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Percent of Students Reporting Their Parents Would Think It's Very Wrong or Wrong for Them to Have One or Two Drinks of an Alcohol Beverage Nearly Every Day, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th95.3%93.0%94.2%93.6%89.9%91.7%
8th94.9%91.5%93.2%93.3%89.0%91.2%93.7%89.8%91.8%91.8%88.7%90.3%
9th93.9%89.2%91.6%93.3%89.3%91.3%93.4%88.6%91.1%91.6%87.8%89.8%
11th91.8%85.4%88.6%90.8%83.9%87.4%91.6%86.0%88.9%90.5%85.8%88.2%
All Grades94.0%89.9%92.0%92.8%88.2%90.5%93.0%88.3%90.7%91.4%87.6%89.5%
Aitkin County5th96.0%93.0%94.4%96.4%87.8%91.3%
8th95.0%87.5%90.8%95.5%78.3%86.7%97.5%81.6%89.7%***
9th91.0%81.0%86.2%86.4%85.1%85.8%93.9%80.0%87.3%83.3%80.0%81.8%
11th83.0%82.2%82.5%85.4%73.6%79.2%**88.0%95.0%84.6%90.9%
All Grades91.0%86.2%88.7%90.3%82.4%86.2%95.9%80.9%88.5%90.0%76.3%84.1%
Anoka County5th96.0%94.7%95.4%94.4%92.8%93.6%
8th95.7%93.6%94.7%92.4%90.7%91.6%94.0%88.9%91.6%91.0%87.9%89.6%
9th95.5%90.5%93.2%96.0%91.5%93.8%92.6%87.0%90.0%93.6%89.0%91.5%
11th94.4%88.0%91.3%93.1%86.5%89.8%91.5%87.5%89.6%90.0%87.9%89.0%
All Grades95.5%92.3%93.9%93.9%90.0%92.0%92.9%88.0%90.6%91.5%88.2%90.0%
Becker County5th91.1%92.7%91.9%97.7%88.6%93.3%
8th95.3%89.0%92.1%93.8%83.6%88.8%91.8%87.4%89.8%90.5%89.2%89.8%
9th92.0%93.3%92.7%91.5%83.2%87.5%97.3%86.0%91.8%88.5%85.1%86.6%
11th94.4%72.8%83.0%83.5%77.5%80.5%91.0%77.5%84.2%85.5%87.0%86.1%
All Grades93.6%86.6%90.0%91.9%83.4%87.7%93.6%83.9%89.0%88.2%86.8%87.5%
Beltrami County5th92.5%88.1%90.4%90.1%82.9%86.4%
8th96.5%94.0%95.3%95.7%88.8%92.3%90.2%89.8%90.0%90.8%89.0%89.9%
9th91.9%87.9%89.9%85.3%85.6%85.5%91.3%86.7%89.1%86.4%82.8%84.5%
11th88.7%83.6%86.2%86.9%88.8%87.9%87.2%80.5%84.4%87.8%82.5%85.2%
All Grades92.6%88.6%90.6%89.9%86.2%88.0%89.8%86.5%88.3%89.1%86.0%87.5%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th100.0%92.7%96.9%96.1%86.3%91.4%93.3%92.1%92.8%94.9%88.1%91.5%
9th93.4%93.3%93.3%91.4%87.5%89.4%94.2%85.6%89.9%89.6%89.4%89.5%
11th92.0%85.6%89.0%83.5%78.9%81.4%89.1%81.6%85.6%94.1%83.3%89.8%
All Grades95.2%90.8%93.2%91.2%85.3%88.4%92.4%86.8%89.8%92.4%87.5%90.2%
Big Stone County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%***
8th90.0%100.0%94.2%*****95.0%93.8%94.1%93.9%
9th93.3%97.0%95.2%******92.3%88.5%90.4%
11th90.9%88.1%89.3%******88.2%86.4%87.2%
All Grades92.4%94.6%93.5%*****88.7%91.5%89.2%90.3%
Blue Earth County5th94.7%90.8%92.7%95.5%89.6%92.5%
8th95.7%93.1%94.5%92.4%90.4%91.4%95.2%92.5%93.9%93.9%90.0%91.9%
9th93.9%89.4%91.6%96.1%91.5%93.8%95.6%91.6%93.5%90.1%92.1%91.1%
11th92.1%85.0%88.9%92.8%86.0%89.3%89.7%88.6%89.1%93.4%88.0%90.7%
All Grades94.2%90.0%92.1%94.3%89.5%91.9%93.8%91.0%92.4%92.5%90.1%91.3%
Brown County5th95.5%90.0%92.4%89.5%86.2%87.8%
8th96.2%90.7%93.4%93.1%91.0%92.0%96.2%92.2%93.9%91.5%81.3%86.8%
9th92.1%82.2%87.4%93.6%90.9%92.2%89.0%83.8%86.5%95.2%92.2%93.5%
11th89.7%77.4%83.3%87.2%62.4%74.9%85.1%77.6%81.8%86.0%75.9%80.4%
All Grades93.4%85.5%89.4%91.1%83.9%87.4%89.7%85.1%87.4%91.1%82.5%86.7%
Carlton County5th95.2%91.4%93.4%94.9%91.0%92.7%
8th96.6%91.1%93.9%94.3%93.3%93.8%93.3%89.5%91.1%92.4%89.3%90.9%
9th97.3%87.7%92.7%93.3%92.6%92.9%93.7%93.4%93.6%90.1%84.8%87.5%
11th90.7%83.9%87.3%90.6%77.5%84.2%91.7%84.3%87.8%90.1%81.4%85.4%
All Grades95.1%88.7%92.0%93.3%89.2%91.2%93.0%89.2%91.0%91.1%85.7%88.4%
Carver County5th97.6%91.5%94.6%95.3%88.2%91.6%
8th95.1%95.7%95.4%91.1%89.2%90.2%95.9%93.7%94.8%86.4%79.4%82.1%
9th97.7%92.8%95.4%95.0%91.5%93.3%88.0%90.2%88.9%91.3%83.0%87.2%
11th91.9%87.2%89.6%88.9%78.8%83.5%93.3%89.9%91.7%92.0%73.3%80.7%
All Grades95.7%91.8%93.8%92.7%87.7%90.3%93.0%91.9%92.5%90.3%79.3%84.1%
Cass County5th90.5%91.5%91.0%93.8%82.2%87.4%
8th90.8%94.7%92.9%94.7%85.6%89.9%86.6%86.2%86.4%93.8%89.5%91.4%
9th93.2%83.1%88.1%92.5%84.6%88.5%89.9%83.5%86.7%82.4%95.1%89.3%
11th81.8%82.6%82.2%82.1%78.8%80.4%87.0%84.2%85.7%95.5%93.9%92.9%
All Grades89.6%88.7%89.1%91.6%83.1%87.1%87.9%84.8%86.4%89.8%92.9%91.0%
Chippewa County5th94.0%88.9%92.0%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***98.4%88.2%92.7%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***90.4%96.0%93.2%81.0%87.5%83.8%
11thN/AN/AN/A***87.8%75.0%81.7%100.0%75.0%87.9%
All Grades94.0%88.9%92.0%***92.3%88.2%90.2%91.5%84.2%88.4%
Chisago County5th98.0%90.5%94.0%***
8th95.0%88.1%91.8%***93.3%87.7%90.6%87.5%90.0%88.6%
9th94.3%85.3%89.7%***92.5%81.9%87.8%87.5%81.3%84.6%
11th88.8%83.7%86.4%***87.7%88.6%88.1%88.2%86.6%87.5%
All Grades93.6%86.6%90.2%***91.5%86.2%88.9%87.9%84.6%86.4%
Clay County5th95.6%93.4%94.6%94.8%93.9%94.3%
8th95.1%93.2%94.1%95.3%91.0%93.3%92.4%91.7%92.0%94.6%88.3%91.7%
9th92.7%91.7%92.2%92.1%89.0%90.4%93.4%90.6%92.2%91.1%92.3%91.5%
11th94.2%90.9%92.7%94.6%88.2%91.2%91.6%87.6%89.8%94.1%86.0%89.8%
All Grades94.5%92.4%93.5%94.3%90.7%92.4%92.5%90.0%91.3%93.0%89.4%91.1%
Clearwater County5th94.9%94.1%94.5%91.3%86.8%88.9%
8th95.7%94.9%95.3%90.0%75.7%83.1%******
9th97.4%92.2%94.4%88.1%83.9%85.6%******
11th92.6%58.3%76.5%87.5%67.6%77.3%******
All Grades95.4%87.8%91.7%89.4%80.1%84.4%******
Cook County5th80.0%100.0%91.7%***
8th100.0%76.9%90.6%*****77.8%78.6%92.3%85.2%
9th95.2%88.9%92.3%*****89.3%76.9%76.9%76.9%
11th90.0%75.0%80.8%*****86.7%92.3%91.7%92.0%
All Grades94.5%83.3%89.0%***87.0%81.3%84.0%82.5%86.8%84.6%
Cottonwood County5th97.6%81.8%89.4%92.1%85.7%88.8%
8th93.0%85.1%88.9%93.2%81.6%87.1%94.9%96.1%95.5%90.7%93.4%92.2%
9th97.6%83.7%90.0%93.5%81.3%87.2%95.5%87.1%90.8%91.8%87.7%89.6%
11th94.3%87.3%90.0%93.2%72.5%82.1%94.2%79.7%86.5%89.6%94.3%91.7%
All Grades95.6%84.6%89.6%93.0%80.0%86.2%94.9%87.6%91.0%90.6%91.8%91.2%
Crow Wing County5th95.7%96.5%96.1%***
8th95.3%94.7%95.0%***96.9%93.8%95.3%86.0%88.0%87.0%
9th93.8%93.2%93.5%***93.1%92.9%93.0%88.2%84.6%86.5%
11th89.2%73.9%81.3%***91.7%89.0%90.4%93.1%79.5%86.8%
All Grades93.9%90.4%92.2%***93.0%91.5%92.3%88.5%84.9%86.8%
Dakota County5th96.0%93.6%94.7%93.8%89.8%91.8%
8th95.9%92.5%94.2%94.4%90.4%92.4%94.0%90.1%92.0%91.4%88.3%89.9%
9th95.1%91.9%93.5%94.0%90.7%92.4%95.1%90.3%92.8%91.8%87.9%90.0%
11th93.3%88.6%90.9%94.1%87.7%90.9%94.2%89.2%91.7%90.0%87.0%88.6%
All Grades95.1%91.7%93.4%94.1%89.7%91.9%94.4%89.9%92.2%91.2%87.8%89.6%
Dodge County5th94.5%92.9%93.7%96.3%91.2%93.7%
8th95.6%88.3%92.3%97.4%92.5%95.0%95.7%87.0%91.5%93.2%87.8%90.6%
9th92.8%85.5%89.3%92.0%93.0%92.5%92.8%80.6%86.7%86.4%86.0%86.2%
11th89.9%73.3%82.0%94.7%87.5%91.6%93.8%80.3%87.0%85.6%73.1%79.2%
All Grades93.4%85.8%89.8%95.0%91.4%93.3%94.3%82.9%88.7%88.8%83.0%86.0%
Douglas County5th96.8%91.6%94.4%95.5%89.7%92.6%
8th96.4%93.6%95.1%97.6%87.0%92.5%94.4%91.6%93.0%95.7%94.0%94.8%
9th96.4%94.1%95.2%95.4%89.3%92.4%91.3%90.2%90.8%93.8%86.3%90.4%
11th92.8%85.6%89.7%91.9%87.2%89.4%90.4%87.6%89.0%80.8%80.5%80.7%
All Grades95.5%91.5%93.6%95.3%88.3%91.8%92.4%90.2%91.3%90.9%87.6%89.3%
Faribault County5th98.0%97.0%97.4%83.0%88.2%85.7%
8th96.2%91.9%93.9%89.1%87.3%88.1%97.8%91.7%94.1%92.5%78.8%85.8%
9th95.7%92.3%94.1%88.6%83.3%85.7%90.2%83.3%87.2%90.6%81.3%85.9%
11th83.7%81.7%82.6%85.2%87.5%86.4%93.3%80.8%86.6%85.0%72.4%77.6%
All Grades93.7%90.9%92.2%86.4%86.6%86.5%93.4%86.0%89.5%89.8%77.6%83.4%
Fillmore County5th93.0%95.4%94.3%95.0%90.1%92.4%
8th93.3%85.3%89.5%90.5%88.4%89.4%100.0%86.7%94.1%***
9th92.6%78.2%85.3%97.2%78.5%88.2%***95.1%97.0%95.9%
11th91.3%90.5%90.8%85.9%83.6%84.8%**90.0%82.8%87.1%85.0%
All Grades92.7%87.6%90.1%92.2%85.3%88.7%98.5%85.3%91.9%90.5%92.4%91.5%
Freeborn County5th99.1%94.1%96.7%96.6%89.3%92.9%
8th95.2%88.9%92.1%93.9%89.4%91.8%97.1%88.1%92.5%90.6%84.5%87.0%
9th88.2%70.5%81.2%91.0%85.0%87.8%94.8%87.4%91.2%94.0%92.1%93.1%
11th83.0%72.2%76.8%90.8%81.5%86.3%90.6%83.1%87.2%87.3%90.2%88.8%
All Grades92.5%82.8%87.9%93.4%86.7%90.0%94.4%86.6%90.6%91.3%88.7%89.8%
Goodhue County5th96.5%89.9%92.8%90.2%87.3%88.8%
8th90.8%92.2%91.4%92.0%83.3%87.8%88.2%87.4%87.8%86.4%85.2%85.8%
9th92.7%85.8%89.2%88.2%79.5%83.6%**80.0%89.7%88.8%89.2%
11th93.1%85.5%89.0%85.8%74.4%81.3%84.7%86.8%85.7%91.2%91.3%91.2%
All Grades93.2%88.6%90.8%89.2%81.9%85.7%86.3%86.2%86.2%88.8%88.1%88.4%
Grant County5th100.0%96.4%98.4%91.4%90.9%91.1%
8th92.0%97.1%94.9%93.0%86.2%90.3%88.0%86.1%86.9%97.0%91.7%94.8%
9th88.6%84.6%86.9%87.5%88.2%87.9%86.7%90.6%88.7%97.3%70.4%85.9%
11th93.1%96.0%94.4%81.0%77.8%78.9%97.2%67.9%84.4%80.0%71.4%75.6%
All Grades93.6%93.8%93.7%89.3%86.0%87.6%91.2%82.3%86.6%93.3%77.8%86.5%
Hennepin County5th95.6%94.3%94.9%93.4%90.4%91.9%
8th95.6%93.4%94.5%92.9%88.8%90.9%94.5%90.5%92.6%92.0%89.4%90.7%
9th94.9%93.0%94.0%94.2%90.9%92.6%94.1%89.1%91.8%92.6%89.0%90.9%
11th93.9%89.2%91.6%90.8%85.2%88.1%92.1%89.2%90.8%91.7%88.2%90.1%
All Grades95.1%92.5%93.8%93.0%89.1%91.1%93.7%89.6%91.8%92.1%89.0%90.6%
Houston County5th96.3%90.3%93.8%97.5%90.8%94.2%
8th92.8%87.7%90.4%90.8%85.3%88.3%88.9%94.0%91.1%88.5%88.1%88.3%
9th92.6%85.9%89.4%93.9%83.8%88.2%86.5%89.4%87.8%87.9%73.5%80.0%
11th86.6%81.9%84.0%97.5%85.2%92.2%95.3%80.5%89.1%87.8%90.9%89.1%
All Grades91.9%85.7%88.9%94.8%86.1%90.6%90.2%87.8%89.2%88.0%82.7%85.4%
Hubbard County5th93.8%88.9%91.7%90.1%97.1%93.2%
8th91.9%88.7%90.5%93.6%92.1%92.9%90.9%86.2%88.9%81.5%78.2%80.0%
9th90.8%82.2%87.3%87.4%82.9%85.4%85.0%71.2%79.5%88.9%82.6%86.0%
11th95.3%86.2%90.7%94.4%85.7%90.1%89.8%81.4%86.3%84.7%77.0%80.8%
All Grades92.9%86.8%90.2%91.1%89.4%90.3%88.5%80.0%85.0%85.4%79.5%82.6%
Isanti County5th94.3%92.6%93.4%94.7%91.4%93.0%
8th93.7%89.9%91.9%90.6%82.8%86.7%93.2%89.5%91.4%90.9%87.8%89.4%
9th90.7%88.0%89.3%91.5%83.9%87.8%92.8%87.3%90.2%85.6%89.9%87.8%
11th89.1%79.2%85.0%84.7%84.5%84.6%90.3%75.5%84.1%94.3%83.5%88.8%
All Grades92.4%89.0%90.7%90.6%85.8%88.2%92.2%85.2%89.0%90.0%87.4%88.7%
Itasca County5th92.4%91.0%91.6%97.0%92.1%94.5%
8th94.2%78.9%86.6%91.8%83.1%87.3%89.2%91.1%90.1%90.1%90.6%90.3%
9th88.8%77.8%83.2%87.6%82.4%85.1%93.5%91.7%92.7%90.6%90.9%90.8%
11th88.3%66.7%78.6%88.6%80.3%83.9%87.2%80.9%83.9%89.9%76.4%83.1%
All Grades90.9%79.3%85.1%91.6%84.9%88.2%90.5%88.5%89.5%90.2%87.0%88.8%
Jackson County5th95.1%90.6%92.6%87.0%87.2%87.1%
8th94.3%93.0%93.8%92.3%80.0%84.8%97.7%96.7%97.3%92.9%79.3%86.0%
9th93.3%78.9%85.3%86.4%80.0%83.3%97.3%85.9%90.1%80.6%94.4%87.5%
11th88.9%59.3%74.1%84.6%62.1%75.0%**76.1%91.7%77.8%85.7%
All Grades92.7%79.7%86.0%86.6%78.1%82.6%96.1%82.5%88.2%88.0%84.8%86.5%
Kanabec County5th96.3%86.2%91.8%93.8%89.2%91.2%
8th89.0%79.7%84.5%88.8%79.7%85.0%98.2%95.2%96.6%88.9%73.7%78.6%
9th94.3%74.6%85.3%90.0%88.6%89.3%89.6%90.0%89.8%88.9%90.0%89.4%
11th87.8%78.5%82.5%82.8%72.2%76.9%86.8%83.3%85.1%87.2%86.7%87.0%
All Grades92.2%79.9%86.2%88.7%82.5%85.5%91.4%90.1%90.7%88.2%86.3%87.2%
Kandiyohi County5th97.4%91.0%94.1%93.5%90.2%91.6%
8th87.0%86.6%86.8%94.4%90.5%92.5%94.6%90.9%92.6%90.0%92.2%91.0%
9th94.5%88.8%91.6%94.6%84.4%89.4%90.8%87.9%89.3%92.1%87.8%90.0%
11th93.5%78.0%84.6%86.1%84.7%85.3%93.2%90.1%91.8%88.8%83.8%86.1%
All Grades93.3%85.9%89.4%92.6%87.7%90.0%92.8%89.6%91.2%90.4%87.7%89.1%
Kittson County5th92.0%100.0%95.5%100.0%94.4%97.2%
8th100.0%81.0%90.9%100.0%95.0%97.6%**96.8%***
9th96.7%96.3%96.5%94.4%75.0%85.3%**95.8%***
11th94.7%100.0%97.5%100.0%84.2%93.6%**92.6%***
All Grades95.9%94.3%95.1%98.8%87.7%93.7%95.3%94.9%95.1%91.7%93.8%92.5%
Koochiching County5th87.2%85.3%91.1%***
8th82.8%94.3%92.5%*****91.7%88.6%91.2%89.7%
9th97.1%84.4%90.9%*****87.8%92.3%80.6%86.0%
11th78.3%89.7%84.6%*****87.0%95.8%88.2%92.7%
All Grades88.6%88.9%88.7%***88.9%88.9%88.9%91.5%86.6%89.2%
Lac Qui Parle County5th96.4%88.4%92.9%92.0%87.2%89.9%
8th100.0%90.9%95.8%98.3%89.4%94.3%93.3%95.3%94.3%94.9%93.5%94.3%
9th88.6%81.0%84.4%91.9%88.9%90.4%96.3%92.7%94.1%94.6%86.3%89.8%
11th88.6%82.1%85.7%87.5%69.4%77.9%95.1%84.8%90.5%91.2%83.3%87.9%
All Grades93.9%85.6%90.0%93.3%84.2%89.0%94.7%91.5%93.0%93.6%87.7%90.7%
Lake County5th92.1%96.9%94.3%***
8th97.3%100.0%98.6%***96.3%92.5%94.7%***
9th98.3%100.0%98.9%***94.3%97.9%96.3%***
11th95.0%81.1%86.0%***93.8%89.7%91.8%***
All Grades96.1%93.9%95.1%***95.0%94.0%94.5%***
Lake of the Woods County5th91.7%95.0%93.8%***
8th80.0%82.4%81.5%*****90.6%***
9th100.0%66.7%85.7%*****83.8%88.2%100.0%93.5%
11th75.0%92.3%82.8%*****92.9%***
All Grades86.0%86.4%86.2%***91.3%86.3%88.7%85.7%88.6%87.0%
Le Sueur County5th91.9%91.5%91.7%96.7%87.9%92.3%
8th92.7%93.3%93.0%90.5%89.7%90.1%97.1%92.0%94.3%83.7%88.3%86.2%
9th94.1%86.8%90.5%92.4%92.2%92.3%94.7%83.1%89.3%93.7%81.8%88.2%
11th91.4%80.7%85.6%85.3%85.6%85.4%92.4%83.0%86.9%90.9%77.2%84.3%
All Grades92.6%87.6%90.1%91.3%89.1%90.2%94.8%86.0%90.1%90.9%81.7%86.4%
Lincoln County5th93.8%94.1%93.9%***
8th91.3%83.3%88.6%*****91.9%94.1%84.0%88.1%
9th92.9%87.5%89.5%*****92.5%87.0%85.0%86.0%
11th91.3%68.4%81.0%*****80.6%95.2%86.4%90.7%
All Grades92.1%83.3%87.8%***94.5%82.8%88.5%91.8%85.1%88.3%
Lyon County5th94.1%78.9%86.3%94.1%90.5%92.3%
8th92.4%80.2%85.2%92.7%87.3%89.8%90.7%88.4%89.7%98.1%89.1%94.0%
9th92.9%82.5%87.6%90.1%81.0%85.4%95.1%88.7%92.0%95.1%85.7%90.1%
11th93.5%84.4%89.1%81.4%83.5%82.4%94.9%80.2%87.1%93.8%82.6%89.2%
All Grades93.2%81.7%87.2%89.9%85.5%87.6%93.5%85.5%89.5%95.6%85.8%90.9%
McLeod County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%***
8th84.2%90.9%86.7%*****93.8%94.4%93.3%93.9%
9th88.9%85.7%87.5%******92.3%66.7%77.4%
11th91.7%71.4%80.8%*****95.8%***
All Grades90.4%84.6%87.9%***97.2%94.9%96.0%94.7%80.4%86.9%
Mahnomen County5th85.2%87.2%86.5%96.9%92.1%94.3%
8th89.7%91.3%90.4%92.0%78.9%84.1%**68.8%***
9th100.0%86.5%92.3%83.9%90.9%87.5%97.1%93.9%95.5%***
11th79.2%75.0%77.3%100.0%86.2%91.7%**74.3%***
All Grades88.9%85.8%87.2%92.5%87.0%89.4%85.1%78.9%82.0%***
Marshall County5th84.4%87.8%86.3%95.7%87.5%90.5%
8th94.4%92.3%93.3%93.9%95.3%94.7%***72.7%95.5%87.9%
9th92.5%92.9%92.6%90.0%93.5%91.5%**82.8%***
11th90.7%81.6%85.9%78.6%86.1%82.8%******
All Grades90.9%88.3%89.6%89.5%90.7%90.1%**83.7%87.9%82.5%84.9%
Martin County5th96.9%91.7%94.3%***
8th90.7%89.7%90.2%***95.2%88.9%92.3%84.7%96.2%90.1%
9th92.7%84.7%88.4%***90.9%88.2%89.9%90.6%95.5%92.6%
11th86.3%80.0%83.3%***94.3%89.2%91.3%94.1%87.9%91.7%
All Grades92.0%86.7%89.3%***93.1%88.8%91.1%89.7%93.8%91.4%
Meeker County5th92.3%91.2%91.7%91.2%89.0%90.1%
8th93.5%88.0%90.7%91.5%88.9%90.2%79.3%87.9%83.9%92.0%64.9%74.6%
9th90.0%79.1%84.2%84.5%87.6%86.1%**88.7%96.7%87.9%92.1%
11th81.7%65.2%72.9%83.3%79.7%81.6%**90.5%93.1%59.3%76.8%
All Grades90.4%82.7%86.4%88.1%87.0%87.5%85.7%88.5%87.3%94.0%71.1%81.3%
Mille Lacs County5th93.2%88.9%90.9%97.8%89.6%93.5%
8th90.3%91.1%90.7%93.0%89.3%91.0%92.2%89.7%90.8%92.4%91.0%91.7%
9th92.4%88.8%90.6%91.6%81.6%86.9%91.1%89.2%90.2%87.2%79.8%83.9%
11th90.2%80.9%85.7%87.1%77.5%82.4%87.6%80.0%83.9%86.0%80.2%83.3%
All Grades91.3%87.6%89.4%92.7%85.5%89.0%90.4%86.7%88.6%88.8%84.6%86.8%
Morrison County5th95.2%91.1%93.2%90.9%93.1%92.1%
8th90.8%84.2%87.5%94.8%86.5%90.9%92.4%84.6%88.5%85.5%87.4%86.4%
9th89.8%86.8%88.3%91.3%82.7%86.8%90.4%83.0%86.8%81.3%82.3%81.4%
11th90.8%80.0%85.7%85.7%78.5%82.4%93.4%77.7%86.2%79.8%79.6%79.7%
All Grades91.6%85.7%88.7%90.7%85.3%88.0%91.9%82.1%87.2%82.3%82.8%82.5%
Mower County5th92.7%91.7%92.2%89.3%89.2%89.3%
8th89.9%84.6%87.3%93.5%88.8%91.0%91.3%86.9%89.2%86.9%88.5%87.7%
9th94.1%85.7%90.1%93.3%91.7%92.5%90.6%83.5%87.5%92.9%86.9%90.0%
11th94.3%85.3%89.3%91.4%85.6%88.4%89.7%78.7%83.9%85.7%83.3%84.5%
All Grades92.5%87.4%89.9%91.9%89.1%90.4%90.7%83.8%87.5%88.5%86.9%87.7%
Murray County5th96.4%93.9%95.1%91.2%87.9%89.6%
8th97.4%96.8%97.1%90.2%93.5%91.7%94.3%96.7%95.4%81.8%83.3%82.6%
9th91.2%88.6%89.9%94.3%76.2%84.4%100.0%90.9%95.4%85.7%92.3%88.5%
11th86.8%86.2%86.6%91.9%89.5%90.7%86.5%75.9%81.8%82.8%91.7%86.8%
All Grades92.8%91.4%92.1%91.8%86.1%89.0%93.3%88.0%90.8%83.5%88.4%85.8%
Nicollet County5th93.3%92.2%92.8%***
8th98.2%89.8%94.2%******98.5%90.8%94.7%
9th98.2%93.5%95.7%***94.1%79.3%87.3%81.3%83.3%82.6%
11th93.9%87.3%90.4%***86.5%87.5%86.9%93.2%87.5%90.4%
All Grades95.7%90.9%93.3%***90.1%83.1%86.9%91.2%86.9%89.0%
Nobles County5th94.8%93.4%94.1%86.2%94.1%90.0%
8th91.1%92.5%91.7%95.5%95.6%95.6%94.5%87.9%91.3%96.4%92.0%94.3%
9th88.1%81.8%85.1%81.8%88.8%85.7%89.0%90.6%89.7%***
11th92.0%84.6%88.6%87.7%86.7%87.2%92.8%83.2%88.2%***
All Grades91.3%88.1%89.7%88.4%91.5%89.9%92.0%87.3%89.8%96.4%92.0%94.3%
Norman County5th97.8%96.6%97.1%97.0%100.0%98.2%
8th94.6%83.3%89.6%95.7%88.9%92.0%97.1%68.8%83.6%***
9th92.3%91.7%92.0%90.0%83.9%86.9%******
11th86.7%90.0%88.3%96.4%65.2%82.4%**81.5%***
All Grades93.4%91.6%92.5%94.9%85.5%90.3%88.5%79.3%83.6%***
Olmsted County5th97.7%98.9%98.3%92.0%89.3%90.6%
8th95.9%91.8%93.7%92.6%86.4%89.6%92.7%88.6%90.6%92.4%85.0%88.8%
9th97.3%87.9%92.5%94.0%89.4%91.9%94.5%89.3%92.0%94.0%88.7%91.5%
11th93.7%82.3%87.1%94.2%85.0%89.6%90.0%86.7%88.3%93.0%86.5%89.8%
All Grades96.2%89.9%92.8%93.1%87.7%90.5%92.5%88.3%90.4%93.2%86.7%90.0%
Otter Tail County5th95.1%92.4%93.6%91.6%87.1%89.4%
8th95.7%89.4%92.7%90.0%88.6%89.2%93.6%90.6%92.2%95.0%89.8%92.6%
9th94.8%89.8%92.3%91.6%89.2%90.4%93.8%84.1%89.3%95.2%87.1%91.4%
11th91.2%88.9%90.0%87.6%78.4%83.0%86.5%84.6%85.4%92.2%88.0%90.0%
All Grades94.4%90.1%92.2%90.3%86.0%88.1%92.0%86.6%89.4%94.3%88.3%91.4%
Pennington County5th70.0%100.0%76.9%***
8th100.0%91.2%96.0%***96.2%92.5%94.5%95.9%85.5%90.4%
9th95.7%90.3%92.9%***89.3%83.8%86.3%89.0%72.7%82.2%
11th91.1%84.6%87.6%***86.0%73.2%80.6%79.3%79.5%79.4%
All Grades95.2%89.2%92.3%***91.1%84.7%88.0%87.8%79.2%83.9%
Pine County5th83.3%88.5%86.0%83.3%84.6%84.0%
8th91.3%89.3%90.2%91.2%85.6%88.5%85.6%86.4%86.0%88.6%86.2%87.5%
9th88.2%77.3%83.1%94.3%84.9%89.6%86.5%85.2%85.8%88.7%79.3%83.5%
11th78.6%76.6%77.6%79.5%73.4%76.3%89.9%77.9%84.3%87.8%86.8%87.3%
All Grades85.8%82.5%84.1%88.4%82.4%85.4%87.1%83.9%85.5%88.4%84.2%86.3%
Pipestone County5th100.0%95.0%96.8%***
8th100.0%84.8%91.2%***82.4%84.4%83.3%82.9%80.0%81.4%
9th93.1%85.7%89.5%***92.0%85.7%88.7%89.2%67.4%77.1%
11th92.3%89.3%90.7%*****88.4%88.9%75.0%82.8%
All Grades96.1%89.1%92.2%***89.0%83.8%86.4%87.0%73.4%80.2%
Polk County5th93.3%89.7%91.6%93.0%90.1%91.5%
8th95.9%88.7%92.7%92.5%89.7%91.1%96.6%88.5%92.5%92.8%82.4%88.1%
9th93.2%88.7%91.1%94.7%88.2%91.3%93.2%88.5%90.8%92.5%90.5%91.5%
11th88.8%83.5%86.0%88.4%76.8%83.2%94.6%81.0%88.6%92.7%80.5%87.2%
All Grades93.0%87.6%90.4%92.2%87.0%89.6%94.8%86.4%90.7%92.7%85.3%89.2%
Pope County5th100.0%94.9%97.1%100.0%92.3%95.9%
8th93.8%92.7%93.2%93.8%74.4%82.7%86.1%92.9%89.1%***
9th93.5%88.9%90.8%100.0%76.7%87.3%96.7%82.8%89.8%***
11th91.4%90.3%90.9%91.3%78.9%83.6%85.7%81.3%83.3%***
All Grades94.6%91.7%93.0%96.5%80.7%87.5%89.4%85.4%87.4%***
Ramsey County5th93.9%92.7%93.3%91.9%89.5%90.7%
8th93.7%90.2%92.0%91.3%87.1%89.3%92.7%87.9%90.5%91.9%88.7%90.3%
9th93.2%86.4%89.9%92.3%89.7%91.1%92.0%87.7%89.9%93.0%87.6%90.3%
11th91.5%86.5%89.0%90.3%84.5%87.5%92.3%87.8%90.1%91.9%87.6%89.9%
All Grades93.1%89.1%91.1%91.5%87.8%89.7%92.4%87.8%90.2%92.3%88.0%90.2%
Red Lake County5th100.0%88.0%94.2%89.3%87.5%88.5%
8th79.2%90.0%84.1%87.5%85.7%86.7%**86.8%91.7%84.2%87.1%
9th77.8%84.4%81.4%90.5%95.7%93.2%96.6%88.0%92.6%42.9%78.9%69.2%
11th95.8%87.0%91.5%78.3%63.2%71.4%**83.7%57.1%71.4%64.3%
All Grades88.2%87.0%87.6%86.5%83.9%85.2%95.0%80.0%88.0%66.7%78.8%74.1%
Redwood County5th96.5%88.7%92.7%95.8%84.4%89.3%
8th98.0%92.6%95.2%88.9%84.8%87.0%91.5%86.1%88.4%91.4%91.1%91.3%
9th88.2%80.6%84.1%84.6%84.7%84.7%97.1%82.5%90.2%86.2%76.2%80.3%
11th87.5%77.6%82.1%82.0%72.4%76.9%88.9%81.5%84.8%85.2%70.6%77.0%
All Grades92.7%84.6%88.5%86.7%81.4%84.0%93.1%83.7%88.1%88.9%82.6%85.4%
Renville County5th97.0%95.1%95.9%100.0%77.8%86.2%
8th93.0%84.0%89.7%93.4%95.3%94.4%89.2%85.2%87.5%94.1%85.3%90.6%
9th94.4%97.0%95.7%92.5%87.5%90.3%94.7%87.5%91.0%83.7%81.6%82.7%
11th93.5%70.8%83.6%91.9%83.8%88.9%**95.7%88.9%87.9%88.4%
All Grades94.4%88.6%91.7%93.4%87.6%90.7%93.1%88.4%91.0%89.0%84.5%86.9%
Rice County5th95.7%95.0%95.4%95.3%92.5%93.9%
8th93.2%90.7%91.9%93.7%91.8%92.8%93.8%88.7%91.4%86.5%89.3%88.0%
9th93.1%90.8%91.9%96.1%90.1%93.1%92.8%92.0%92.4%94.6%89.7%92.5%
11th93.1%92.1%92.6%91.8%92.3%92.0%96.6%91.5%94.2%90.1%91.4%90.8%
All Grades93.8%92.1%92.9%94.3%91.7%93.0%94.3%90.8%92.6%91.1%90.2%90.7%
Rock County5th95.0%96.9%95.8%***
8th100.0%92.7%96.4%***100.0%80.0%91.5%***
9th91.7%88.6%90.1%***93.9%83.0%87.5%***
11th88.2%84.2%86.1%***93.9%67.7%81.3%***
All Grades94.1%90.4%92.3%***96.5%77.9%87.2%***
Roseau County5th95.9%96.1%96.0%97.1%88.8%92.6%
8th89.4%88.8%89.0%93.5%92.5%93.0%92.9%76.7%85.4%86.5%78.1%82.6%
9th96.3%85.7%91.1%90.6%84.4%87.3%91.0%86.3%88.6%87.5%93.3%90.7%
11th94.4%76.9%85.3%89.1%75.0%80.5%88.7%81.4%84.8%87.5%94.4%90.5%
All Grades94.5%86.8%90.4%92.8%85.4%88.7%91.1%81.8%86.4%87.1%87.5%87.3%
St. Louis County5th96.2%91.4%93.9%95.3%91.4%93.4%
8th92.3%88.5%90.5%93.3%93.0%93.1%94.8%92.6%93.8%92.8%89.5%91.3%
9th93.3%88.6%91.0%95.5%90.0%92.8%93.5%87.4%90.6%92.7%87.6%90.2%
11th92.3%80.4%86.8%92.1%82.1%87.0%91.0%84.4%87.6%90.4%86.3%88.3%
All Grades93.6%87.7%90.8%94.3%89.4%91.8%93.4%88.3%91.0%92.1%87.9%90.1%
Scott County5th95.6%95.0%95.3%95.8%92.8%94.3%
8th96.6%91.7%94.2%94.1%91.9%93.0%95.1%92.6%93.9%93.2%90.5%91.9%
9th93.9%92.2%93.0%91.3%88.3%89.7%95.3%90.1%92.7%90.8%89.2%90.1%
11th92.2%88.7%90.4%91.5%86.5%89.1%92.4%88.2%90.3%91.4%91.4%91.3%
All Grades94.6%92.0%93.3%93.3%90.1%91.7%94.4%90.5%92.5%91.8%90.2%91.0%
Sherburne County5th96.4%94.8%95.6%93.6%89.8%91.7%
8th95.3%92.6%93.9%95.5%91.3%93.3%95.0%91.0%93.1%93.1%91.0%92.1%
9th94.8%91.3%93.1%95.1%91.8%93.4%95.7%90.1%93.1%92.8%89.4%91.2%
11th94.1%85.0%89.4%90.0%82.2%86.1%92.6%84.6%88.5%88.6%84.8%86.8%
All Grades95.2%91.1%93.1%93.7%89.1%91.4%94.6%88.8%91.8%91.7%88.7%90.3%
Sibley County5th98.4%89.1%93.6%88.3%88.1%88.2%
8th98.0%87.8%93.0%93.5%81.5%87.4%90.0%86.0%88.2%85.5%81.1%83.3%
9th86.3%87.5%86.9%81.8%75.0%78.6%90.3%83.6%87.0%87.0%75.0%81.4%
11th83.6%74.5%79.2%86.4%76.7%82.4%89.5%84.6%87.2%85.7%69.6%77.3%
All Grades91.7%85.0%88.4%87.7%80.9%84.5%89.9%84.7%87.4%86.1%75.5%80.9%
Stearns County5th94.5%92.7%93.6%91.8%87.6%89.7%
8th91.8%88.2%90.1%93.0%84.1%88.6%92.4%88.4%90.4%90.5%88.8%89.6%
9th91.9%86.6%89.2%93.1%86.5%89.8%90.8%87.4%89.3%88.2%86.8%87.6%
11th86.7%79.9%83.4%87.8%80.8%84.4%87.7%81.9%84.9%87.0%82.7%84.9%
All Grades91.1%86.8%89.0%91.6%85.0%88.4%90.5%86.2%88.4%89.1%86.9%88.0%
Steele County5th97.9%91.1%94.2%92.6%93.6%93.1%
8th97.3%92.2%94.9%93.5%88.1%90.9%96.4%91.7%94.1%89.8%81.0%86.1%
9th92.9%85.4%89.3%96.0%89.7%92.7%93.5%87.0%90.3%89.5%85.2%87.9%
11th90.4%84.5%87.7%89.9%84.3%87.2%90.6%81.7%86.4%92.8%87.5%90.4%
All Grades94.1%88.1%91.3%92.9%89.1%91.0%93.8%87.4%90.7%90.7%84.9%88.3%
Stevens County5th93.5%97.6%95.9%100.0%94.6%97.0%
8th93.9%93.5%93.7%91.4%90.5%90.9%***90.7%93.3%92.0%
9th93.9%91.8%92.7%91.2%88.1%89.5%**92.9%97.2%87.9%92.8%
11th91.3%88.2%90.0%90.5%66.7%80.0%***90.0%75.0%82.3%
All Grades93.4%93.5%93.4%92.9%85.7%89.2%**89.1%92.7%86.4%89.5%
Swift County5th100.0%96.4%98.4%***
8th97.2%91.2%94.3%*********
9th92.6%88.5%90.6%*********
11th84.0%71.1%76.2%*********
All Grades94.4%85.7%90.0%*********
Todd County5th91.5%90.1%90.8%98.9%88.7%93.5%
8th97.0%87.1%92.2%85.6%85.3%85.4%94.4%87.5%90.8%74.1%88.9%81.5%
9th90.5%78.3%85.4%90.8%88.7%89.7%90.9%77.4%84.3%88.5%86.5%87.3%
11th86.8%80.5%84.3%92.5%70.4%81.2%79.6%82.1%80.9%84.0%81.5%82.7%
All Grades91.2%84.3%88.1%91.8%83.4%87.4%89.4%83.4%86.4%82.1%85.7%84.0%
Traverse County5th90.9%93.3%92.3%***
8th78.6%95.5%88.9%*****78.8%***
9th90.9%100.0%95.7%*****92.6%***
11th83.3%87.5%84.6%******100.0%78.9%84.0%
All Grades85.2%94.7%90.1%***91.4%84.6%87.8%90.3%82.5%85.9%
Wabasha County5th95.6%92.7%94.0%95.0%93.8%94.4%
8th97.0%94.0%95.7%90.7%86.9%88.7%90.3%87.5%89.0%90.7%81.5%85.9%
9th94.8%87.1%91.2%95.8%87.9%92.2%92.5%87.6%90.2%96.3%84.6%90.6%
11th89.2%82.6%86.2%86.4%72.1%79.8%81.0%80.0%80.5%92.2%82.8%87.9%
All Grades93.6%88.7%91.3%92.3%86.0%89.3%88.5%85.6%87.2%93.1%83.0%88.2%
Wadena County5th98.5%91.6%94.6%92.3%86.5%89.4%
8th97.9%89.7%94.3%87.2%84.2%85.5%88.8%90.9%89.8%94.7%89.7%93.0%
9th93.0%92.4%92.8%85.1%88.9%86.9%91.4%87.7%89.6%91.9%89.4%90.8%
11th84.3%88.3%86.2%86.4%72.1%80.3%85.9%84.1%85.0%81.5%84.6%83.0%
All Grades93.7%90.6%92.2%88.0%83.4%85.8%88.6%87.9%88.2%90.1%87.7%89.1%
Waseca County5th97.1%95.1%96.2%94.2%86.5%90.7%
8th95.3%97.4%96.3%91.7%85.5%89.0%89.1%82.5%86.0%94.8%88.6%92.2%
9th91.3%87.6%89.3%89.0%83.5%86.2%94.0%87.4%90.5%87.2%85.6%86.4%
11th89.2%88.2%88.7%93.9%81.5%87.7%89.2%66.1%79.6%88.5%69.8%79.0%
All Grades93.4%92.0%92.7%92.1%84.2%88.4%90.6%80.5%85.8%90.6%82.6%86.8%
Washington County5th95.7%92.7%94.1%95.3%90.0%92.7%
8th96.2%91.7%94.0%95.4%90.5%92.9%94.3%90.6%92.6%95.2%92.7%94.0%
9th94.6%91.1%92.9%93.2%92.6%92.9%93.9%91.4%92.7%93.5%91.1%92.3%
11th93.8%86.5%90.2%92.8%87.4%90.2%93.5%87.6%90.5%93.7%89.1%91.4%
All Grades95.1%90.6%92.8%94.2%90.3%92.3%94.0%89.9%92.0%94.2%91.0%92.6%
Watonwan County5th100.0%90.0%94.1%93.0%82.9%88.1%
8th93.6%90.3%92.3%92.0%82.9%86.7%90.0%75.0%83.3%91.1%80.6%87.0%
9th90.5%74.3%83.1%88.1%75.4%81.6%83.3%82.4%82.8%82.2%75.8%79.5%
11th100.0%80.5%89.2%90.7%86.0%88.5%89.2%82.6%85.5%90.6%65.0%80.8%
All Grades94.6%82.1%88.6%90.7%81.3%85.8%87.4%80.3%83.8%88.0%75.3%82.9%
Wilkin County5th89.3%84.0%86.8%90.3%77.8%84.5%
8th77.5%93.3%84.3%100.0%97.3%98.6%100.0%96.2%98.1%85.7%91.3%88.6%
9th97.9%86.7%93.6%89.5%87.5%88.4%**89.4%91.7%91.7%91.7%
11th95.2%82.9%89.6%87.5%88.0%87.7%**86.4%84.6%73.9%79.6%
All Grades90.5%86.7%88.8%91.6%88.3%90.0%95.7%87.7%91.6%87.3%85.7%86.5%
Winona County5th98.3%95.0%96.7%91.9%87.3%89.7%
8th92.9%89.0%90.9%96.3%89.7%93.1%94.5%91.0%92.6%90.5%86.6%88.4%
9th93.8%93.1%93.4%92.1%88.4%90.2%95.3%89.2%92.2%91.9%84.5%88.0%
11th87.4%84.1%85.7%90.6%80.9%85.7%96.7%94.1%95.5%93.1%81.1%86.8%
All Grades93.1%90.3%91.7%92.7%86.6%89.7%95.3%91.2%93.2%91.8%84.1%87.8%
Wright County5th95.8%93.5%94.7%95.0%88.5%91.5%
8th96.4%95.8%96.1%95.8%92.0%93.9%95.8%91.9%93.8%92.7%90.0%91.4%
9th94.9%90.7%92.8%95.9%91.2%93.6%94.3%91.1%92.7%92.7%91.2%92.0%
11th91.4%86.5%89.0%90.9%83.2%87.1%90.4%85.2%88.0%88.2%84.3%86.3%
All Grades94.7%91.8%93.3%94.5%88.9%91.7%93.7%89.9%91.8%91.5%88.8%90.2%
Yellow Medicine County5th100.0%90.0%93.1%89.4%84.8%87.1%
8th100.0%87.5%94.2%100.0%90.7%94.4%87.8%87.5%87.6%98.0%86.8%93.3%
9th81.1%75.0%77.8%86.8%95.2%91.3%94.2%84.2%90.0%89.8%87.2%88.6%
11th87.0%75.6%81.6%87.5%84.4%85.9%**79.7%94.9%82.9%89.2%
All Grades89.2%79.8%84.3%90.4%89.0%89.6%91.9%80.9%86.6%94.2%85.7%90.4%

About the Indicator: The Minnesota Student Survey question about parent disapproval changed considerably in 2013. In prior years, students were asked about the extent their parents would approve or disapprove of them drinking alcohol. In 2013, students were asked how wrong their parents would feel it would be for them to have one or two drinks nearly every day. Therefore, 9th grade trend data are available only for 2013 and 2016.

"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.