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Percent of Students Reporting They Think Their Friends Would Feel it Would be Wrong or Very Wrong if They Had One or Two Drinks of Alcohol Every Day, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th95.1%91.0%93.1%93.8%89.5%91.6%
8th87.3%80.7%84.1%88.1%82.6%85.4%86.2%81.2%83.8%85.7%85.1%85.4%
9th79.4%70.9%75.2%83.0%77.1%80.1%80.5%74.0%77.4%83.0%81.0%82.0%
11th71.0%55.4%63.3%73.4%61.0%67.3%74.6%63.4%69.1%78.1%72.1%75.2%
All Grades83.5%75.2%79.4%85.0%78.3%81.7%81.0%73.7%77.5%82.7%80.1%81.4%
Aitkin County5th98.0%89.5%93.5%96.4%89.0%92.0%
8th85.0%74.6%79.4%86.4%73.9%80.0%92.5%71.8%82.3%***
9th64.6%67.2%65.9%67.8%80.4%73.3%78.8%63.3%71.4%66.7%50.0%59.4%
11th59.6%33.3%47.4%85.4%47.2%65.3%**60.0%75.0%69.2%72.7%
All Grades76.3%68.4%72.3%83.2%74.5%78.7%81.4%64.2%72.9%73.5%62.2%68.6%
Anoka County5th95.5%92.5%93.9%94.6%91.2%92.8%
8th87.1%81.3%84.2%87.8%83.0%85.5%85.2%80.7%83.1%83.8%84.7%84.3%
9th79.6%72.8%76.4%82.6%78.6%80.7%80.4%73.8%77.4%83.6%83.8%83.7%
11th71.8%57.4%64.9%73.6%64.7%69.2%75.5%68.4%72.2%80.7%78.0%79.5%
All Grades84.8%78.6%81.8%83.0%77.3%80.2%81.4%75.8%78.8%83.1%83.0%83.1%
Becker County5th91.1%90.2%90.7%96.1%83.9%90.1%
8th91.5%78.7%85.0%87.2%80.9%84.0%77.7%74.8%76.4%85.1%82.4%83.6%
9th77.3%75.3%76.3%79.8%74.6%77.3%76.0%69.9%73.0%82.7%75.0%78.3%
11th72.2%57.3%64.3%70.6%54.5%62.4%62.4%45.4%53.9%84.0%72.9%79.7%
All Grades83.0%73.8%78.3%83.8%73.7%78.8%73.0%64.2%68.8%83.8%77.0%80.2%
Beltrami County5th93.1%87.3%90.4%90.6%81.4%85.9%
8th85.1%83.2%84.2%87.5%81.1%84.4%76.4%78.2%77.3%80.4%85.6%82.9%
9th72.1%64.2%68.1%77.0%72.6%74.7%72.9%58.4%66.1%73.8%66.3%69.9%
11th64.9%51.2%58.2%69.9%66.7%68.2%65.1%49.6%58.4%75.0%72.5%73.8%
All Grades78.9%71.6%75.3%82.6%76.2%79.3%72.1%64.3%68.4%77.7%77.6%77.6%
Benton County5thN/AN/AN/A***
8th92.2%83.0%88.3%91.1%79.9%85.7%85.3%83.2%84.3%87.2%82.7%84.9%
9th87.4%70.7%79.1%78.3%69.4%73.7%81.6%72.6%77.1%81.7%78.6%80.3%
11th69.0%50.5%60.5%69.9%52.9%62.5%70.9%49.7%60.8%72.5%59.1%67.3%
All Grades83.5%68.2%76.4%81.0%69.9%75.6%80.0%70.0%75.3%80.5%75.4%78.2%
Big Stone County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%***
8th76.7%81.8%78.8%*****85.0%82.4%88.2%85.3%
9th63.3%69.7%66.7%******84.6%76.9%80.8%
11th54.5%40.5%46.7%******82.4%72.7%76.9%
All Grades68.6%64.9%66.7%*****75.5%83.3%78.5%80.8%
Blue Earth County5th94.0%91.1%92.6%95.7%92.0%93.8%
8th93.9%88.4%91.2%87.2%83.3%85.3%89.3%87.5%88.5%91.2%86.6%88.9%
9th76.5%75.2%75.8%86.3%79.1%82.7%84.1%79.9%81.9%85.0%87.7%86.4%
11th71.1%58.2%65.2%80.7%65.3%72.8%67.3%62.4%64.8%81.3%80.2%80.7%
All Grades84.7%80.0%82.4%87.9%80.7%84.3%81.3%77.3%79.2%86.2%85.1%85.6%
Brown County5th96.6%90.0%93.0%84.9%91.6%88.4%
8th86.7%76.6%81.6%95.0%82.9%88.7%82.3%85.1%83.9%79.8%83.5%81.5%
9th76.5%57.5%67.6%81.7%70.6%75.9%70.1%69.4%69.7%85.4%67.3%75.6%
11th70.5%47.8%58.9%64.0%50.6%57.3%70.5%63.5%67.5%72.1%67.2%69.6%
All Grades82.6%69.4%75.9%81.9%74.6%78.2%73.5%73.4%73.5%79.2%74.2%76.7%
Carlton County5th96.2%87.6%91.9%94.8%91.0%92.6%
8th80.6%75.0%77.9%86.5%81.4%84.0%83.6%76.9%79.7%86.3%82.5%84.2%
9th81.1%72.1%76.8%82.0%80.7%81.4%78.3%73.5%75.9%81.9%83.3%82.6%
11th64.7%51.0%57.8%71.3%51.7%61.7%71.7%59.0%65.0%71.6%59.2%65.0%
All Grades81.5%72.3%77.0%83.6%77.7%80.6%77.8%70.1%73.7%81.2%76.2%78.6%
Carver County5th98.8%91.4%95.2%95.3%88.7%91.9%
8th93.0%87.0%90.0%87.0%80.6%84.1%89.6%89.1%89.3%81.8%82.4%82.1%
9th80.6%69.1%75.2%89.0%77.6%83.4%78.2%80.2%79.0%73.9%70.2%72.3%
11th78.2%62.4%70.5%76.1%61.1%68.1%70.0%66.7%68.5%64.0%70.0%64.9%
All Grades87.7%77.8%82.9%87.6%78.0%82.8%80.7%81.0%80.9%73.1%73.9%72.9%
Cass County5th92.4%88.1%90.1%91.3%84.2%87.5%
8th71.6%79.2%75.5%84.1%79.2%81.5%73.2%70.7%71.9%87.1%82.9%84.8%
9th63.2%56.8%60.0%66.7%69.7%68.2%67.9%54.1%61.0%62.9%78.0%71.1%
11th51.5%52.9%52.2%69.2%44.3%56.7%65.2%52.6%59.5%71.4%81.8%76.4%
All Grades72.0%71.9%71.9%78.8%72.6%75.5%69.3%60.6%65.0%73.6%80.7%77.2%
Chippewa County5th94.4%100.0%97.2%***
8thN/AN/AN/A***91.9%78.4%84.6%***
9thN/AN/AN/A***77.8%80.0%78.9%80.0%68.8%75.0%
11thN/AN/AN/A***69.4%34.9%53.3%88.2%75.0%81.8%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***80.3%69.3%74.7%86.4%73.0%80.5%
Chisago County5th97.0%89.5%93.0%***
8th86.4%75.9%81.6%***81.8%82.8%82.2%91.7%85.0%88.6%
9th83.1%67.6%75.2%***77.9%70.5%74.6%75.9%67.5%72.0%
11th66.3%51.8%59.4%***69.4%61.8%65.5%75.5%77.2%76.2%
All Grades81.8%69.7%75.9%***77.1%72.3%74.8%77.5%73.7%75.8%
Clay County5th95.6%92.2%94.1%94.8%93.2%93.9%
8th85.6%77.2%81.4%87.8%88.2%88.0%89.0%80.8%84.6%91.6%86.5%89.2%
9th80.1%86.2%83.1%85.7%86.2%86.0%82.6%77.7%80.4%85.0%83.4%84.3%
11th74.3%55.1%65.4%81.3%67.5%74.0%76.8%66.7%72.3%81.0%72.7%76.6%
All Grades84.8%78.6%81.8%87.6%84.5%86.0%82.1%75.2%78.8%86.2%81.3%83.8%
Clearwater County5th97.4%94.1%95.9%89.1%92.3%90.8%
8th91.5%61.5%77.9%78.6%73.0%75.9%******
9th79.5%66.7%72.2%71.4%67.7%69.2%******
11th69.2%26.1%49.0%40.6%38.2%39.4%******
All Grades86.1%65.3%75.8%72.2%70.3%71.2%******
Cook County5th80.0%100.0%91.7%***
8th94.7%69.2%84.4%*****61.1%85.7%92.3%88.9%
9th61.9%61.1%61.5%*****67.9%69.2%75.0%72.0%
11th60.0%25.0%38.5%*****53.6%***
All Grades74.5%57.4%66.1%***55.6%66.0%60.9%70.0%75.0%72.4%
Cottonwood County5th97.6%73.3%84.9%97.4%83.3%90.0%
8th90.7%82.2%86.4%93.0%69.4%80.4%89.9%88.3%89.1%83.3%86.7%85.1%
9th100.0%75.5%86.7%84.8%66.7%75.5%78.8%70.2%74.0%73.5%78.9%76.4%
11th68.6%72.7%71.1%79.5%52.0%64.9%75.4%58.2%66.2%74.2%71.2%72.9%
All Grades90.0%75.8%82.2%88.3%67.2%77.2%81.8%72.1%76.7%76.9%79.3%78.1%
Crow Wing County5th95.7%91.7%93.8%***
8th88.6%88.7%88.6%***93.8%84.1%89.1%77.7%79.9%78.8%
9th84.0%73.3%78.8%***85.4%81.1%83.2%80.0%71.4%76.2%
11th62.1%44.9%53.3%***73.6%64.8%69.2%73.5%72.1%72.9%
All Grades84.3%76.6%80.6%***81.8%75.3%78.5%77.5%75.3%76.5%
Dakota County5th96.3%92.1%94.2%93.7%89.0%91.4%
8th88.7%83.1%85.9%88.7%84.9%86.8%87.5%83.8%85.7%83.8%83.6%83.6%
9th82.0%75.5%78.8%85.4%79.5%82.5%83.6%77.6%80.7%84.2%83.4%83.9%
11th71.8%59.2%65.6%76.6%65.0%70.8%79.5%67.7%73.6%77.3%74.1%75.8%
All Grades85.1%78.2%81.6%86.2%79.9%83.1%83.8%77.0%80.5%82.1%80.9%81.5%
Dodge County5th96.9%93.7%95.3%97.2%91.2%94.1%
8th80.9%82.0%81.4%87.8%86.8%87.3%91.5%73.4%83.0%85.5%82.0%83.8%
9th86.2%71.2%79.1%80.0%77.2%78.7%89.7%66.0%77.8%80.8%76.1%78.6%
11th65.7%41.1%54.0%75.0%56.9%67.3%73.5%63.2%68.3%82.0%62.4%72.0%
All Grades83.4%74.1%79.0%85.1%80.0%82.7%85.2%67.8%76.7%82.9%74.4%78.8%
Douglas County5th96.1%92.3%94.4%96.1%89.7%92.9%
8th91.4%81.3%86.5%93.3%80.0%86.8%89.8%84.0%87.0%89.7%87.8%88.8%
9th81.8%79.4%80.5%87.6%74.7%81.2%77.5%72.2%75.1%86.1%73.4%80.2%
11th69.3%59.5%65.1%69.1%54.6%61.4%73.5%65.9%69.5%72.4%73.2%72.8%
All Grades84.5%78.4%81.6%87.6%75.2%81.4%81.7%75.6%78.8%83.6%78.5%81.2%
Faribault County5th96.1%95.5%95.7%86.7%91.8%89.4%
8th84.9%82.3%83.5%80.4%83.6%82.2%84.4%78.9%81.0%86.5%73.6%79.2%
9th83.1%63.1%73.5%79.5%66.7%72.4%76.7%62.5%70.4%85.5%81.0%83.2%
11th63.3%33.3%46.8%51.9%62.5%57.3%62.2%53.8%57.7%67.5%67.8%67.7%
All Grades82.1%69.2%75.3%73.5%75.7%74.7%74.7%66.7%70.4%81.2%74.3%77.3%
Fillmore County5th94.6%93.8%94.2%95.0%91.3%93.0%
8th86.7%80.6%83.8%77.8%75.0%76.3%89.5%83.3%86.8%***
9th77.8%56.4%67.0%85.9%64.6%75.7%***75.0%78.8%76.7%
11th76.1%54.0%63.3%68.8%45.9%57.6%**52.9%71.4%67.7%69.5%
All Grades84.4%72.0%78.0%81.8%70.0%75.8%80.6%65.2%72.8%75.0%77.2%76.2%
Freeborn County5th95.5%93.1%94.4%97.4%87.7%92.4%
8th91.8%92.1%91.9%81.4%85.3%83.3%84.5%82.4%83.4%83.3%82.7%83.2%
9th68.8%70.5%69.5%75.3%68.7%71.8%75.9%77.3%76.5%83.0%78.7%81.0%
11th66.0%40.0%51.2%73.9%50.6%62.7%63.5%66.2%64.7%70.9%80.3%75.9%
All Grades82.1%75.6%79.0%82.9%75.0%79.0%75.3%76.5%75.9%80.3%80.6%80.6%
Goodhue County5th95.2%88.9%91.7%90.1%82.3%86.5%
8th87.6%79.2%83.8%84.6%70.0%77.4%80.4%74.7%77.7%76.1%81.3%78.7%
9th80.3%64.8%72.4%70.6%58.9%64.5%**45.0%80.0%79.7%79.8%
11th76.4%59.1%67.2%71.1%60.3%66.8%58.6%70.4%64.3%75.8%66.2%70.9%
All Grades85.7%74.5%80.0%79.9%68.9%74.7%69.6%69.6%69.6%77.6%77.4%77.5%
Grant County5th97.2%96.4%96.9%100.0%88.9%93.8%
8th84.0%88.2%86.4%92.9%75.9%85.9%84.0%83.3%83.6%82.4%83.3%83.1%
9th74.3%46.2%62.3%93.8%82.4%87.9%80.0%68.8%74.2%81.1%55.6%70.3%
11th89.7%80.0%85.2%61.9%58.3%59.6%91.7%42.9%70.3%55.0%65.0%60.0%
All Grades86.4%78.8%82.8%90.0%77.1%83.2%85.7%66.7%75.9%75.8%67.6%72.4%
Hennepin County5th95.5%92.4%94.0%93.2%90.0%91.6%
8th88.6%83.6%86.1%88.7%83.1%86.0%88.3%84.4%86.5%89.0%87.4%88.2%
9th82.1%76.1%79.2%86.2%81.9%84.1%83.7%79.1%81.6%86.4%84.3%85.4%
11th75.7%59.1%67.6%73.9%63.2%68.7%77.6%67.1%72.8%80.9%76.1%78.7%
All Grades85.7%78.5%82.2%86.5%81.0%83.8%83.6%77.7%80.9%85.8%83.3%84.6%
Houston County5th95.1%85.5%90.9%98.8%96.0%97.4%
8th88.0%84.9%86.5%90.7%84.9%88.1%87.0%89.4%88.0%82.7%86.2%84.5%
9th85.3%72.9%79.4%90.2%76.2%82.4%76.1%82.1%78.8%83.3%74.4%77.9%
11th80.4%54.7%66.4%70.0%54.1%63.1%73.3%65.4%69.9%78.7%78.6%78.6%
All Grades86.8%71.5%79.4%87.5%78.7%83.2%78.4%78.5%78.5%81.3%79.1%80.0%
Hubbard County5th90.2%81.3%86.3%90.0%95.7%92.5%
8th84.7%72.6%79.6%90.8%77.8%84.9%89.8%75.8%83.8%75.4%76.4%75.8%
9th84.6%61.4%75.2%70.1%55.2%63.6%81.0%43.1%66.2%75.6%76.8%76.2%
11th68.8%52.4%60.6%74.6%55.7%65.2%62.7%52.4%58.4%79.7%67.2%73.3%
All Grades82.8%67.4%76.0%81.5%71.0%76.7%79.6%59.1%71.2%76.7%73.5%75.2%
Isanti County5th94.3%87.6%90.9%93.0%90.9%91.9%
8th81.1%69.0%75.3%86.7%77.1%82.0%85.3%79.6%82.5%80.0%76.8%78.5%
9th72.6%67.6%70.1%78.0%68.1%73.2%75.7%59.7%68.2%73.6%84.8%79.1%
11th70.3%56.2%64.4%60.3%50.0%55.3%74.8%53.6%65.9%71.4%67.3%69.3%
All Grades81.1%72.9%77.1%80.2%72.7%76.6%78.9%66.1%73.0%75.6%77.0%76.4%
Itasca County5th95.0%94.8%94.9%94.0%91.9%93.0%
8th90.5%67.4%78.9%81.0%73.2%76.9%78.6%80.5%79.5%79.1%84.2%81.6%
9th75.3%56.1%65.6%69.8%61.7%66.0%75.1%74.7%74.9%80.3%73.6%77.9%
11th71.0%48.3%60.8%62.3%58.1%59.9%71.8%62.0%66.7%76.9%56.0%67.0%
All Grades82.4%67.0%74.6%78.4%72.4%75.4%75.7%73.6%74.7%79.0%74.6%77.0%
Jackson County5th95.1%88.7%91.5%87.0%85.0%86.0%
8th94.3%83.7%89.6%86.7%70.0%77.1%86.0%93.1%88.9%85.7%79.3%82.5%
9th82.2%63.2%71.6%72.7%67.5%70.2%75.7%53.1%61.4%66.7%80.6%73.6%
11th68.5%29.6%49.1%51.3%41.4%47.1%**44.4%83.3%63.0%74.6%
All Grades84.5%65.2%74.5%72.9%67.4%70.3%76.5%55.9%64.5%78.0%75.0%76.6%
Kanabec County5th93.8%77.8%86.7%91.7%90.5%91.0%
8th81.7%81.0%81.4%87.5%73.0%81.5%76.4%76.2%76.3%100.0%78.9%85.7%
9th87.1%54.2%72.1%84.3%75.6%79.7%65.7%58.6%62.0%81.0%85.0%82.9%
11th49.0%36.9%42.1%70.7%55.6%62.3%50.0%60.4%55.0%70.2%81.8%75.8%
All Grades80.8%63.5%72.4%83.7%73.2%78.3%64.4%65.2%64.8%78.2%82.9%80.6%
Kandiyohi County5th96.7%92.3%94.4%94.8%86.1%89.8%
8th84.2%75.2%79.3%88.9%81.6%85.3%86.5%81.6%83.9%82.1%86.1%83.9%
9th82.8%68.8%75.9%83.7%66.9%75.1%81.5%78.8%80.1%84.9%84.0%84.4%
11th76.6%53.0%63.0%71.1%66.9%68.8%78.9%67.3%73.7%84.6%75.9%80.0%
All Grades85.5%71.9%78.3%85.6%76.3%80.6%82.4%76.9%79.7%83.8%81.8%82.8%
Kittson County5th96.0%94.7%95.5%100.0%94.1%97.1%
8th100.0%76.2%88.6%81.8%85.0%83.3%**87.1%***
9th73.3%74.1%73.7%55.6%37.5%47.1%**70.8%***
11th73.7%61.9%67.5%71.4%63.2%68.1%**74.1%***
All Grades85.6%76.1%81.1%76.7%70.8%74.1%76.7%79.5%78.0%83.3%75.0%80.0%
Koochiching County5th93.3%90.0%91.4%***
8th70.5%79.4%74.4%*****88.9%83.7%90.9%86.8%
9th47.1%53.1%50.0%*****61.2%76.9%65.5%70.9%
11th30.4%41.4%36.5%*****56.5%87.0%68.8%79.5%
All Grades62.6%68.1%65.4%***66.7%72.2%69.4%82.6%76.9%80.0%
Lac Qui Parle County5th94.5%92.9%93.8%94.0%84.6%89.9%
8th89.5%87.5%88.6%94.9%87.2%91.5%84.4%75.0%79.8%91.9%90.3%91.2%
9th80.0%63.4%71.1%83.8%75.0%79.5%74.1%83.3%79.7%91.9%77.6%83.7%
11th74.3%60.7%68.3%84.4%50.0%66.2%65.9%69.7%67.6%82.4%70.8%77.6%
All Grades85.9%76.9%81.7%90.4%75.3%83.3%75.2%76.5%75.9%88.9%79.8%84.4%
Lake County5th89.5%96.8%92.8%***
8th84.2%90.6%87.1%***88.9%80.0%85.1%***
9th67.8%86.7%74.2%***60.0%60.4%60.2%***
11th65.0%45.9%52.6%***68.8%75.9%72.1%***
All Grades76.8%78.5%77.5%***75.2%70.9%73.1%***
Lake of the Woods County5th100.0%78.9%87.5%***
8th80.0%76.5%77.8%*****87.5%***
9th75.0%33.3%57.1%*****67.6%64.7%78.6%71.0%
11th68.8%50.0%60.7%*****85.7%***
All Grades80.4%64.9%72.2%***84.8%74.5%79.4%73.8%62.9%68.8%
Le Sueur County5th95.2%88.7%91.6%95.9%85.5%90.6%
8th87.3%78.9%83.9%89.7%84.9%87.0%91.4%84.3%87.4%87.5%86.2%86.8%
9th80.5%67.5%74.1%75.9%78.1%77.0%74.7%65.9%70.6%83.6%71.6%78.1%
11th63.0%39.8%50.5%61.7%57.8%60.0%70.8%42.6%54.1%75.8%56.5%66.5%
All Grades81.4%67.8%74.6%81.0%78.3%79.6%78.7%63.8%70.7%81.5%69.5%75.7%
Lincoln County5th93.8%100.0%97.0%***
8th77.3%50.0%67.6%*****86.5%82.4%72.0%76.2%
9th66.7%54.2%59.0%*****71.8%77.3%70.0%73.8%
11th47.8%5.3%28.6%*****66.7%52.4%86.4%69.8%
All Grades69.7%51.4%60.8%***81.5%69.0%75.0%70.0%76.1%73.2%
Lyon County5th97.1%78.9%87.8%95.0%89.5%92.2%
8th89.4%77.1%82.1%87.1%79.4%83.0%88.9%86.7%87.9%94.4%89.4%92.1%
9th86.7%61.7%73.8%84.0%69.3%76.5%89.2%79.8%84.6%86.9%88.2%87.6%
11th81.7%55.6%68.9%61.2%64.7%62.8%77.0%68.5%72.5%82.8%70.5%77.8%
All Grades87.9%67.4%77.1%82.4%76.1%79.2%85.2%77.9%81.6%87.7%83.6%85.8%
McLeod County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%***
8th84.2%72.7%80.0%*****84.8%94.4%100.0%97.0%
9th100.0%57.1%81.3%******61.5%66.7%64.5%
11th58.3%53.8%56.0%*****87.5%***
All Grades84.6%68.4%77.8%***97.2%82.5%89.5%81.6%76.1%78.6%
Mahnomen County5th76.9%78.7%78.1%90.6%87.2%88.7%
8th69.0%66.7%67.9%76.0%47.4%58.7%**55.3%***
9th66.7%61.1%63.5%54.8%61.8%58.5%41.2%57.6%49.3%***
11th33.3%40.0%36.4%52.6%51.7%52.1%**28.6%***
All Grades62.3%65.4%63.9%70.1%62.9%66.0%41.1%51.3%46.3%***
Marshall County5th88.2%92.9%90.8%100.0%92.5%95.2%
8th94.4%79.5%86.7%90.9%90.7%90.8%***72.7%86.4%81.8%
9th81.1%73.8%77.9%97.5%83.9%91.5%**58.6%***
11th81.4%42.9%60.9%59.3%52.8%55.6%******
All Grades85.5%70.9%78.1%87.8%80.7%83.9%**53.5%78.1%79.5%78.9%
Martin County5th95.8%88.3%92.1%***
8th80.3%83.3%81.7%***92.1%77.8%85.5%77.6%90.4%83.6%
9th86.5%64.5%74.8%***75.9%56.9%68.8%85.5%72.7%80.2%
11th62.5%52.1%57.6%***67.9%58.1%62.2%80.4%80.6%80.5%
All Grades82.2%72.1%77.2%***78.8%63.7%71.7%81.3%81.9%81.5%
Meeker County5th95.2%91.2%93.1%92.0%86.4%89.2%
8th88.6%82.4%85.5%84.7%85.0%84.9%82.8%81.8%82.3%91.7%69.4%78.7%
9th78.0%67.8%72.6%80.4%74.3%77.2%**77.4%89.7%84.8%87.1%
11th66.7%44.9%55.0%73.1%68.1%70.7%**78.6%79.3%51.9%66.1%
All Grades84.2%74.6%79.2%83.5%79.4%81.5%84.3%75.9%79.6%86.6%69.8%77.7%
Mille Lacs County5th89.8%86.0%87.8%95.2%90.1%92.5%
8th88.7%74.1%81.3%87.5%85.3%86.3%81.1%77.4%79.1%82.5%87.3%84.9%
9th74.9%72.1%73.4%77.9%60.1%69.6%74.8%71.1%73.1%76.0%74.4%75.0%
11th68.9%49.7%59.6%63.3%54.3%58.9%63.9%56.4%60.2%70.8%61.0%66.2%
All Grades79.5%69.5%74.4%82.0%75.3%78.6%73.9%69.6%71.7%77.1%76.3%76.6%
Morrison County5th95.2%87.5%91.5%90.6%92.3%91.6%
8th88.4%75.1%81.8%90.1%78.6%84.7%87.1%68.8%78.1%73.9%80.2%76.9%
9th75.4%73.1%74.3%90.6%68.2%78.8%75.0%60.8%68.1%73.6%74.8%73.9%
11th67.9%52.5%60.6%74.1%53.1%64.4%74.4%45.6%61.2%75.5%61.8%68.4%
All Grades82.1%72.9%77.6%86.2%73.5%79.8%78.7%59.4%69.4%74.3%71.9%73.1%
Mower County5th90.9%90.6%90.7%88.6%86.7%87.7%
8th80.5%71.3%76.0%85.0%82.1%83.5%78.3%75.4%76.9%71.1%81.6%76.8%
9th71.2%73.6%72.3%82.8%79.4%81.0%69.0%56.0%63.3%83.3%80.7%82.2%
11th73.6%56.0%63.8%74.3%62.2%68.1%69.1%52.0%60.1%75.0%60.7%67.8%
All Grades80.5%75.1%77.7%83.5%79.0%81.2%73.3%63.8%68.9%76.0%76.8%76.5%
Murray County5th96.4%97.0%96.7%88.2%81.8%85.1%
8th94.9%83.9%90.0%92.7%83.3%88.7%91.4%86.7%89.2%75.8%75.0%75.4%
9th88.2%60.0%73.9%80.0%68.3%73.7%97.0%51.5%74.2%75.8%72.0%74.1%
11th63.2%31.0%49.3%78.4%64.9%71.6%62.2%48.3%56.1%86.2%45.8%67.9%
All Grades84.9%68.8%77.2%85.0%73.8%79.5%82.9%62.0%73.1%78.9%65.9%72.8%
Nicollet County5th91.9%89.1%90.6%***
8th90.9%75.5%83.7%******88.1%92.2%90.1%
9th87.3%83.9%85.5%***76.5%64.4%70.9%75.8%79.5%78.1%
11th75.5%49.1%61.5%***79.5%66.1%73.6%81.1%73.6%77.4%
All Grades87.1%75.2%81.2%***78.0%64.7%71.9%81.8%81.3%81.6%
Nobles County5th91.8%93.4%92.6%88.7%96.0%92.3%
8th83.0%76.4%79.8%85.6%84.4%85.1%82.4%81.6%82.0%95.2%84.2%90.0%
9th69.2%59.1%64.3%77.6%80.6%79.3%74.4%80.2%77.1%***
11th70.8%60.3%65.9%81.3%68.0%74.8%78.4%56.9%68.1%***
All Grades78.6%72.2%75.5%83.9%83.2%83.6%78.3%72.9%75.7%95.2%84.2%90.0%
Norman County5th97.8%93.1%95.1%97.0%95.7%96.4%
8th86.5%86.2%86.4%89.1%83.6%86.1%80.0%64.5%72.7%***
9th87.2%77.8%82.7%76.7%83.9%80.3%******
11th83.3%63.3%73.3%60.7%31.8%48.0%**55.6%***
All Grades89.4%82.4%85.9%82.5%77.1%79.9%73.1%64.9%68.8%***
Olmsted County5th98.8%92.1%95.4%92.7%89.9%91.3%
8th88.7%85.4%86.9%85.1%81.0%83.1%86.8%78.3%82.5%89.2%85.0%87.1%
9th85.6%66.4%75.9%84.0%76.7%80.6%83.2%75.2%79.4%87.3%83.2%85.4%
11th73.7%53.5%62.1%78.8%65.3%72.1%74.0%69.4%71.7%78.1%73.6%75.9%
All Grades86.9%75.2%80.7%86.0%80.0%83.1%82.4%75.0%78.7%85.3%81.0%83.3%
Otter Tail County5th95.6%87.7%91.3%91.9%88.6%90.3%
8th86.8%81.7%84.3%83.6%83.7%83.6%85.8%82.2%84.1%89.0%85.7%87.5%
9th84.1%74.2%79.3%79.2%81.4%80.3%73.9%67.1%70.8%87.4%77.4%82.7%
11th71.3%62.2%66.7%72.2%58.2%65.2%69.9%68.0%68.9%77.0%73.2%75.0%
All Grades84.6%77.0%80.8%82.0%78.4%80.2%77.6%72.9%75.3%85.2%78.8%82.1%
Pennington County5th60.0%100.0%69.2%***
8th91.6%77.6%85.3%***80.8%79.4%80.1%85.7%83.3%84.5%
9th67.1%63.0%65.0%***72.7%69.1%70.7%78.1%75.0%76.2%
11th62.2%51.9%56.7%***61.4%43.9%54.1%72.4%65.9%69.6%
All Grades75.5%65.6%70.7%***72.6%67.2%70.0%78.3%75.3%76.7%
Pine County5th86.7%78.3%82.5%89.4%79.4%84.5%
8th72.8%73.6%73.2%88.0%79.7%84.0%84.7%72.0%78.0%74.3%82.2%77.8%
9th62.8%54.5%59.0%85.4%64.0%74.6%63.1%58.4%60.7%74.6%77.6%76.3%
11th48.5%35.5%41.9%61.4%53.7%57.3%64.4%54.5%59.9%63.4%57.8%60.5%
All Grades65.3%58.8%62.0%81.9%68.6%75.2%71.5%63.0%67.2%71.1%72.5%71.8%
Pipestone County5th100.0%94.9%96.7%***
8th91.7%60.0%72.9%***77.1%80.6%78.8%85.3%69.7%77.6%
9th89.7%53.6%71.9%*****67.3%83.8%65.9%74.1%
11th42.3%17.9%29.6%*****56.8%88.9%60.7%76.6%
All Grades80.0%60.0%68.7%***75.6%62.5%69.1%86.0%65.7%75.9%
Polk County5th91.7%87.8%89.9%96.2%91.3%93.7%
8th88.3%77.3%83.4%89.3%87.7%88.5%87.2%75.5%81.2%87.2%77.8%82.9%
9th83.6%63.7%74.4%83.3%69.2%75.9%79.3%74.0%76.7%77.3%82.1%79.8%
11th67.3%59.5%63.2%68.3%52.3%61.2%72.8%56.5%65.6%75.0%69.5%72.6%
All Grades83.4%71.6%77.8%84.8%76.8%80.8%79.8%69.6%74.8%79.9%77.3%78.7%
Pope County5th100.0%89.7%94.4%97.1%97.4%97.3%
8th87.5%90.0%88.9%96.9%75.6%84.9%75.0%85.7%79.7%***
9th80.6%73.3%76.3%92.0%73.3%81.8%83.3%69.0%76.3%***
11th45.7%38.7%42.4%91.3%69.4%78.0%92.6%68.8%79.7%***
All Grades77.7%74.8%76.1%94.8%79.5%86.2%82.8%74.2%78.6%***
Ramsey County5th93.3%89.8%91.5%91.8%88.6%90.2%
8th84.1%78.7%81.6%85.6%80.6%83.1%84.2%79.3%81.9%87.0%83.5%85.3%
9th75.2%67.4%71.5%82.1%78.3%80.3%81.4%73.7%77.7%85.6%78.5%82.1%
11th70.2%58.8%64.6%74.8%62.9%69.0%79.8%66.8%73.5%80.7%76.3%78.6%
All Grades81.0%74.3%77.8%84.2%78.4%81.4%82.0%73.8%78.1%84.9%79.9%82.5%
Red Lake County5th100.0%96.0%98.1%92.9%96.0%94.3%
8th62.5%80.0%70.5%79.2%85.7%82.2%**88.7%75.0%78.9%77.4%
9th48.1%65.6%57.6%71.4%78.3%75.0%72.4%72.0%72.2%57.1%68.4%65.4%
11th58.3%56.5%57.4%47.8%47.4%47.6%**74.4%42.9%71.4%57.1%
All Grades67.6%74.0%70.8%74.0%78.4%76.1%80.0%77.1%78.7%57.6%73.1%67.1%
Redwood County5th96.5%90.6%93.6%95.8%87.5%91.1%
8th85.7%77.8%81.6%91.7%83.3%87.7%88.1%74.7%80.4%85.3%75.3%80.0%
9th84.3%59.7%70.8%78.8%79.7%79.2%86.6%76.6%81.7%75.9%78.0%77.1%
11th61.7%41.4%50.5%68.6%56.1%62.0%80.4%53.7%66.0%85.2%62.9%72.6%
All Grades82.8%66.5%74.2%82.6%75.7%79.2%85.5%69.5%77.0%83.1%73.2%77.6%
Renville County5th93.9%82.9%87.8%100.0%82.9%89.5%
8th83.7%80.0%82.4%86.7%85.9%86.3%89.2%74.1%82.8%88.2%91.2%89.4%
9th94.4%72.7%84.1%88.7%82.5%86.0%86.8%87.5%87.2%66.7%78.0%72.4%
11th83.9%20.8%56.4%83.9%59.5%74.7%**84.8%77.8%84.8%81.2%
All Grades88.8%67.5%78.9%87.8%79.0%83.6%86.3%83.7%85.1%77.8%83.8%80.6%
Rice County5th96.1%92.2%94.2%96.6%92.9%94.7%
8th86.3%82.1%84.2%91.2%88.8%90.0%89.8%85.1%87.6%83.6%89.2%86.6%
9th80.3%78.6%79.4%85.4%87.1%86.2%79.5%77.9%78.7%84.2%83.8%83.9%
11th76.5%73.0%74.8%81.0%73.0%77.3%78.7%66.3%72.9%80.9%80.9%80.9%
All Grades85.2%81.7%83.4%89.5%86.8%88.2%82.7%76.9%79.9%83.0%84.2%83.5%
Rock County5th95.0%96.9%95.8%***
8th95.3%90.2%92.9%***95.7%77.1%87.8%***
9th88.9%80.0%84.5%***84.4%59.6%69.6%***
11th91.2%68.4%79.2%***50.0%35.5%42.9%***
All Grades92.8%83.6%88.3%***79.3%58.4%68.8%***
Roseau County5th95.9%93.4%94.7%96.9%89.9%93.1%
8th83.0%81.3%81.9%96.1%82.5%89.2%84.1%71.2%78.1%83.8%75.0%79.7%
9th87.5%70.1%79.0%76.5%71.9%74.0%86.6%68.1%77.0%83.3%83.3%83.3%
11th70.4%44.9%57.0%67.4%45.8%54.2%60.4%49.2%54.5%75.0%61.1%69.0%
All Grades84.6%72.3%78.0%85.3%73.1%78.7%78.3%63.2%70.7%81.2%75.0%78.2%
St. Louis County5th94.0%89.6%91.8%96.2%90.3%93.3%
8th80.9%75.2%78.1%83.8%82.7%83.3%82.8%79.3%81.2%85.0%82.1%83.7%
9th75.9%64.5%70.4%80.9%75.9%78.4%76.5%70.7%73.7%75.9%76.2%75.9%
11th67.4%49.0%58.9%74.2%57.3%65.7%67.8%57.1%62.3%72.8%64.1%68.4%
All Grades80.0%70.8%75.6%84.4%77.4%80.9%76.7%69.8%73.4%78.8%75.0%76.9%
Scott County5th96.6%93.5%95.0%96.6%92.1%94.4%
8th87.2%79.8%83.6%91.9%88.9%90.4%87.9%87.0%87.5%87.5%87.7%87.6%
9th80.7%72.8%76.8%77.5%77.7%77.6%83.8%74.2%79.0%81.8%82.1%82.0%
11th71.4%52.2%61.8%74.7%60.2%67.7%76.0%65.8%71.0%78.2%75.5%76.9%
All Grades84.3%75.3%79.8%85.9%81.0%83.4%83.2%76.5%79.9%83.0%82.5%82.8%
Sherburne County5th97.2%93.3%95.2%93.4%89.2%91.3%
8th88.5%84.0%86.2%86.2%83.0%84.5%86.5%78.2%82.6%84.2%90.4%87.2%
9th78.5%65.4%72.2%79.4%74.4%76.9%77.5%73.7%75.7%81.8%82.2%82.0%
11th68.5%54.7%61.4%71.9%52.2%62.0%72.5%63.9%68.1%72.5%65.9%69.3%
All Grades83.9%75.4%79.6%83.7%76.4%80.0%79.8%72.4%76.2%80.0%80.6%80.3%
Sibley County5th98.4%85.9%92.0%90.0%89.8%89.9%
8th96.1%59.2%78.0%75.8%65.6%70.6%79.3%51.0%66.4%76.8%83.0%79.8%
9th77.1%66.7%71.4%78.2%66.0%72.5%85.7%65.6%75.8%79.6%77.8%78.8%
11th60.0%46.0%53.3%61.0%53.5%57.8%66.1%47.1%57.0%69.0%56.5%62.5%
All Grades83.3%65.9%74.5%76.3%70.0%73.3%77.4%55.3%66.9%75.7%72.9%74.3%
Stearns County5th94.1%89.3%91.7%92.7%87.7%90.2%
8th86.6%78.1%82.5%90.1%77.9%84.0%86.5%78.5%82.4%85.9%84.2%85.0%
9th78.9%71.0%75.0%85.9%75.9%80.9%80.4%71.1%76.2%84.2%84.6%84.4%
11th69.4%54.2%62.1%69.9%62.1%66.1%70.3%58.4%64.6%77.8%70.2%73.8%
All Grades81.7%72.9%77.4%85.7%76.9%81.4%79.7%70.3%75.2%83.8%81.3%82.5%
Steele County5th97.9%86.8%92.0%91.2%90.5%90.9%
8th85.1%78.9%82.2%86.3%80.2%83.3%90.2%79.3%85.0%89.8%76.2%84.2%
9th79.9%72.4%76.3%83.8%82.4%83.1%76.7%68.5%72.6%80.5%71.2%77.0%
11th65.9%57.5%62.1%76.6%58.7%68.1%73.6%63.5%68.8%76.5%63.6%70.7%
All Grades79.2%72.1%75.8%84.6%78.5%81.6%80.7%71.0%76.0%81.8%69.8%76.9%
Stevens County5th100.0%92.7%95.8%100.0%88.6%93.8%
8th87.8%87.0%87.4%77.1%83.3%80.5%***88.4%93.3%90.9%
9th90.9%71.4%79.3%82.4%82.9%82.7%**57.1%77.8%81.8%79.7%
11th87.0%64.7%77.5%65.9%57.6%62.2%***83.3%78.8%81.0%
All Grades91.2%81.0%85.8%80.0%78.8%79.4%**58.7%83.5%85.6%84.5%
Swift County5th100.0%92.9%96.9%***
8th86.1%82.4%84.3%*********
9th66.7%57.7%62.3%*********
11th68.0%47.4%55.6%*********
All Grades82.3%69.0%75.6%*********
Todd County5th90.4%84.8%87.4%96.8%81.4%88.7%
8th82.7%67.7%75.4%80.6%65.0%72.9%84.1%71.9%77.7%63.0%76.9%69.8%
9th77.0%52.4%66.7%82.8%66.0%73.9%74.5%52.8%63.9%73.1%63.9%67.7%
11th67.5%62.3%65.4%69.6%62.6%66.0%53.7%53.6%53.6%64.0%59.3%61.5%
All Grades78.4%67.4%73.4%82.4%68.8%75.4%73.1%62.0%67.4%66.7%66.3%66.5%
Traverse County5th90.9%93.3%92.3%***
8th57.1%86.4%75.0%*****66.7%***
9th81.8%91.7%87.0%*****73.1%***
11th72.2%37.5%61.5%******83.3%63.2%68.0%
All Grades74.1%82.5%78.4%***71.4%63.2%67.1%80.6%67.5%73.2%
Wabasha County5th95.6%95.4%95.5%96.2%91.7%94.1%
8th94.0%90.5%92.4%87.9%80.0%83.8%88.3%80.6%84.6%93.2%77.8%85.2%
9th85.3%78.6%82.1%78.9%68.8%74.3%76.9%79.0%77.9%85.0%78.9%82.1%
11th73.5%70.0%71.9%69.5%50.0%60.6%74.3%63.3%69.2%74.0%67.2%70.9%
All Grades85.5%83.1%84.3%83.6%74.2%79.1%80.7%75.6%78.3%84.0%75.1%79.6%
Wadena County5th97.0%90.4%93.3%91.1%87.9%89.5%
8th95.9%79.2%88.5%86.8%70.5%77.8%79.5%80.7%80.1%85.1%80.0%82.6%
9th82.6%75.8%79.6%84.9%76.2%80.9%82.8%86.0%84.3%77.4%87.2%81.7%
11th64.3%45.0%55.4%67.9%52.5%61.3%82.8%53.6%67.7%67.3%70.6%68.9%
All Grades85.6%74.5%80.3%82.8%73.2%78.1%81.4%73.4%77.4%77.7%79.0%78.0%
Waseca County5th95.0%88.9%92.3%95.2%85.2%90.6%
8th95.2%86.7%91.2%86.3%78.9%83.0%76.4%78.1%77.2%86.3%81.2%84.1%
9th82.3%79.1%80.6%78.0%64.1%70.9%71.4%60.6%65.7%76.7%83.3%80.1%
11th69.5%44.2%57.2%79.3%56.8%68.1%74.7%39.7%60.3%69.2%60.4%64.8%
All Grades86.1%74.9%80.7%85.0%71.0%78.3%74.4%62.5%68.8%79.0%76.9%78.0%
Washington County5th95.3%90.9%92.9%96.4%90.9%93.7%
8th88.4%79.5%84.1%91.7%83.7%87.6%87.8%80.7%84.5%88.8%89.5%89.2%
9th77.7%68.4%73.1%82.0%77.3%79.8%80.9%75.5%78.3%86.3%84.5%85.4%
11th73.8%54.0%64.0%75.6%62.1%69.1%75.7%64.3%69.9%81.4%76.9%79.2%
All Grades83.8%73.7%78.8%86.7%79.4%83.2%82.2%74.1%78.3%85.8%83.9%84.9%
Watonwan County5th100.0%90.0%94.1%100.0%82.9%91.5%
8th85.1%83.9%84.6%77.6%73.5%75.2%82.0%70.7%76.9%81.8%69.4%76.9%
9th73.8%71.4%72.7%82.1%63.2%72.6%79.2%64.7%71.7%61.4%63.6%62.3%
11th60.6%46.2%52.8%61.1%64.0%62.5%67.6%67.4%67.5%62.5%55.0%59.6%
All Grades76.0%67.8%72.1%79.1%70.0%74.4%77.0%67.4%72.2%70.2%64.0%67.7%
Wilkin County5th96.4%76.0%86.8%93.5%75.0%84.7%
8th87.2%82.8%85.3%91.2%91.7%91.4%100.0%100.0%100.0%76.2%91.3%84.1%
9th87.5%50.0%73.1%86.8%77.1%81.4%**76.6%75.0%63.6%69.6%
11th71.4%40.0%57.1%55.0%68.0%60.0%**59.1%84.6%60.9%73.5%
All Grades84.7%60.5%74.3%80.4%78.8%79.6%84.3%75.3%79.7%78.9%72.1%75.5%
Winona County5th94.1%90.1%92.1%93.9%89.4%91.7%
8th82.5%77.8%80.1%88.7%87.2%87.9%82.8%80.4%81.5%84.7%79.4%81.9%
9th79.0%73.1%76.1%82.4%79.6%81.0%84.4%72.3%78.3%77.9%72.3%74.6%
11th66.1%63.5%64.8%71.5%57.8%64.6%83.3%74.5%79.3%80.2%52.6%65.7%
All Grades80.2%75.6%77.9%83.9%78.1%81.0%83.3%77.2%80.2%80.9%68.2%74.1%
Wright County5th95.2%92.2%93.7%95.9%88.4%91.9%
8th91.8%85.3%88.6%94.3%89.4%91.9%88.8%83.6%86.2%88.0%88.7%88.2%
9th82.6%74.7%78.7%90.3%80.9%85.5%82.4%77.1%79.8%82.6%84.1%83.4%
11th71.1%58.0%64.5%77.2%57.1%67.1%77.3%62.6%70.5%84.0%67.2%75.8%
All Grades85.6%77.9%81.8%89.7%79.8%84.7%83.1%75.7%79.5%85.0%81.2%83.1%
Yellow Medicine County5th100.0%100.0%100.0%89.1%86.7%87.9%
8th89.3%79.2%84.6%96.7%90.7%93.2%81.6%82.5%82.0%94.0%92.1%93.2%
9th64.9%62.8%63.8%81.6%71.4%76.3%74.5%78.4%76.1%81.6%64.9%74.4%
11th73.9%43.9%59.8%65.6%51.6%58.7%**74.6%76.9%54.3%66.2%
All Grades76.7%65.6%71.0%83.6%77.0%80.1%80.3%75.4%78.0%84.8%70.9%78.6%

About the Indicator: The Minnesota Student Survey question about peer disapproval changed in 2013. In prior years, students were asked about the extent to which their close friends would approve or disapprove of them if they had five or more drinks of alcohol, once or twice a week. In 2013, this question was dropped and students were instead asked how wrong their friends would feel it would be for them to drink one or two drinks of alcohol 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.