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Percent of Students Reporting That They Feel That Their Parents Care About Them Quite a Bit or Very Much, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11th87.3%89.3%88.3%87.6%90.5%89.0%86.2%89.8%88.0%
5th94.1%94.6%94.3%94.5%95.0%94.8%92.9%94.5%93.7%
8th86.5%91.6%89.1%88.5%93.1%90.8%86.4%92.1%89.2%
9th85.2%89.9%87.5%87.4%92.1%89.7%85.2%90.8%87.9%
All Grades88.2%91.4%89.8%89.5%92.7%91.1%87.7%92.0%89.8%
Aitkin County11th93.1%89.8%91.6%85.4%90.9%88.3%***
5th90.6%98.2%94.5%96.4%90.4%92.8%***
8th98.4%89.3%93.4%81.8%80.0%80.9%**95.0%
9th82.1%90.3%86.0%81.7%93.6%86.9%***
All Grades90.8%91.8%91.3%87.1%90.0%88.6%81.0%100.0%88.1%
Anoka County11th83.7%86.9%85.3%86.8%88.4%87.6%73.1%79.3%76.4%
5th93.6%94.5%94.0%95.5%95.8%95.7%92.4%96.8%94.6%
8th84.8%91.4%88.2%88.6%92.3%90.4%93.2%95.7%94.5%
9th83.2%88.4%85.7%86.3%92.1%89.1%90.5%94.1%92.1%
All Grades86.5%90.7%88.6%88.0%91.5%89.7%89.3%93.1%91.2%
Becker County11th88.1%85.6%86.8%86.4%93.8%90.1%83.3%85.9%84.5%
5th97.8%92.7%95.3%94.0%92.9%93.4%91.6%94.3%93.0%
8th90.7%90.4%90.5%83.5%94.5%89.0%86.8%91.9%89.3%
9th84.4%88.5%86.6%89.1%88.7%88.9%84.7%89.3%86.9%
All Grades88.7%88.6%88.6%88.4%92.5%90.4%87.2%91.2%89.1%
Beltrami County11th82.8%81.7%82.2%86.7%89.6%88.2%81.4%94.8%88.2%
5th97.4%92.6%95.0%92.9%92.8%92.8%89.8%96.2%93.1%
8th84.2%92.4%88.4%84.6%88.9%86.7%83.7%93.7%88.2%
9th82.0%87.3%84.7%77.8%85.6%81.9%84.6%91.7%88.1%
All Grades86.6%88.7%87.7%85.9%89.4%87.7%84.6%93.9%89.1%
Benton County11th94.7%90.0%92.5%***84.4%84.8%84.6%
5thN/AN/AN/A***89.5%94.7%92.3%
8th86.1%84.5%85.4%***81.8%91.7%86.7%
9th89.1%86.8%87.9%***79.3%89.7%84.3%
All Grades89.7%87.0%88.4%***83.8%91.1%87.4%
Big Stone County11th81.8%100.0%92.2%***84.9%87.8%86.3%
5th91.7%92.9%92.3%***90.8%94.7%92.9%
8th90.0%91.7%90.7%***82.0%92.0%86.5%
9th86.7%87.9%87.3%***82.9%93.8%88.3%
All Grades86.7%93.9%90.5%***85.0%92.4%88.6%
Blue Earth County11th87.2%91.3%89.1%89.6%92.1%90.9%83.8%89.9%86.9%
5th95.4%97.7%96.5%93.7%96.5%95.1%93.4%94.0%93.7%
8th89.7%94.4%92.1%88.7%92.4%90.6%88.8%95.4%92.0%
9th83.4%88.1%85.8%86.8%93.4%90.1%87.7%92.4%90.2%
All Grades89.1%93.0%91.1%89.8%93.7%91.8%88.8%93.1%91.0%
Brown County11th81.4%85.1%83.3%93.1%90.8%92.0%86.4%90.3%88.3%
5th91.5%98.3%95.2%87.2%93.8%90.7%91.6%97.2%94.2%
8th85.5%91.3%88.4%87.4%96.6%92.3%85.0%94.3%90.3%
9th78.3%88.7%83.3%86.6%88.7%87.7%79.8%90.7%85.1%
All Grades84.0%91.1%87.7%88.4%92.5%90.6%85.7%93.2%89.4%
Carlton County11th85.4%93.8%89.7%83.3%92.9%88.0%76.6%88.5%83.1%
5th95.8%95.7%95.7%95.6%97.1%96.4%90.5%90.4%90.4%
8th85.1%90.0%87.5%83.1%93.5%88.3%85.5%91.8%89.2%
9th83.8%92.0%87.8%85.1%93.8%89.6%83.1%89.9%86.5%
All Grades87.6%92.9%90.2%86.5%94.4%90.6%84.3%90.2%87.4%
Carver County11th86.3%90.2%88.2%92.2%88.6%90.3%86.5%89.5%87.8%
5th96.5%95.3%95.9%98.1%95.7%96.9%93.8%95.1%94.5%
8th85.5%93.1%89.4%86.2%92.7%89.3%89.5%95.9%92.8%
9th89.2%92.4%90.7%92.4%95.0%93.7%85.5%85.0%85.3%
All Grades89.6%92.8%91.2%91.5%93.3%92.4%89.0%92.4%90.7%
Cass County11th73.9%91.5%82.9%84.8%86.9%85.9%74.3%77.9%76.1%
5th89.8%92.8%91.4%90.4%88.3%89.3%92.8%93.3%93.1%
8th79.1%91.1%85.4%88.7%93.7%91.3%81.7%85.5%83.6%
9th83.5%89.6%86.6%78.7%89.1%84.1%75.7%87.0%81.4%
All Grades82.5%91.3%87.1%85.8%89.6%87.8%81.8%86.9%84.4%
Chippewa County11thN/AN/AN/A***89.6%80.0%84.9%
5th100.0%88.9%94.4%***95.7%96.8%96.2%
8thN/AN/AN/A***77.4%91.0%85.0%
9thN/AN/AN/A***86.7%93.4%90.1%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***87.4%91.2%89.3%
Chisago County11th80.3%83.2%81.7%***87.5%85.8%86.6%
5th92.9%89.6%91.2%***92.0%96.6%94.1%
8th85.7%92.0%88.6%***83.4%95.0%89.0%
9th85.0%84.7%84.8%***82.6%87.1%84.6%
All Grades85.1%87.1%86.1%***85.2%90.3%87.7%
Clay County11th89.5%92.9%91.1%90.6%92.7%91.8%89.4%93.5%91.3%
5th94.5%93.7%94.1%95.0%96.0%95.6%93.8%96.4%95.2%
8th92.1%94.2%93.2%92.6%93.9%93.2%91.0%94.1%92.7%
9th85.8%92.2%89.0%88.0%92.9%90.6%83.3%93.5%88.0%
All Grades90.7%93.3%92.0%91.6%94.0%92.9%89.2%94.6%91.9%
Clearwater County11th84.8%81.8%83.3%90.6%86.5%88.4%***
5th92.7%91.7%92.2%84.0%92.7%88.6%***
8th87.8%97.6%92.3%90.9%92.1%91.5%***
9th76.9%92.6%86.0%81.4%90.6%86.9%***
All Grades85.8%91.5%88.7%86.4%90.7%88.7%***
Cook County11th100.0%93.3%96.0%*****93.8%
5th100.0%87.5%92.9%*****92.6%
8th94.7%76.9%87.5%*****79.5%
9th77.3%95.5%86.4%*****82.8%
All Grades89.5%89.7%89.6%***81.0%92.2%86.6%
Cottonwood County11th89.2%94.7%92.6%86.4%84.3%85.3%91.7%88.0%89.7%
5th95.2%93.6%94.4%95.0%93.0%94.0%92.9%94.9%94.0%
8th83.7%94.8%90.1%77.3%92.0%85.1%87.3%91.4%89.4%
9th76.7%86.5%82.1%87.5%84.0%85.7%80.9%92.0%87.2%
All Grades86.1%92.5%89.7%86.4%88.1%87.3%88.2%91.5%90.0%
Crow Wing County11th94.0%91.9%92.9%***89.0%91.7%90.3%
5th96.9%91.7%94.4%***98.8%95.2%96.8%
8th84.1%97.0%90.3%***85.9%95.5%90.8%
9th88.9%89.6%89.2%***86.1%91.5%88.8%
All Grades90.6%92.8%91.6%***88.7%92.5%90.6%
Dakota County11th88.3%90.7%89.5%88.5%91.4%90.0%86.7%90.9%88.8%
5th94.5%94.9%94.7%93.9%94.9%94.4%92.0%94.7%93.4%
8th86.2%92.5%89.4%89.8%94.2%92.0%87.0%93.2%90.1%
9th86.0%91.7%88.8%87.9%93.6%90.7%86.8%91.4%89.1%
All Grades88.8%92.5%90.6%89.9%93.6%91.7%88.0%92.6%90.3%
Dodge County11th80.0%89.5%84.5%91.8%97.3%94.2%83.3%94.5%89.2%
5th96.9%94.5%95.7%98.2%91.9%94.9%92.9%92.9%92.9%
8th85.3%89.8%87.4%89.7%97.2%93.3%93.8%95.0%94.4%
9th91.4%89.8%90.6%86.4%93.0%89.6%86.1%90.4%88.3%
All Grades88.7%91.0%89.8%91.4%94.5%92.9%89.7%93.3%91.5%
Douglas County11th86.6%88.0%87.2%90.7%89.1%89.9%79.3%94.7%87.9%
5th94.8%95.4%95.1%96.2%94.2%95.2%98.9%94.9%96.9%
8th89.1%91.9%90.4%89.0%94.9%91.9%87.7%94.8%91.2%
9th83.3%92.2%88.1%91.0%96.1%93.6%84.3%92.4%88.0%
All Grades88.5%91.9%90.1%91.7%93.7%92.7%88.6%94.2%91.4%
Faribault County11th88.2%90.9%89.7%92.7%82.8%87.6%87.2%89.3%88.3%
5th92.2%98.5%95.8%90.0%94.7%92.5%92.3%86.5%89.4%
8th81.1%88.9%85.3%80.4%93.1%87.5%78.7%95.8%89.1%
9th87.3%91.2%89.2%77.8%93.7%87.0%88.5%82.7%85.8%
All Grades87.2%92.4%90.0%85.7%91.1%88.7%87.0%89.2%88.2%
Fillmore County11th97.8%92.1%94.5%92.2%90.3%91.3%**77.8%
5th88.1%95.4%91.9%93.3%95.8%94.7%100.0%89.5%94.7%
8th92.0%90.0%91.0%89.1%91.4%90.3%80.5%93.8%86.3%
9th87.5%93.0%90.3%90.3%87.9%89.1%***
All Grades91.1%92.5%91.9%91.2%91.4%91.3%87.9%86.6%87.2%
Freeborn County11th80.8%88.0%84.6%81.6%91.4%86.3%85.4%93.8%89.4%
5th91.2%95.1%93.0%95.7%92.6%94.1%85.7%97.4%91.6%
8th84.7%95.8%90.2%80.5%94.6%87.2%83.8%93.9%88.9%
9th81.7%87.7%84.2%82.8%88.8%86.0%83.9%87.4%85.6%
All Grades85.1%91.7%88.2%85.4%91.9%88.7%84.6%93.0%88.8%
Goodhue County11th93.1%91.5%92.2%87.8%90.6%88.9%94.6%87.3%91.2%
5th97.3%93.3%95.1%94.7%88.8%91.9%91.0%95.4%93.1%
8th88.5%91.6%90.0%85.3%88.5%86.9%84.5%91.0%87.6%
9th88.5%91.1%89.8%82.9%91.8%87.6%**78.7%
All Grades91.9%92.0%91.9%88.2%89.8%88.9%88.4%91.2%89.8%
Grant County11th83.9%100.0%91.4%85.7%97.2%93.0%84.2%93.1%88.1%
5th91.7%96.4%93.8%86.1%95.6%91.4%95.7%88.9%92.8%
8th96.2%91.9%93.7%87.0%90.6%88.5%76.9%86.8%82.8%
9th68.6%82.8%75.0%93.8%94.3%94.0%87.1%94.1%90.8%
All Grades84.4%92.6%88.4%88.1%94.6%91.5%87.3%90.5%88.9%
Hennepin County11th89.1%89.7%89.4%88.0%91.4%89.6%87.8%90.8%89.2%
5th94.8%95.2%95.0%95.3%95.6%95.4%95.3%95.5%95.4%
8th88.6%93.3%90.9%90.0%93.8%91.9%89.2%92.7%90.9%
9th87.3%91.6%89.4%89.8%93.4%91.5%89.0%92.5%90.7%
All Grades89.9%92.5%91.2%91.0%93.7%92.3%90.3%93.0%91.7%
Houston County11th88.8%93.4%91.3%93.8%91.9%93.0%90.7%92.5%91.5%
5th96.4%97.2%96.8%94.0%97.6%95.8%95.7%94.7%95.2%
8th86.0%85.7%85.9%87.4%93.4%90.2%85.1%95.7%89.6%
9th86.5%85.7%86.1%85.4%89.6%87.8%75.7%96.7%85.0%
All Grades89.3%90.5%89.9%90.1%93.0%91.5%85.8%94.9%89.9%
Hubbard County11th83.3%93.0%88.3%88.9%94.4%91.6%82.3%80.9%81.7%
5th91.5%87.7%89.8%95.7%95.9%95.8%89.2%88.9%89.1%
8th90.3%92.5%91.3%88.8%92.5%90.5%94.5%94.4%94.5%
9th82.7%80.7%81.8%85.2%90.3%87.5%78.0%89.7%83.3%
All Grades87.3%88.8%88.0%89.8%93.3%91.4%86.6%89.2%87.8%
Isanti County11th80.9%93.3%86.5%76.9%93.5%85.0%78.6%74.6%76.8%
5th96.7%93.7%95.2%94.2%94.2%94.2%91.8%92.2%92.0%
8th76.0%87.7%81.6%83.5%87.1%85.3%81.5%90.7%85.9%
9th76.5%92.1%84.3%84.3%93.3%88.7%76.1%86.4%81.1%
All Grades82.6%91.4%86.9%85.1%92.0%88.5%82.4%87.0%84.6%
Itasca County11th83.3%85.5%84.3%86.2%86.8%86.5%77.4%89.1%83.6%
5th96.9%96.7%96.8%93.1%94.1%93.6%90.9%95.9%93.4%
8th88.4%90.1%89.3%80.3%89.9%85.4%88.8%88.2%88.5%
9th86.3%88.6%87.5%85.2%88.8%86.9%82.2%87.9%84.7%
All Grades88.3%90.6%89.4%86.5%90.1%88.3%85.4%90.4%87.9%
Jackson County11th94.4%90.7%92.6%88.6%83.9%86.7%**90.7%
5th95.2%91.4%93.0%91.3%95.1%93.1%91.4%92.9%92.1%
8th88.9%92.9%90.6%86.7%94.7%91.2%93.0%96.7%94.5%
9th77.8%86.4%82.7%86.4%97.7%92.0%83.3%85.3%84.5%
All Grades89.2%90.1%89.7%88.6%93.3%90.8%88.8%90.4%89.7%
Kanabec County11th83.7%84.6%84.2%84.7%86.1%85.5%77.8%86.0%81.7%
5th93.9%91.4%92.8%96.2%93.0%94.4%97.1%94.0%95.8%
8th86.6%85.0%85.8%83.1%89.6%85.9%82.1%93.8%88.3%
9th88.6%86.4%87.6%77.5%91.1%84.7%80.6%93.0%87.0%
All Grades88.7%86.9%87.8%84.6%90.0%87.3%84.9%91.9%88.3%
Kandiyohi County11th92.1%93.5%92.9%90.4%91.1%90.8%90.9%92.1%91.4%
5th93.0%95.6%94.3%95.7%91.5%93.3%94.8%94.6%94.7%
8th85.4%92.6%89.3%89.1%94.5%91.8%79.0%87.5%83.5%
9th92.1%90.9%91.5%87.3%92.1%89.8%83.2%93.8%88.6%
All Grades90.7%93.1%92.0%90.6%92.3%91.5%87.0%91.9%89.4%
Kittson County11th89.5%81.8%85.4%92.9%100.0%95.7%**85.2%
5th88.0%100.0%93.3%100.0%95.0%97.4%***
8th91.3%85.7%88.6%95.5%94.7%95.1%**90.3%
9th77.4%96.3%86.2%83.3%87.5%85.3%**91.7%
All Grades85.7%91.1%88.3%93.0%94.6%93.8%87.0%92.5%89.4%
Koochiching County11th86.4%89.7%88.2%*****80.8%
5th93.3%95.2%94.4%***97.1%96.7%96.9%
8th86.0%82.9%84.6%*****93.8%
9th75.8%75.8%75.8%***79.3%82.1%80.7%
All Grades85.2%86.3%85.8%***88.3%90.3%89.3%
Lac Qui Parle County11th100.0%85.7%93.5%90.9%88.9%89.9%81.4%96.9%88.0%
5th91.1%92.9%91.8%98.0%92.3%95.5%84.1%85.7%84.9%
8th91.9%94.6%93.2%89.8%91.7%90.7%89.4%91.1%90.2%
9th75.7%89.4%83.3%83.8%97.2%90.4%82.1%93.0%88.7%
All Grades89.6%90.9%90.3%91.1%92.5%91.7%84.6%91.4%88.0%
Lake County11th85.7%92.1%89.8%***85.7%93.9%89.7%
5th94.7%93.8%94.3%***94.6%94.3%94.4%
8th89.5%95.7%92.9%***94.5%97.8%96.0%
9th84.6%76.5%81.8%***86.5%92.2%89.8%
All Grades88.3%90.1%89.1%***90.9%94.5%92.7%
Lake of the Woods County11th88.2%76.9%83.3%*****83.3%
5th84.6%95.5%91.4%*****93.1%
8th91.7%94.4%93.3%*****87.9%
9th84.6%90.0%87.0%*****84.2%
All Grades87.3%90.5%89.0%***80.3%92.8%86.9%
Le Sueur County11th82.8%89.6%86.5%76.0%90.8%82.6%86.4%92.6%90.0%
5th93.8%89.5%91.4%95.2%96.0%95.6%91.8%96.2%94.4%
8th89.6%92.8%90.9%87.9%95.2%92.0%83.1%95.6%90.1%
9th90.4%86.3%88.4%85.4%92.6%89.1%82.3%90.7%86.3%
All Grades89.3%89.2%89.2%86.2%93.9%90.1%85.6%93.9%90.2%
Lincoln County11th82.6%95.0%88.4%*****86.5%
5th81.3%94.1%87.9%*****91.7%
8th75.0%100.0%83.3%*****95.0%
9th93.3%95.8%94.9%*****85.0%
All Grades82.1%95.9%88.7%***87.0%92.0%89.7%
Lyon County11th90.0%90.3%90.2%87.6%89.6%88.6%86.0%89.7%87.9%
5th98.6%94.5%96.5%89.2%95.0%92.1%87.0%94.4%90.6%
8th87.9%92.7%90.7%90.2%91.6%90.9%82.9%97.0%89.5%
9th92.3%85.4%88.8%84.7%89.0%86.9%88.6%93.8%91.1%
All Grades92.0%90.1%91.0%87.8%91.3%89.6%86.2%93.6%89.8%
McLeod County11th75.0%92.9%84.6%*****91.7%
5th91.7%100.0%94.7%*****94.1%
8th78.9%100.0%86.7%*****78.8%
9th100.0%76.9%88.0%******
All Grades85.5%91.1%88.0%***90.7%83.6%87.2%
Mahnomen County11th83.3%90.9%87.0%78.9%100.0%91.8%**73.7%
5th84.6%89.1%87.5%90.6%97.4%94.4%92.1%87.9%90.1%
8th81.8%90.0%85.7%76.0%82.5%80.0%66.7%80.8%73.2%
9th83.3%95.2%90.3%80.6%94.3%87.9%89.5%83.3%86.3%
All Grades83.2%91.4%87.7%82.2%93.1%88.4%82.5%82.4%82.4%
Marshall County11th88.4%90.2%89.4%89.3%94.7%92.4%***
5th97.1%100.0%98.7%100.0%90.2%93.8%**92.1%
8th77.8%89.7%84.0%87.9%93.0%90.8%***
9th90.9%88.1%89.7%85.4%84.4%84.9%**80.0%
All Grades88.7%92.0%90.4%89.7%90.9%90.4%88.4%88.4%88.4%
Martin County11th82.7%85.1%83.9%***90.6%84.2%86.8%
5th90.2%92.6%91.4%***91.2%90.0%90.5%
8th85.5%86.7%86.1%***83.6%88.3%85.7%
9th76.9%81.5%79.3%***77.2%87.0%80.8%
All Grades83.7%86.2%84.9%***84.6%87.4%86.0%
Meeker County11th83.6%75.4%79.2%90.0%86.3%88.2%**79.5%
5th94.3%95.7%95.0%95.7%95.5%95.6%**96.2%
8th89.4%88.2%88.8%90.0%96.6%93.2%87.1%97.0%92.2%
9th78.0%92.3%85.7%79.6%89.9%85.1%**87.7%
All Grades86.9%89.3%88.1%89.0%92.6%90.8%84.8%93.8%89.4%
Mille Lacs County11th85.1%89.9%87.5%86.6%91.7%89.1%82.4%92.7%87.6%
5th89.1%95.2%92.3%94.3%95.6%95.0%92.2%93.2%92.7%
8th87.1%89.5%88.3%87.4%94.8%91.5%83.3%89.3%86.6%
9th88.1%92.2%90.2%83.9%89.8%86.6%77.4%84.2%80.6%
All Grades87.2%91.2%89.2%88.2%93.4%90.8%84.3%90.1%87.3%
Morrison County11th83.6%93.9%88.7%87.8%92.7%90.1%84.9%90.6%87.5%
5th90.6%95.9%93.1%91.9%96.7%94.6%95.3%94.0%94.6%
8th86.4%91.1%88.8%86.2%91.3%88.6%87.5%94.9%91.2%
9th79.2%88.8%84.1%87.2%92.4%89.9%76.6%92.3%84.2%
All Grades84.9%92.2%88.5%88.0%93.3%90.7%85.8%93.1%89.3%
Mower County11th86.0%88.1%87.2%89.4%94.7%92.2%77.3%89.3%83.6%
5th95.8%93.0%94.4%94.7%92.1%93.5%90.8%94.2%92.4%
8th84.0%89.1%86.5%87.2%92.0%89.8%81.2%89.4%85.0%
9th79.2%86.3%82.6%86.5%94.1%90.5%84.3%81.7%83.1%
All Grades86.9%89.6%88.3%89.6%93.2%91.4%84.7%89.4%86.9%
Murray County11th89.5%100.0%94.0%86.5%97.4%92.0%97.3%96.6%97.0%
5th82.1%90.9%86.9%88.9%97.0%92.8%92.9%87.5%89.7%
8th97.4%93.8%95.8%90.2%93.5%91.7%90.0%96.8%93.0%
9th91.2%94.4%92.9%88.6%95.2%92.2%97.1%87.9%92.5%
All Grades90.6%94.6%92.6%88.6%95.8%92.2%94.2%91.7%93.0%
Nicollet County11th95.9%94.5%95.2%***82.9%94.8%88.1%
5th96.1%95.3%95.7%******
8th89.5%90.2%89.8%******
9th82.5%95.2%89.2%***85.5%88.7%87.0%
All Grades91.3%94.0%92.6%***84.2%91.5%87.7%
Nobles County11th90.0%85.7%87.9%90.9%92.3%91.6%79.8%89.7%84.6%
5th95.1%92.6%93.9%93.6%97.1%95.3%86.3%91.6%88.6%
8th74.6%95.5%84.8%89.6%93.7%91.4%84.8%87.2%86.0%
9th86.6%92.8%89.6%91.0%87.9%89.2%79.7%89.2%84.3%
All Grades86.2%92.0%89.0%91.3%92.7%92.0%82.5%89.3%85.7%
Norman County11th83.3%93.5%88.5%92.9%91.3%92.2%**85.2%
5th100.0%96.6%98.1%90.9%83.3%87.7%**96.6%
8th78.9%90.0%83.8%91.3%94.5%93.1%75.0%96.9%85.3%
9th89.7%86.1%88.0%77.4%90.6%84.1%***
All Grades88.8%92.3%90.6%88.4%91.0%89.7%79.4%93.6%87.2%
Olmsted County11th86.0%91.8%89.3%88.3%92.5%90.4%86.3%90.5%88.5%
5th92.0%95.6%93.8%94.2%94.9%94.5%92.9%94.6%93.8%
8th86.4%91.9%89.3%88.5%94.4%91.5%86.9%90.7%88.8%
9th82.9%90.2%86.6%89.4%93.8%91.4%87.3%92.4%89.8%
All Grades86.3%92.0%89.3%90.4%94.1%92.2%88.7%92.2%90.5%
Otter Tail County11th88.8%91.0%89.9%89.7%88.7%89.2%81.7%92.0%87.3%
5th94.2%93.8%94.0%93.0%94.4%93.7%92.2%92.0%92.1%
8th88.1%91.4%89.7%84.6%94.4%90.1%89.1%92.2%90.5%
9th86.3%90.4%88.3%84.3%93.0%88.6%79.5%88.1%83.6%
All Grades89.0%91.6%90.4%88.0%92.8%90.5%85.9%91.1%88.5%
Pennington County11th88.9%88.7%88.8%***88.1%95.6%91.3%
5th90.0%100.0%92.3%***90.3%92.9%91.7%
8th90.4%96.3%93.1%***88.5%92.6%90.4%
9th80.0%89.7%85.1%***83.1%83.3%83.2%
All Grades86.8%92.1%89.4%***87.6%90.6%89.1%
Pine County11th82.9%83.9%83.4%75.0%89.6%82.8%83.3%88.0%85.5%
5th90.6%95.4%93.0%91.5%93.9%92.7%88.3%91.0%89.6%
8th81.0%89.0%85.3%82.5%90.3%86.4%84.7%84.5%84.6%
9th78.7%85.5%81.8%87.9%85.3%86.6%70.7%85.1%78.1%
All Grades82.2%87.6%85.0%84.2%89.2%86.7%82.0%87.0%84.5%
Pipestone County11th85.3%93.5%89.2%*****87.2%
5th95.7%94.7%95.1%***94.1%93.5%93.8%
8th100.0%97.2%98.3%***88.6%90.9%89.7%
9th91.7%90.9%91.3%***77.8%92.6%85.2%
All Grades92.3%94.2%93.3%***87.4%91.3%89.3%
Polk County11th90.2%94.0%92.2%87.1%94.7%90.6%89.3%90.3%89.8%
5th95.7%95.0%95.4%94.9%96.4%95.7%92.6%97.4%95.0%
8th87.4%93.4%90.3%90.3%93.9%92.1%88.9%90.0%89.5%
9th88.6%85.4%87.1%86.7%88.5%87.7%86.4%94.9%90.5%
All Grades90.5%91.9%91.2%89.8%93.2%91.5%89.4%93.3%91.3%
Pope County11th80.0%93.9%86.8%91.7%92.1%91.9%75.9%94.4%86.2%
5th81.8%95.0%89.0%100.0%87.5%93.3%***
8th84.4%97.6%91.8%87.5%95.2%91.9%91.7%86.7%89.4%
9th77.4%95.7%88.3%96.0%90.0%92.7%81.8%85.0%83.6%
All Grades80.9%95.6%89.0%94.0%91.3%92.5%83.7%88.7%86.3%
Ramsey County11th86.2%87.8%87.0%85.2%88.1%86.7%87.6%89.2%88.4%
5th93.6%93.5%93.5%93.5%95.1%94.3%91.6%92.2%91.9%
8th83.8%88.9%86.2%87.9%91.1%89.5%84.8%90.3%87.4%
9th82.7%87.0%84.8%88.7%91.5%90.1%85.3%89.1%87.2%
All Grades86.7%89.4%88.0%89.1%91.7%90.4%87.7%90.4%89.0%
Red Lake County11th87.5%95.7%91.5%91.3%100.0%95.2%**95.3%
5th96.3%100.0%98.1%89.3%92.0%90.6%**96.1%
8th83.3%100.0%90.9%79.2%100.0%88.9%**90.6%
9th92.6%90.6%91.5%95.2%95.7%95.5%89.7%88.5%89.1%
All Grades90.2%96.0%93.1%88.5%96.6%92.4%90.4%94.9%92.6%
Redwood County11th91.8%87.3%89.3%81.8%95.2%88.9%81.3%86.2%84.0%
5th96.7%89.5%93.2%100.0%96.9%98.2%96.8%95.8%96.3%
8th92.3%96.7%94.7%91.8%91.0%91.4%81.7%94.0%88.9%
9th81.5%91.4%87.1%85.5%89.6%87.5%81.9%88.4%85.1%
All Grades90.7%91.2%91.0%88.2%92.5%90.4%85.6%91.5%88.8%
Renville County11th87.1%91.7%89.1%86.6%87.5%86.9%**92.0%
5th88.2%95.2%92.1%95.8%100.0%98.3%92.5%97.5%95.0%
8th88.4%88.0%88.2%86.9%92.4%89.8%92.1%96.7%94.1%
9th77.8%97.1%87.1%87.3%82.6%85.1%87.5%87.2%87.3%
All Grades85.4%93.6%89.2%87.9%90.4%89.1%91.1%93.1%92.1%
Rice County11th85.0%92.7%88.8%87.5%96.9%92.0%85.7%89.6%87.5%
5th93.9%94.9%94.4%92.9%94.6%93.8%89.9%95.2%92.8%
8th87.7%90.6%89.1%92.0%95.2%93.6%81.8%90.7%86.0%
9th83.1%87.7%85.5%89.4%92.6%91.0%86.5%91.2%88.9%
All Grades87.6%91.3%89.4%90.8%94.7%92.7%86.0%91.9%88.9%
Rock County11th85.3%94.9%90.4%***84.4%90.6%87.5%
5th87.5%90.6%88.9%***94.6%97.8%96.3%
8th86.7%93.5%90.1%***89.6%97.2%92.9%
9th87.2%86.5%86.8%***79.4%90.4%86.0%
All Grades86.7%91.6%89.1%***87.4%93.9%90.8%
Roseau County11th89.2%86.3%87.7%93.5%91.8%92.4%83.0%95.0%89.4%
5th94.8%94.8%94.8%94.1%100.0%97.3%91.5%94.7%92.9%
8th77.1%98.8%90.6%88.3%91.1%89.7%83.3%94.0%88.5%
9th84.5%97.7%91.2%88.4%93.8%91.2%76.8%94.9%86.4%
All Grades87.3%94.4%91.1%90.6%94.2%92.6%83.0%94.7%88.8%
St. Louis County11th87.4%91.0%89.1%90.9%88.7%89.8%85.8%87.9%86.9%
5th92.7%94.9%93.8%95.3%94.3%94.8%92.1%93.5%92.8%
8th84.3%89.8%87.0%86.2%92.2%89.2%83.2%93.6%88.1%
9th88.1%91.7%89.8%86.3%92.7%89.5%84.2%90.3%87.1%
All Grades88.2%91.9%90.0%89.6%92.2%90.9%86.4%91.6%89.0%
Scott County11th90.3%88.9%89.6%89.9%92.2%91.0%88.4%93.1%90.8%
5th94.9%95.6%95.3%94.8%96.6%95.7%94.8%94.9%94.9%
8th84.8%90.0%87.4%88.9%93.1%91.0%84.7%90.9%87.7%
9th85.7%91.1%88.4%84.9%91.4%88.3%85.5%92.1%88.9%
All Grades88.7%91.4%90.1%89.7%93.4%91.6%88.2%92.7%90.5%
Sherburne County11th86.8%88.0%87.4%85.8%86.2%86.0%84.9%89.6%87.3%
5th94.6%96.1%95.4%92.9%95.6%94.3%92.0%96.9%94.5%
8th84.2%91.6%88.2%88.1%94.0%91.2%82.7%92.9%87.5%
9th84.7%89.3%86.9%83.7%90.4%87.1%83.2%88.9%85.9%
All Grades87.6%91.4%89.6%87.8%91.9%89.9%85.8%92.3%89.0%
Sibley County11th80.4%78.8%79.6%83.3%90.7%86.4%82.8%96.4%89.5%
5th93.5%92.2%92.9%91.8%96.6%94.2%85.5%92.4%89.1%
8th87.3%90.7%88.9%79.7%88.1%84.0%78.1%75.4%76.9%
9th90.6%88.6%89.5%86.4%81.8%84.2%79.4%89.1%84.1%
All Grades88.2%88.0%88.1%85.2%89.3%87.2%81.3%88.5%84.8%
Stearns County11th87.9%88.8%88.3%87.6%91.7%89.6%89.3%91.0%90.1%
5th93.4%92.7%93.0%94.8%95.6%95.2%94.7%93.7%94.2%
8th88.0%90.8%89.4%89.8%91.7%90.7%88.7%92.7%90.7%
9th85.5%92.6%89.1%89.6%93.0%91.3%87.0%90.5%88.6%
All Grades88.5%91.2%89.9%90.7%93.1%91.9%90.0%92.1%91.0%
Steele County11th85.1%90.0%87.5%87.9%90.7%89.2%84.0%91.9%87.8%
5th95.8%91.1%93.3%94.2%94.2%94.2%91.8%87.8%90.2%
8th84.2%91.4%87.6%84.4%94.5%89.4%85.0%88.7%86.8%
9th83.7%93.0%88.3%83.9%92.3%88.3%83.6%90.9%87.3%
All Grades85.1%91.5%88.2%87.8%92.9%90.3%84.9%90.2%87.5%
Stevens County11th95.5%94.4%95.0%88.6%97.1%92.4%***
5th93.5%95.0%94.4%93.3%92.3%92.8%***
8th93.9%93.5%93.7%94.3%92.9%93.5%***
9th85.7%96.0%91.8%91.2%90.5%90.8%**96.4%
All Grades92.0%94.8%93.5%91.6%93.0%92.4%89.7%100.0%95.0%
Swift County11th96.0%92.1%93.7%******
5th97.2%85.7%92.2%******
8th91.7%91.4%91.5%******
9th82.1%84.6%83.3%******
All Grades92.0%89.0%90.5%******
Todd County11th86.0%89.7%87.5%87.1%84.7%85.9%81.8%80.7%81.3%
5th95.0%91.3%93.0%94.8%91.5%93.1%95.5%95.2%95.3%
8th88.4%87.9%88.1%81.6%93.1%87.3%83.5%92.2%88.1%
9th86.6%92.1%88.9%86.2%84.8%85.5%83.9%87.3%85.6%
All Grades88.5%90.2%89.3%87.3%88.6%88.0%86.9%89.9%88.5%
Traverse County11th94.4%100.0%96.2%******
5th90.9%100.0%96.4%*****89.5%
8th86.7%91.7%89.7%*****91.2%
9th72.7%100.0%87.0%*****78.6%
All Grades87.3%96.7%92.2%***85.7%86.4%86.1%
Wabasha County11th90.7%89.7%90.2%90.4%93.4%91.8%90.4%89.4%89.9%
5th88.0%97.3%93.1%95.0%93.2%94.1%94.8%95.0%94.9%
8th88.8%89.1%88.9%85.9%94.9%90.6%88.4%92.9%90.5%
9th86.8%87.1%87.0%85.9%88.8%87.3%79.1%95.5%87.1%
All Grades88.8%90.9%89.8%89.3%92.5%90.9%88.3%93.5%90.9%
Wadena County11th85.7%84.4%85.1%87.8%92.2%89.7%70.8%90.0%80.7%
5th93.0%87.5%89.9%95.7%93.7%94.7%90.4%92.5%91.4%
8th90.8%95.2%92.9%87.5%88.0%87.8%81.3%94.6%88.0%
9th86.3%94.3%89.7%90.2%97.0%93.3%83.1%89.8%86.4%
All Grades88.9%90.5%89.7%90.5%92.3%91.4%82.2%92.0%87.0%
Waseca County11th77.9%87.7%82.6%90.4%91.4%90.9%85.7%85.2%85.5%
5th90.3%95.2%92.5%94.2%97.7%95.8%80.8%92.6%84.8%
8th89.0%93.3%91.1%85.3%96.5%90.1%85.1%88.1%86.5%
9th85.4%83.7%84.4%88.0%88.9%88.5%76.1%94.1%85.8%
All Grades86.0%89.8%87.8%89.3%93.4%91.3%82.2%90.0%85.9%
Washington County11th87.5%89.1%88.3%87.2%90.3%88.7%89.2%89.7%89.4%
5th95.3%95.1%95.2%96.8%95.7%96.3%94.0%95.8%94.9%
8th88.3%91.3%89.8%91.3%93.2%92.2%87.8%92.0%89.8%
9th85.9%90.1%88.0%88.6%92.1%90.3%86.2%90.4%88.3%
All Grades89.1%91.4%90.3%91.0%92.9%92.0%89.3%92.1%90.6%
Watonwan County11th74.3%87.0%81.5%87.0%86.0%86.5%86.5%87.8%87.2%
5th71.4%90.0%82.4%88.6%97.6%93.0%92.6%96.1%94.1%
8th76.0%85.7%80.0%82.7%91.5%87.8%82.0%86.4%84.0%
9th87.2%69.4%79.5%76.5%82.2%79.4%81.6%91.1%86.7%
All Grades79.1%81.9%80.5%83.0%88.6%85.9%86.3%90.5%88.4%
Wilkin County11th93.0%89.2%91.3%95.0%100.0%96.9%**93.3%
5th85.7%100.0%92.5%96.9%96.3%96.6%**89.1%
8th82.5%83.3%82.9%79.4%94.7%87.5%76.9%92.3%84.6%
9th90.4%90.9%90.6%84.2%93.9%89.7%85.2%92.6%88.9%
All Grades88.3%90.4%89.2%88.9%95.7%92.2%85.1%92.2%88.8%
Winona County11th84.4%84.4%84.4%84.4%89.0%86.7%79.0%84.3%81.4%
5th94.8%95.4%95.1%96.1%95.2%95.6%94.6%96.8%95.8%
8th81.2%93.6%87.4%87.1%91.8%89.4%83.3%91.3%87.4%
9th82.9%89.8%86.4%84.9%90.3%87.6%87.7%94.1%91.0%
All Grades85.3%90.7%88.0%87.9%91.4%89.7%87.0%92.9%90.1%
Wright County11th88.9%89.9%89.4%88.2%88.3%88.2%86.5%87.6%87.0%
5th93.1%94.5%93.8%96.3%95.6%95.9%94.5%96.8%95.7%
8th88.8%91.8%90.3%88.9%94.6%91.7%88.1%92.3%90.2%
9th87.7%90.6%89.2%90.3%90.9%90.6%86.2%91.5%88.8%
All Grades89.6%91.7%90.7%90.9%92.5%91.7%88.8%92.4%90.6%
Yellow Medicine County11th89.8%88.1%89.0%87.5%94.1%90.9%**95.2%
5th100.0%100.0%100.0%91.7%87.0%89.4%98.3%92.9%95.6%
8th78.6%92.0%84.9%90.0%97.7%94.6%87.8%88.1%87.9%
9th83.8%88.6%86.4%81.6%95.7%89.3%81.1%90.2%85.1%
All Grades86.3%90.8%88.6%87.8%93.5%90.9%90.2%91.6%90.9%

About the Indicator:

Feeling cared about by people in their lives is a factor associated with protection against both substance use and mental health disorders. According to 2019 MSS data, students who think their parents care about them “quite a bit” or “very much” are 2.4 times less likely to report past month alcohol use, 2.3 times less likely to report past month tobacco use, 2.9 times less likely to report past month marijuana use, and 4.3 times less likely to report any past month prescription drug misuse as compared to those who think their parents only care “some,” “a little,” or “not at all.” 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.