.5%3.1%3.7%*********
Todd County8th3.1%4.3%3.6%1.9%7.0%4.4%5.6%3.0%4.3%3.2%0.0%1.7%
9th3.4%4.5%3.9%5.7%6.1%5.9%0.0%3.8%1.9%7.4%2.8%4.8%
11th5.3%2.6%4.2%2.2%5.1%3.7%5.6%3.5%4.5%0.0%10.3%5.6%
All Grades4.0%3.8%3.9%3.2%6.1%4.7%4.1%3.3%3.7%3.6%4.3%4.0%
Traverse County8th13.3%4.3%7.9%*****2.9%***
9th9.1%0.0%4.3%*****3.8%***
11th11.1%12.5%11.5%******16.7%0.0%4.0%
All Grades11.4%4.7%8.0%***5.6%0.0%2.7%3.2%2.5%2.8%
Wabasha County8th4.9%2.4%3.7%5.7%4.5%5.1%2.6%2.9%2.7%2.6%0.0%1.3%
9th1.9%5.6%3.6%4.8%2.1%3.5%0.7%2.5%1.6%2.4%6.3%4.3%
11th4.0%3.8%3.9%2.3%3.6%2.9%1.8%2.2%2.0%3.9%1.5%2.8%
All Grades3.7%3.9%3.8%4.3%3.4%3.9%1.8%2.6%2.1%3.0%2.6%2.8%
Wadena County8th1.0%0.0%0.6%3.8%3.1%3.4%4.5%3.4%4.0%8.0%2.4%6.8%
9th6.9%1.5%4.5%1.3%4.8%2.9%6.9%1.7%4.3%7.7%2.0%5.3%
11th4.3%3.3%3.8%3.8%7.9%5.6%4.8%1.5%3.1%5.5%7.5%6.5%
All Grades3.9%1.5%2.8%3.0%5.0%4.0%5.2%2.3%3.8%7.2%4.2%6.2%
Waseca County8th5.6%0.0%3.0%5.2%2.6%4.0%4.5%4.1%4.3%4.0%0.0%2.3%
9th3.7%2.1%2.8%3.0%4.8%3.9%3.5%0.0%1.6%4.6%1.1%2.8%
11th2.4%10.3%6.1%4.8%3.7%4.3%1.2%1.7%1.4%1.9%7.5%4.7%
All Grades3.9%4.0%3.9%4.3%3.8%4.1%3.2%2.0%2.6%3.7%2.3%3.1%
Washington County8th3.6%3.7%3.6%3.9%3.9%3.9%3.5%2.7%3.1%2.6%0.9%1.8%
9th9.7%5.9%7.8%5.3%3.9%4.6%5.5%3.2%4.4%4.6%2.0%3.4%
11th8.8%8.4%8.6%7.2%6.6%6.9%4.1%3.9%4.0%3.6%2.1%2.9%
All Grades7.3%5.9%6.6%5.4%4.7%5.0%4.3%3.2%3.8%3.6%1.7%2.7%
Watonwan County8th4.1%0.0%2.5%7.8%2.9%5.0%2.0%2.4%2.2%5.3%2.6%4.2%
9th6.7%2.8%4.9%10.4%8.6%9.5%4.3%0.0%2.0%4.2%3.0%3.7%
11th8.8%6.7%7.6%5.6%2.0%3.8%0.0%2.2%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades6.3%3.5%5.0%8.1%4.7%6.4%2.3%1.4%1.8%3.6%2.2%3.0%
Wilkin County8th7.5%10.0%8.6%5.9%5.4%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%4.3%4.5%
9th7.8%3.0%6.0%7.9%4.2%5.8%**0.0%4.2%4.0%4.1%
11th2.3%8.8%5.2%5.1%0.0%3.1%**6.7%3.8%4.3%4.1%
All Grades6.0%7.2%6.5%6.3%3.6%5.0%1.4%2.6%2.1%4.2%4.2%4.2%
Winona County8th4.9%2.9%3.9%4.9%1.3%3.1%7.6%0.7%4.0%4.5%0.0%2.1%
9th7.9%5.0%6.4%4.4%2.7%3.6%4.7%3.0%3.8%5.4%2.0%3.6%
11th7.6%11.4%9.6%6.3%5.7%6.0%3.2%2.0%2.7%0.0%2.1%1.1%
All Grades6.8%6.2%6.5%5.2%3.2%4.2%5.8%1.5%3.7%3.3%1.3%2.3%
Wright County8th3.4%1.7%2.6%3.4%1.5%2.5%3.4%2.9%3.2%2.7%2.8%2.8%
9th5.1%3.7%4.4%3.4%4.1%3.8%3.4%4.5%4.0%3.0%3.2%3.1%
11th6.4%6.1%6.3%6.7%6.0%6.3%3.9%3.7%3.8%2.4%2.5%2.5%
All Grades4.9%3.8%4.3%4.4%3.8%4.1%3.6%3.7%3.6%2.7%2.9%2.8%
Yellow Medicine County8th7.1%0.0%3.8%6.7%2.3%4.1%8.3%2.5%5.7%2.0%5.1%3.3%
9th13.5%9.1%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
11th4.3%7.1%5.6%0.0%8.8%4.5%**0.0%2.4%2.8%2.6%
All Grades8.0%6.4%7.2%2.0%3.3%2.7%4.1%0.9%2.5%1.4%2.6%1.9%

About the Indicator:

In 2013, a new question was added to the Minnesota Student Survey asking about student's past month misuse of any prescription drugs (use of prescription drugs not prescribed for them). Prescription drugs can have dangerous health consequences if used incorrectly, or if used by by someone other than for whom they were intended.

According to 2013 MSS data, compared to 8th, 9th, and 11th graders who reported past-30 day prescription drug misuse, those who DIDN'T report misuse were 3.8 times less likely to report past-year suicidal ideation; 2.2 times less likely to report problems with feeling depressed in the past year; 1.9 times less likely to report feeling anxious in the past year; 3.6 times less likely to report self harm in the past year; 1.5 times less likely to report past-month bullying victimization; 3 times less likely to report not feeling safe in their neighborhoods; 2.6 times less likely to report not being able to talk to their parents about problems; and 3.4 times less likely to report their parents only care about them some, a little, or not at all.

On the other hand, compared to those students who DID report past 30-day prescription drug misuse, those who DIDN'T report misuse were 2 times more likely to report better teacher-student relationships; 1.7 times more likely to report greater educational engagement; 1.9 times more likely to report that the adults in their communities care about them quite a bit or very much; and 1.2 times more likely to report weekly participation in community activities.

"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.