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

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11th77.2%75.1%76.2%75.6%75.2%75.4%74.8%74.4%74.6%
5th82.1%74.5%78.3%83.2%75.8%79.5%80.6%77.2%78.9%
8th80.1%74.6%77.4%79.0%75.6%77.3%76.7%76.2%76.5%
9th78.3%73.4%75.9%76.4%76.4%76.4%75.6%75.2%75.4%
All Grades79.4%74.4%76.9%78.6%75.8%77.2%77.1%75.9%76.5%
Aitkin County11th77.6%75.5%76.6%77.1%78.2%77.7%56.0%75.9%66.7%
5th73.6%66.7%70.0%76.8%70.7%73.2%76.9%80.6%78.7%
8th85.2%65.3%74.3%68.2%68.0%68.1%86.4%78.3%82.2%
9th70.1%85.5%77.5%76.7%68.1%72.9%76.2%81.8%78.7%
All Grades76.6%72.8%74.7%75.8%71.8%73.7%76.1%79.4%77.7%
Anoka County11th73.3%75.6%74.4%76.4%75.4%75.9%75.5%70.9%73.3%
5th82.1%74.9%78.5%84.0%78.6%81.2%79.5%75.9%77.7%
8th78.4%76.3%77.3%79.1%75.3%77.3%75.5%74.8%75.1%
9th77.2%74.9%76.1%78.2%77.9%78.0%75.6%76.0%75.8%
All Grades78.1%75.5%76.8%78.5%76.5%77.5%76.7%74.8%75.8%
Becker County11th77.8%70.9%74.2%71.8%79.6%75.8%72.6%75.4%74.0%
5th86.7%65.9%76.7%83.5%74.4%79.1%81.6%81.7%81.7%
8th84.1%67.6%75.7%75.4%78.7%77.1%76.8%77.0%76.9%
9th82.7%73.1%77.4%73.6%71.8%72.7%73.2%66.2%69.7%
All Grades82.2%70.4%76.0%76.3%76.1%76.2%75.7%74.4%75.1%
Beltrami County11th78.7%72.5%75.7%79.3%73.2%76.1%79.1%74.4%77.0%
5th76.8%75.1%76.0%78.7%66.1%72.3%76.7%68.6%72.3%
8th77.6%74.0%75.8%75.6%72.7%74.2%73.7%73.7%73.7%
9th74.8%65.0%69.7%71.1%71.4%71.2%72.0%74.1%73.0%
All Grades76.9%71.4%74.2%76.1%70.5%73.2%75.1%72.2%73.7%
Benton County11th78.8%78.0%78.4%***74.5%69.4%72.0%
5thN/AN/AN/A***78.6%84.1%81.5%
8th80.6%66.1%74.1%***73.9%77.5%75.5%
9th81.9%72.9%77.3%***81.2%76.3%78.7%
All Grades80.5%72.2%76.6%***77.0%77.5%77.2%
Big Stone County11th78.8%70.5%74.0%******
5th66.7%78.6%73.1%******
8th80.0%70.8%75.9%*****70.0%
9th83.3%72.7%77.8%******
All Grades79.0%72.2%75.5%***58.5%84.0%68.2%
Blue Earth County11th73.6%73.2%73.4%75.7%75.6%75.6%69.7%74.7%72.3%
5th80.1%75.3%77.7%83.9%75.7%79.8%82.0%75.9%78.9%
8th79.8%80.2%80.0%82.1%79.2%80.6%79.1%85.1%82.0%
9th78.3%76.8%77.5%79.5%77.0%78.3%74.2%73.8%74.0%
All Grades78.2%76.6%77.4%80.5%76.9%78.7%76.8%77.3%77.1%
Brown County11th72.2%66.3%69.2%79.3%76.7%78.0%68.9%80.4%74.4%
5th78.0%73.9%75.7%72.1%74.5%73.4%82.2%77.6%80.0%
8th78.2%70.3%74.2%79.6%81.5%80.6%72.5%74.5%73.7%
9th78.3%56.4%68.0%74.1%70.2%72.0%70.2%65.5%67.9%
All Grades76.7%67.2%71.9%76.3%75.6%76.0%73.6%74.1%73.9%
Carlton County11th77.6%80.9%79.2%73.5%76.1%74.8%71.0%73.6%72.4%
5th77.1%73.7%75.4%83.1%74.9%78.5%71.9%69.7%70.8%
8th80.7%76.8%78.8%74.5%71.7%73.1%68.8%70.6%69.9%
9th80.0%71.1%75.7%75.1%81.4%78.4%77.7%71.9%74.7%
All Grades78.9%75.5%77.2%76.4%76.0%76.2%72.8%71.4%72.0%
Carver County11th79.2%76.8%78.0%75.2%83.3%79.5%74.2%75.8%74.9%
5th89.3%76.4%83.0%87.9%86.5%87.2%81.4%81.2%81.3%
8th80.1%78.2%79.2%85.4%75.0%80.4%79.2%75.2%77.1%
9th83.8%77.7%80.9%76.7%81.3%79.0%77.7%66.7%72.7%
All Grades83.4%77.3%80.4%81.7%80.8%81.3%78.3%75.3%76.8%
Cass County11th79.7%78.6%79.1%55.7%73.8%65.0%63.8%72.5%68.1%
5th75.7%68.8%72.0%82.5%70.4%75.9%76.6%68.3%72.3%
8th73.9%70.7%72.2%73.7%67.5%70.4%70.0%67.7%68.9%
9th75.8%72.6%74.2%69.7%67.4%68.5%72.7%61.7%67.1%
All Grades76.1%72.0%73.9%72.1%69.5%70.7%71.5%67.1%69.2%
Chippewa County11thN/AN/AN/A***62.5%54.3%58.5%
5th88.9%83.3%86.1%***84.3%72.1%78.6%
8thN/AN/AN/A***67.7%75.3%71.9%
9thN/AN/AN/A***76.0%76.0%76.0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***73.7%71.0%72.4%
Chisago County11th75.7%77.7%76.7%***74.4%73.9%74.1%
5th82.0%76.6%79.1%***88.0%86.0%87.1%
8th78.5%70.1%74.6%***71.8%79.3%75.4%
9th80.9%70.5%75.4%***75.2%73.1%74.2%
All Grades78.9%73.1%76.0%***75.7%76.8%76.2%
Clay County11th80.5%80.8%80.6%78.4%74.7%76.4%80.4%75.2%78.1%
5th85.1%72.2%79.3%84.4%76.7%80.1%81.5%78.1%79.7%
8th83.2%73.3%78.1%81.2%70.7%76.2%77.8%76.5%77.1%
9th78.3%74.0%76.1%74.6%82.1%78.6%70.8%79.8%74.9%
All Grades82.0%74.7%78.5%79.7%76.2%77.9%77.5%77.5%77.5%
Clearwater County11th84.8%62.5%73.8%71.9%81.1%76.8%***
5th85.0%80.0%82.7%70.0%60.0%64.8%***
8th75.5%69.0%72.5%77.3%71.1%74.4%***
9th89.7%58.5%71.7%74.4%64.1%68.2%***
All Grades83.2%66.7%74.9%73.4%67.5%70.2%***
Cook County11th100.0%80.0%88.0%*****68.8%
5th66.7%75.0%71.4%*****77.8%
8th78.9%53.8%68.8%*****64.1%
9th59.1%81.8%70.5%*****72.4%
All Grades73.7%74.1%73.9%***73.0%67.2%70.1%
Cottonwood County11th78.4%66.7%71.3%70.5%78.4%74.7%63.9%67.5%65.8%
5th81.0%70.2%75.3%77.5%62.8%69.9%76.1%76.6%76.4%
8th69.8%72.4%71.3%75.0%62.0%68.1%76.9%59.3%67.9%
9th86.0%64.7%74.5%79.2%60.0%69.4%67.6%72.7%70.5%
All Grades78.8%68.5%73.0%75.6%66.0%70.5%71.2%69.0%70.0%
Crow Wing County11th83.3%75.0%79.0%***74.2%75.1%74.7%
5th84.2%74.7%79.8%***84.1%72.8%77.8%
8th78.6%69.1%74.1%***82.8%81.8%82.3%
9th80.7%75.0%78.0%***78.1%78.4%78.3%
All Grades81.5%73.2%77.5%***78.0%76.8%77.4%
Dakota County11th78.1%79.3%78.7%77.4%76.6%77.0%75.6%75.6%75.6%
5th83.4%75.0%79.2%83.8%75.6%79.6%79.5%76.8%78.1%
8th80.8%76.4%78.6%81.9%78.1%80.0%76.5%76.9%76.7%
9th80.7%77.3%79.0%77.3%79.0%78.2%75.4%75.3%75.3%
All Grades80.7%77.0%78.9%80.0%77.4%78.7%76.7%76.1%76.4%
Dodge County11th77.1%82.1%79.5%75.5%75.7%75.6%77.7%78.7%78.2%
5th80.2%79.5%79.8%88.5%75.4%81.7%86.5%81.3%84.1%
8th75.5%76.3%75.9%79.3%78.7%79.0%80.6%75.7%78.2%
9th74.1%63.3%68.9%83.2%76.5%80.0%68.3%80.4%74.4%
All Grades76.6%74.8%75.7%81.9%76.6%79.3%79.3%78.9%79.1%
Douglas County11th77.8%73.5%75.9%76.2%74.0%75.0%75.8%80.7%78.5%
5th81.8%70.2%76.5%84.0%78.7%81.4%83.7%80.6%82.1%
8th83.3%74.7%79.2%84.1%77.1%80.7%82.1%84.2%83.1%
9th82.4%74.2%78.1%75.0%80.6%77.8%76.0%77.2%76.5%
All Grades81.3%73.3%77.5%80.0%77.7%78.8%79.8%80.7%80.2%
Faribault County11th84.3%78.5%81.0%72.2%72.4%72.3%68.1%64.3%66.0%
5th75.0%74.6%74.8%70.0%77.2%73.8%76.5%69.2%72.8%
8th77.4%73.0%75.0%78.3%79.3%78.8%85.1%66.7%73.9%
9th71.8%70.6%71.2%80.0%74.6%76.9%72.1%80.8%76.1%
All Grades76.7%74.1%75.3%74.9%75.8%75.4%75.2%69.8%72.4%
Fillmore County11th73.9%69.8%71.6%81.3%77.4%79.4%**69.8%
5th67.8%70.8%69.4%83.3%76.1%79.4%80.6%70.3%75.3%
8th86.7%74.3%80.7%89.1%65.2%76.7%70.7%75.0%72.6%
9th78.6%80.7%79.6%75.0%70.8%73.0%***
All Grades77.5%73.7%75.6%81.9%72.3%77.0%74.5%70.0%72.2%
Freeborn County11th75.7%80.7%78.4%67.0%82.7%74.6%70.8%82.7%76.5%
5th80.7%73.3%77.2%83.6%75.4%79.4%75.9%75.4%75.7%
8th77.5%80.0%78.7%75.6%76.8%76.2%73.0%76.5%74.8%
9th72.0%70.0%71.1%69.7%74.1%72.1%66.9%71.2%69.0%
All Grades76.5%75.7%76.1%74.6%76.8%75.7%71.6%75.9%73.7%
Goodhue County11th81.0%76.1%78.3%82.9%72.9%78.8%90.3%59.7%76.1%
5th82.6%74.0%77.9%80.1%71.1%75.8%72.7%74.3%73.5%
8th81.7%70.7%76.6%81.4%70.8%76.1%68.5%69.0%68.8%
9th81.5%72.6%77.0%73.0%74.6%73.8%**74.5%
All Grades81.8%73.4%77.5%79.6%72.2%76.0%75.5%69.3%72.5%
Grant County11th87.1%81.5%84.5%57.1%83.3%73.7%68.4%62.1%65.7%
5th69.4%85.7%76.6%66.7%71.1%69.1%74.5%72.2%73.5%
8th53.8%69.4%62.9%82.6%81.3%82.1%57.7%78.9%70.3%
9th65.7%75.0%69.8%65.6%68.6%67.2%63.3%70.6%67.2%
All Grades69.5%77.3%73.3%70.4%75.7%73.1%67.4%71.5%69.4%
Hennepin County11th77.5%75.7%76.6%76.4%75.2%75.8%76.7%75.7%76.2%
5th84.8%76.2%80.5%84.3%78.2%81.3%84.3%80.2%82.2%
8th81.2%77.3%79.3%79.0%77.3%78.1%79.6%79.7%79.7%
9th77.9%77.6%77.7%78.8%78.4%78.6%79.1%78.7%78.9%
All Grades80.3%76.8%78.6%79.9%77.4%78.7%80.0%78.8%79.4%
Houston County11th80.6%70.2%74.9%73.8%72.6%73.2%75.7%72.5%74.3%
5th76.2%70.0%73.4%81.9%69.9%75.9%88.2%77.0%82.4%
8th65.9%70.2%68.0%71.3%73.7%72.4%73.4%78.3%75.5%
9th80.2%79.8%80.0%76.8%68.9%72.3%72.2%84.6%77.7%
All Grades76.0%72.5%74.3%75.9%70.9%73.4%76.3%78.3%77.2%
Hubbard County11th69.7%70.4%70.1%77.8%66.2%72.0%71.0%66.0%68.8%
5th80.5%57.1%70.3%79.3%79.7%79.5%74.2%65.0%69.9%
8th84.9%73.8%80.4%68.8%76.1%72.1%83.5%72.2%78.5%
9th63.5%59.6%61.8%75.0%73.6%74.4%69.5%69.7%69.6%
All Grades75.6%65.6%71.1%75.3%73.9%74.7%75.0%68.3%72.0%
Isanti County11th78.0%76.1%77.2%71.3%75.2%73.2%73.1%67.9%70.8%
5th83.9%73.0%78.4%85.8%75.4%80.6%75.4%74.7%75.1%
8th79.1%74.5%76.9%78.0%71.5%74.8%70.5%70.4%70.4%
9th73.8%76.1%74.9%75.1%73.0%74.1%66.7%59.7%63.3%
All Grades78.9%74.7%76.9%77.8%73.8%75.8%71.5%68.5%70.1%
Itasca County11th77.3%75.8%76.6%76.7%76.7%76.7%71.0%70.3%70.6%
5th89.1%78.0%82.6%83.3%66.5%74.9%78.0%73.2%75.5%
8th84.3%76.1%80.2%74.1%75.7%74.9%70.4%70.9%70.7%
9th79.5%69.4%74.4%76.6%74.5%75.6%71.6%66.1%69.1%
All Grades82.2%74.6%78.3%78.0%73.1%75.4%72.8%70.2%71.5%
Jackson County11th92.6%66.7%79.6%79.5%71.0%76.0%**70.7%
5th78.6%77.6%78.0%67.4%82.9%74.7%82.9%85.7%84.1%
8th85.2%88.1%86.5%73.3%89.5%82.4%65.1%80.0%71.2%
9th77.8%62.7%69.2%65.9%76.7%71.3%64.3%64.2%64.2%
All Grades84.1%72.8%78.2%71.1%79.1%74.9%70.6%71.8%71.3%
Kanabec County11th85.7%67.7%75.4%71.2%66.7%68.7%64.8%78.0%71.2%
5th86.6%67.1%77.6%71.7%71.8%71.8%86.6%71.2%79.8%
8th75.6%71.3%73.5%74.2%68.2%71.6%66.1%79.7%73.3%
9th87.1%72.9%80.6%76.1%75.9%76.0%74.6%71.8%73.2%
All Grades83.4%69.7%76.7%73.5%70.8%72.1%73.8%75.1%74.4%
Kandiyohi County11th86.5%76.9%81.0%76.5%73.5%74.8%74.3%75.4%74.8%
5th87.3%76.7%82.0%81.4%67.9%73.7%77.4%71.5%74.5%
8th75.0%75.3%75.2%74.4%73.3%73.9%71.4%71.0%71.2%
9th84.8%75.8%80.3%77.1%79.1%78.1%73.2%71.0%72.1%
All Grades83.5%76.2%79.6%77.4%73.2%75.1%74.1%72.0%73.1%
Kittson County11th73.7%72.7%73.2%82.1%89.5%85.1%**63.0%
5th68.0%80.0%73.3%55.6%75.0%65.8%***
8th69.6%61.9%65.9%76.2%75.0%75.6%**74.2%
9th71.0%66.7%69.0%72.2%56.3%64.7%**75.0%
All Grades70.4%70.0%70.2%72.9%74.7%73.8%70.4%72.5%71.3%
Koochiching County11th71.4%66.7%68.8%*****61.5%
5th89.7%76.9%82.4%***85.7%86.7%86.2%
8th72.7%57.1%65.8%*****71.7%
9th75.0%75.8%75.4%***48.3%53.6%50.9%
All Grades77.0%69.4%73.1%***68.6%69.6%69.1%
Lac Qui Parle County11th79.4%67.9%74.2%75.8%63.9%69.6%60.5%78.1%68.0%
5th76.5%81.4%78.7%84.0%64.1%75.3%77.3%80.0%78.6%
8th78.4%56.8%67.6%72.9%64.6%69.2%83.0%81.0%82.0%
9th62.2%45.7%53.0%73.0%58.3%65.8%53.6%69.8%63.4%
All Grades74.2%62.3%68.4%76.5%62.9%70.1%70.4%77.1%73.7%
Lake County11th80.0%75.0%76.7%***71.4%72.7%72.1%
5th78.9%78.8%78.9%***75.7%77.8%76.7%
8th89.5%73.3%80.7%***79.6%68.2%74.5%
9th73.8%81.8%76.6%***75.7%74.5%75.0%
All Grades79.6%76.8%78.2%***76.1%73.2%74.6%
Lake of the Woods County11th70.6%46.2%60.0%*****70.0%
5th66.7%66.7%66.7%*****65.5%
8th91.7%61.1%73.3%*****84.8%
9th69.2%80.0%73.9%*****78.9%
All Grades74.1%62.9%68.1%***68.9%81.2%75.4%
Le Sueur County11th66.7%82.5%75.4%71.1%81.4%75.7%68.2%69.1%68.8%
5th71.6%76.1%74.0%81.5%71.7%76.5%83.6%77.4%79.9%
8th81.6%73.5%78.2%72.4%75.9%74.3%70.4%71.1%70.8%
9th84.0%72.4%78.2%73.8%70.1%71.9%79.2%77.9%78.6%
All Grades76.8%76.2%76.5%74.7%74.4%74.5%75.8%73.9%74.8%
Lincoln County11th73.9%80.0%76.7%*****81.1%
5th56.3%76.5%66.7%*****81.3%
8th50.0%83.3%61.1%*****77.5%
9th100.0%82.6%89.5%*****67.5%
All Grades67.9%80.6%74.0%***75.3%78.4%77.0%
Lyon County11th81.0%71.0%76.2%74.3%77.1%75.6%72.0%75.9%74.0%
5th85.5%73.0%79.0%81.0%75.8%78.4%71.5%81.5%76.4%
8th71.2%71.9%71.6%81.2%74.8%77.9%80.2%72.4%76.6%
9th81.2%69.9%75.4%81.9%69.2%75.5%82.1%75.0%78.7%
All Grades80.1%71.2%75.5%79.9%73.9%76.9%76.4%76.4%76.4%
McLeod County11th66.7%57.1%61.5%*****66.7%
5th91.7%85.7%89.5%*****70.6%
8th89.5%72.7%83.3%*****72.7%
9th83.3%53.8%68.0%******
All Grades83.6%64.4%75.0%***63.0%70.9%67.0%
Mahnomen County11th62.5%71.4%66.7%68.4%63.3%65.3%**65.8%
5th73.1%56.8%62.9%75.0%61.5%67.6%69.2%75.8%72.2%
8th65.6%66.7%66.1%56.0%61.5%59.4%76.7%60.7%69.0%
9th83.9%70.7%76.4%48.4%74.3%62.1%55.3%59.5%57.5%
All Grades71.7%65.4%68.3%61.7%65.0%63.6%68.6%63.0%65.7%
Marshall County11th83.7%76.5%79.8%64.3%84.2%75.8%***
5th84.4%76.2%79.7%87.5%75.6%80.0%**71.1%
8th80.0%52.6%65.8%78.8%72.1%75.0%***
9th87.3%51.2%71.9%70.7%53.1%63.0%**66.7%
All Grades84.2%65.1%74.5%74.6%72.1%73.2%72.1%74.4%73.3%
Martin County11th77.5%71.6%74.7%***68.6%71.1%70.1%
5th81.2%73.9%77.7%***88.6%69.2%78.4%
8th79.0%70.7%75.0%***79.5%70.5%75.4%
9th71.4%65.5%68.3%***78.0%66.7%73.8%
All Grades77.1%70.0%73.6%***79.3%69.5%74.5%
Meeker County11th90.2%66.7%77.7%78.8%78.1%78.4%**68.2%
5th84.9%68.4%76.4%84.2%73.2%78.8%**79.2%
8th79.7%74.0%76.8%77.5%75.9%76.7%61.3%78.8%70.3%
9th85.0%64.7%74.1%72.8%78.2%75.7%**69.0%
All Grades84.1%68.8%76.1%78.4%76.2%77.3%67.0%76.1%71.7%
Mille Lacs County11th79.4%78.1%78.8%75.7%70.8%73.3%67.3%70.7%69.0%
5th76.9%78.4%77.7%82.3%75.0%78.4%80.1%81.6%80.8%
8th82.1%71.9%76.8%81.7%74.6%77.8%78.4%75.6%76.8%
9th80.7%69.1%74.9%75.4%73.5%74.5%71.4%73.7%72.5%
All Grades80.3%73.6%76.9%79.0%73.8%76.3%74.9%75.8%75.3%
Morrison County11th77.4%74.0%75.8%73.7%76.7%75.1%84.1%76.6%80.7%
5th82.3%78.1%80.3%88.1%82.3%84.8%80.4%77.2%78.8%
8th79.7%74.6%77.1%79.9%75.6%77.8%72.1%73.9%73.0%
9th76.3%73.0%74.6%76.1%76.2%76.1%74.7%68.6%71.7%
All Grades78.9%74.8%76.9%78.9%77.7%78.3%77.6%73.8%75.8%
Mower County11th74.5%72.7%73.5%76.1%70.5%73.1%68.0%72.3%70.3%
5th80.2%71.4%75.6%80.7%67.7%74.3%77.8%71.2%74.7%
8th84.7%70.7%77.8%74.2%71.0%72.5%70.1%73.2%71.6%
9th72.1%69.0%70.6%76.1%73.5%74.8%72.4%62.5%68.0%
All Grades78.5%71.0%74.7%76.9%70.7%73.7%73.0%70.1%71.7%
Murray County11th63.2%75.9%68.7%70.3%68.4%69.3%91.9%75.9%84.8%
5th60.7%71.9%66.7%83.3%81.8%82.6%96.4%85.0%89.7%
8th89.7%65.6%78.9%75.6%77.4%76.4%85.0%80.6%83.1%
9th85.3%61.1%72.9%77.1%73.8%75.3%79.4%54.5%67.2%
All Grades75.5%68.2%72.0%76.5%75.0%75.8%87.8%74.4%81.3%
Nicollet County11th81.6%85.5%83.7%***78.7%72.4%75.9%
5th84.4%79.7%82.3%******
8th82.5%68.6%75.9%******
9th78.9%79.4%79.2%***75.4%71.0%73.3%
All Grades82.1%78.5%80.3%***77.2%71.5%74.5%
Nobles County11th80.0%69.9%75.1%78.4%78.2%78.3%62.3%71.7%66.8%
5th76.5%59.6%68.4%76.4%63.7%70.3%76.2%66.3%71.7%
8th69.3%74.1%71.6%78.1%68.4%73.7%69.6%65.4%67.6%
9th75.6%58.6%67.4%72.7%67.9%69.9%65.3%69.1%67.1%
All Grades75.1%65.4%70.4%76.6%69.0%72.9%68.1%68.2%68.2%
Norman County11th76.7%80.6%78.7%67.9%69.6%68.6%**66.7%
5th73.3%69.0%70.9%69.7%62.5%66.7%**79.3%
8th84.2%76.7%80.9%67.4%70.9%69.3%50.0%68.8%58.8%
9th82.1%66.7%74.7%54.8%68.8%61.9%***
All Grades78.9%72.3%75.6%65.2%68.7%66.9%58.7%69.2%64.5%
Olmsted County11th76.0%73.3%74.5%77.6%77.4%77.5%73.9%75.1%74.5%
5th81.6%77.8%79.7%84.6%75.9%80.2%82.6%77.4%80.0%
8th80.2%74.8%77.3%79.9%77.4%78.7%78.3%78.7%78.5%
9th72.2%72.4%72.3%75.9%73.8%74.9%80.1%78.6%79.4%
All Grades77.5%74.3%75.8%80.0%76.1%78.1%79.2%77.6%78.4%
Otter Tail County11th80.1%77.5%78.8%77.0%71.4%74.2%72.2%77.5%75.1%
5th75.3%69.5%72.2%86.5%76.3%81.5%78.1%75.9%77.0%
8th82.8%72.6%77.7%74.5%76.7%75.7%77.7%77.5%77.6%
9th81.4%65.6%73.6%77.8%72.8%75.3%67.6%74.3%70.8%
All Grades80.3%71.1%75.6%79.2%74.4%76.8%74.1%76.3%75.2%
Pennington County11th77.8%65.4%71.1%***71.2%80.0%75.0%
5th70.0%100.0%76.9%***71.0%64.3%67.4%
8th80.9%67.9%75.0%***70.5%75.0%72.6%
9th75.4%74.0%74.7%***57.6%70.8%64.9%
All Grades78.0%70.0%74.1%***67.8%71.8%69.8%
Pine County11th69.5%67.3%68.4%65.5%72.9%69.4%71.1%77.1%74.0%
5th76.6%69.2%72.9%78.6%59.4%69.4%72.6%75.6%74.0%
8th67.6%60.6%63.8%76.2%64.5%70.4%76.3%65.2%70.3%
9th71.1%64.1%67.9%75.0%67.4%71.1%66.4%76.9%71.7%
All Grades70.7%64.7%67.6%74.0%66.6%70.3%71.7%73.1%72.4%
Pipestone County11th67.6%75.9%71.4%*****74.5%
5th78.3%59.5%66.7%***88.2%84.4%86.4%
8th87.0%75.0%79.7%***82.9%81.8%82.4%
9th86.1%69.7%78.3%***66.7%81.5%74.1%
All Grades79.3%69.6%74.1%***79.0%81.0%80.0%
Polk County11th85.6%75.0%79.8%67.1%70.8%68.8%69.3%72.4%70.7%
5th80.1%73.3%77.0%77.7%77.4%77.5%78.5%76.9%77.7%
8th85.1%66.4%76.2%80.6%73.0%76.8%69.9%70.4%70.2%
9th78.9%66.7%73.2%70.9%69.4%70.1%78.8%71.5%75.3%
All Grades82.2%70.4%76.4%74.4%72.8%73.6%74.2%72.9%73.5%
Pope County11th85.7%66.7%76.5%62.5%71.1%67.7%79.3%75.0%76.9%
5th81.8%82.5%82.2%80.0%66.7%73.0%***
8th75.0%70.7%72.6%90.6%73.8%81.1%75.0%70.0%72.7%
9th87.1%84.8%85.7%80.0%70.0%74.5%81.8%67.5%74.0%
All Grades82.4%76.9%79.4%79.3%70.5%74.3%78.6%70.8%74.5%
Ramsey County11th72.5%71.4%72.0%72.8%71.1%72.0%73.1%71.9%72.5%
5th80.1%71.6%75.9%79.7%74.3%77.0%78.2%75.0%76.6%
8th76.9%73.1%75.1%75.4%72.4%73.9%74.0%72.8%73.4%
9th74.0%70.1%72.2%72.8%76.4%74.6%75.5%71.3%73.4%
All Grades75.9%71.5%73.8%75.4%73.7%74.6%75.5%73.0%74.3%
Red Lake County11th70.8%72.7%71.7%65.2%84.2%73.8%**76.7%
5th77.8%80.0%78.8%64.3%44.0%54.7%**86.0%
8th70.8%65.0%68.2%58.3%81.0%68.9%**76.9%
9th74.1%78.1%76.3%76.2%73.9%75.0%89.7%65.4%78.2%
All Grades73.5%74.7%74.1%65.6%69.3%67.4%85.6%72.9%79.5%
Redwood County11th71.4%69.8%70.5%72.7%66.1%69.2%81.3%74.1%77.4%
5th88.1%73.2%80.9%83.3%71.9%76.8%79.4%73.6%76.3%
8th84.6%68.9%76.1%79.5%70.1%75.0%71.7%77.4%75.0%
9th77.8%70.0%73.4%75.4%77.6%76.5%63.9%71.0%67.4%
All Grades80.8%70.4%75.2%76.9%71.5%74.2%73.3%74.2%73.8%
Renville County11th77.4%66.7%72.7%73.1%72.5%72.9%**72.0%
5th79.4%69.0%73.7%87.5%77.8%81.7%90.0%67.5%78.8%
8th72.1%72.0%72.1%72.1%81.8%77.2%92.1%65.5%80.6%
9th86.1%73.5%80.0%78.2%66.7%73.0%72.5%82.5%77.5%
All Grades78.5%70.4%74.7%75.8%75.4%75.6%83.6%71.0%77.6%
Rice County11th79.6%78.8%79.2%78.6%84.9%81.7%78.1%79.7%78.8%
5th86.0%75.0%80.6%86.1%76.3%81.2%84.4%77.1%80.5%
8th84.2%75.2%79.7%80.2%78.5%79.4%76.6%74.0%75.4%
9th79.1%71.7%75.3%77.9%74.7%76.3%79.2%76.2%77.7%
All Grades82.4%74.9%78.7%81.0%78.2%79.6%79.5%76.7%78.1%
Rock County11th91.2%69.2%79.5%***75.0%78.1%76.6%
5th82.5%80.6%81.7%***78.4%79.5%79.0%
8th84.1%73.9%78.9%***89.6%61.1%77.4%
9th69.2%69.4%69.3%***64.7%74.0%70.2%
All Grades81.5%73.0%77.3%***78.1%73.5%75.7%
Roseau County11th77.0%67.5%72.1%80.4%72.6%75.6%67.9%70.0%69.0%
5th74.0%77.9%76.0%80.9%77.8%79.2%78.7%84.2%81.2%
8th83.3%78.8%80.5%72.7%67.1%69.9%72.6%62.7%67.9%
9th75.0%73.3%74.1%80.2%65.6%72.5%72.5%73.1%72.8%
All Grades76.7%74.3%75.4%78.3%70.5%74.1%72.7%71.2%72.0%
St. Louis County11th77.9%75.2%76.6%76.1%73.5%74.8%74.5%76.0%75.3%
5th82.8%72.7%77.9%87.1%77.2%82.2%81.8%79.6%80.7%
8th83.0%73.9%78.5%75.7%76.5%76.1%74.2%79.2%76.5%
9th79.1%71.3%75.3%76.0%75.9%76.0%70.4%77.3%73.7%
All Grades80.7%73.1%77.0%78.9%75.9%77.4%75.3%78.2%76.7%
Scott County11th75.1%74.3%74.7%75.5%77.2%76.4%77.5%78.5%78.0%
5th82.3%79.2%80.7%85.9%78.0%82.0%82.5%78.3%80.4%
8th81.2%77.1%79.2%79.1%77.3%78.2%77.5%78.8%78.1%
9th79.9%72.4%76.1%76.4%76.2%76.3%79.2%77.6%78.4%
All Grades79.7%75.7%77.7%79.5%77.2%78.3%79.2%78.3%78.7%
Sherburne County11th78.2%73.7%75.8%72.0%73.3%72.7%74.1%73.2%73.6%
5th82.2%74.6%78.5%83.7%75.9%79.9%81.2%79.2%80.2%
8th79.9%75.9%77.8%78.9%77.7%78.3%76.5%72.6%74.7%
9th77.4%71.7%74.6%74.3%74.3%74.3%72.9%77.8%75.3%
All Grades79.4%74.1%76.7%77.6%75.5%76.5%76.4%75.9%76.2%
Sibley County11th75.0%70.6%72.9%71.7%69.8%70.9%71.9%67.9%69.9%
5th80.6%61.9%71.2%80.3%74.6%77.5%74.2%66.7%70.3%
8th84.1%69.8%77.6%68.8%64.2%66.4%78.1%59.6%69.4%
9th87.3%74.4%80.1%66.1%72.7%69.3%74.2%60.9%67.7%
All Grades82.0%69.4%75.7%71.7%70.1%70.9%74.7%63.8%69.3%
Stearns County11th76.0%75.5%75.8%74.9%78.0%76.4%79.6%75.2%77.4%
5th81.3%73.1%77.1%83.0%76.2%79.7%82.4%78.8%80.6%
8th80.1%69.8%74.9%82.2%73.6%77.9%80.5%80.1%80.3%
9th81.9%70.8%76.3%79.2%76.1%77.7%76.0%73.1%74.7%
All Grades79.8%72.3%76.0%80.2%75.8%78.0%79.7%77.1%78.4%
Steele County11th77.3%73.9%75.6%79.9%78.6%79.3%71.8%74.3%73.0%
5th70.8%60.0%65.0%80.8%78.0%79.4%85.0%63.4%76.2%
8th77.4%71.6%74.7%71.5%77.9%74.7%73.9%67.5%70.8%
9th77.7%72.2%75.0%71.1%80.6%76.0%73.5%75.5%74.6%
All Grades77.0%71.5%74.3%76.0%78.8%77.4%74.3%71.9%73.1%
Stevens County11th86.4%66.7%77.5%72.7%82.9%77.2%***
5th83.9%80.0%81.7%80.0%84.2%82.4%***
8th89.8%80.4%85.3%80.0%76.2%77.9%***
9th80.0%78.0%78.8%78.8%73.8%76.0%**89.3%
All Grades85.4%77.9%81.4%77.5%79.0%78.3%72.4%83.9%78.3%
Swift County11th80.0%68.4%73.0%******
5th86.1%75.0%81.3%******
8th88.9%88.6%88.7%******
9th75.0%65.4%70.4%******
All Grades83.2%74.8%79.0%******
Todd County11th74.6%74.4%74.5%74.2%72.4%73.3%67.3%64.9%66.1%
5th75.0%69.6%72.1%81.3%72.6%76.7%69.7%70.4%70.0%
8th80.4%72.4%76.5%74.8%62.4%68.6%75.8%62.1%68.6%
9th84.9%62.9%75.5%63.2%68.7%66.1%83.9%65.5%74.8%
All Grades79.0%69.7%74.7%73.6%69.1%71.3%73.9%65.5%69.7%
Traverse County11th83.3%75.0%80.8%******
5th81.8%82.4%82.1%*****64.1%
8th66.7%83.3%76.9%*****73.5%
9th90.9%100.0%95.7%*****71.4%
All Grades80.0%85.2%82.8%***66.7%76.3%71.6%
Wabasha County11th87.2%76.9%82.3%74.8%71.9%73.4%79.8%76.0%78.0%
5th74.7%77.3%76.1%83.4%80.3%81.9%80.0%76.1%77.9%
8th80.4%70.0%75.6%81.0%75.2%77.9%81.3%76.3%78.9%
9th75.5%80.0%77.7%77.6%77.6%77.6%70.3%72.9%71.6%
All Grades80.4%76.3%78.4%79.3%76.4%77.9%77.9%75.4%76.7%
Wadena County11th74.3%73.4%73.9%76.8%79.7%78.1%75.4%71.0%73.1%
5th77.5%68.2%72.3%76.6%73.7%75.1%71.3%78.5%74.6%
8th77.6%72.6%75.3%80.0%60.6%69.3%71.1%76.1%73.6%
9th83.2%75.7%80.0%72.0%86.6%78.5%82.8%83.1%82.9%
All Grades78.4%72.2%75.5%76.3%73.5%75.0%74.3%76.9%75.6%
Waseca County11th72.9%69.6%71.3%84.3%84.0%84.1%70.2%72.1%71.0%
5th79.4%64.6%72.8%77.9%77.3%77.6%72.5%88.5%77.9%
8th82.0%80.0%81.1%73.3%74.4%73.8%74.6%72.3%73.5%
9th78.0%74.0%75.8%72.0%65.7%68.8%74.7%69.6%72.0%
All Grades78.3%72.3%75.4%76.4%74.7%75.6%73.2%72.8%73.0%
Washington County11th81.1%77.0%79.0%79.8%77.6%78.7%76.7%78.0%77.3%
5th85.1%79.1%82.0%87.4%81.2%84.3%82.5%79.3%80.9%
8th82.2%72.7%77.5%83.7%78.6%81.0%80.2%81.1%80.6%
9th79.6%76.3%78.0%79.3%79.6%79.4%79.7%80.2%80.0%
All Grades81.9%76.2%79.1%82.6%79.3%80.9%79.9%79.7%79.8%
Watonwan County11th60.0%55.6%57.5%46.3%50.0%48.1%58.3%57.1%57.6%
5th57.1%60.0%58.8%75.0%47.6%61.6%86.4%74.0%81.0%
8th64.0%54.3%60.0%64.7%59.2%61.5%70.0%59.5%65.2%
9th68.9%58.3%64.2%57.4%57.5%57.4%57.1%66.1%61.9%
All Grades64.2%56.3%60.5%59.9%54.7%57.2%70.1%64.5%67.3%
Wilkin County11th82.9%73.0%78.2%82.5%84.6%83.3%**80.0%
5th75.0%60.0%67.9%75.0%78.6%76.7%**73.9%
8th71.1%60.0%66.2%79.4%68.4%73.6%73.1%65.4%69.2%
9th82.7%74.2%79.5%68.4%79.6%74.7%77.8%55.6%66.7%
All Grades78.6%67.5%73.8%76.4%77.3%76.8%77.7%67.0%72.1%
Winona County11th68.7%72.1%70.5%67.5%78.0%72.8%67.2%58.8%63.4%
5th83.0%77.7%80.4%78.3%69.7%74.1%79.1%70.1%74.2%
8th78.8%70.3%74.6%80.4%71.5%76.0%78.3%73.8%76.0%
9th73.3%73.4%73.4%72.8%68.8%70.8%70.8%63.8%67.2%
All Grades76.0%73.1%74.5%74.7%72.0%73.3%75.6%69.0%72.2%
Wright County11th77.2%75.9%76.6%79.9%70.9%75.4%76.3%73.6%75.0%
5th82.2%76.6%79.5%90.3%76.6%83.0%84.0%81.0%82.5%
8th83.7%78.7%81.2%82.3%78.2%80.3%80.4%79.2%79.8%
9th82.5%76.9%79.7%80.1%78.5%79.3%77.1%78.6%77.8%
All Grades81.6%77.1%79.3%83.1%76.3%79.6%79.5%78.5%79.0%
Yellow Medicine County11th83.7%78.6%81.3%71.9%82.4%77.3%**85.7%
5th80.0%55.0%63.3%78.7%56.5%67.7%71.4%56.4%64.0%
8th57.1%76.0%66.0%90.0%86.4%87.8%66.7%68.3%67.4%
9th59.5%65.9%63.0%68.4%84.8%77.4%66.0%82.9%73.4%
All Grades70.2%70.2%70.2%76.9%77.1%77.0%70.7%71.6%71.1%

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 friends care about them “quite a bit” or “very much” are 1.5 times less likely to report past month alcohol use, 1.5 times less likely to report past month tobacco use, 1.7 times less likely to report past month marijuana use, and 2.3 times less likely to report any past month prescription drug misuse as compared to those who think their friends 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.