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Percent of Students Reporting Higher Levels of Empowerment, as Determined by the Developmental Assets Scale, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th75.2%68.3%71.8%74.1%67.9%71.0%69.2%65.2%67.2%
8th62.3%65.5%63.9%62.1%66.8%64.4%57.1%63.6%60.2%
9th59.1%63.6%61.3%59.5%65.3%62.4%54.6%61.6%58.0%
11th59.7%61.1%60.4%58.6%62.0%60.3%55.3%60.0%57.6%
All Grades63.8%64.6%64.2%63.6%65.6%64.6%59.1%62.8%60.9%
Aitkin County5th71.7%71.9%71.8%75.9%66.3%70.1%69.4%71.7%70.5%
8th60.7%64.0%62.5%72.7%50.0%60.9%51.2%65.1%58.1%
9th58.2%65.0%61.4%56.7%44.4%51.4%59.5%54.5%57.1%
11th50.9%43.8%47.6%58.3%74.1%66.7%**63.5%
All Grades60.1%62.1%61.1%64.7%61.6%63.0%61.4%65.2%63.3%
Anoka County5th77.1%71.6%74.4%77.4%72.4%74.9%68.9%65.5%67.2%
8th60.4%65.6%63.1%61.5%66.2%63.7%55.4%64.4%59.7%
9th58.4%64.9%61.5%62.4%66.5%64.4%53.0%58.8%55.7%
11th54.6%59.5%56.9%59.2%63.0%61.2%51.7%56.0%53.7%
All Grades62.8%65.9%64.3%62.5%65.9%64.2%58.1%62.2%60.0%
Becker County5th66.7%58.5%62.8%82.3%71.3%76.8%69.1%63.5%66.3%
8th60.4%63.8%62.1%53.7%65.3%59.5%59.6%68.9%63.7%
9th64.1%62.1%63.0%64.8%71.4%68.0%59.9%48.6%54.4%
11th57.7%53.9%55.7%61.5%60.7%61.1%58.0%63.6%60.8%
All Grades61.6%59.9%60.7%65.8%67.3%66.5%60.9%60.4%60.7%
Beltrami County5th74.4%66.1%70.4%72.0%57.2%64.3%54.4%60.2%57.5%
8th59.0%60.3%59.6%54.8%62.4%58.5%46.3%58.5%52.3%
9th51.5%56.3%53.9%51.4%54.3%52.9%48.1%57.7%52.6%
11th64.5%56.5%60.6%59.9%63.0%61.5%50.3%59.2%54.2%
All Grades61.9%59.7%60.8%60.0%58.9%59.4%49.8%59.0%54.3%
Benton County5th******65.3%65.0%65.1%
8th59.8%52.1%56.5%***45.2%60.9%52.2%
9th60.6%56.9%58.7%***53.1%65.0%59.0%
11th63.4%66.0%64.6%***63.1%64.2%63.7%
All Grades61.2%58.2%59.8%***55.7%63.8%59.6%
Big Stone County5th**73.1%******
8th**50.0%*****70.0%
9th56.7%51.5%54.0%******
11th54.5%65.9%61.0%******
All Grades55.2%60.0%57.7%***44.7%84.0%60.3%
Blue Earth County5th73.6%73.1%73.4%75.9%70.0%72.9%68.5%65.7%67.1%
8th71.5%77.0%74.2%64.4%70.0%67.2%67.5%74.4%70.8%
9th58.0%65.9%62.0%62.1%66.1%64.1%60.2%66.6%63.5%
11th59.9%60.6%60.2%65.0%63.1%64.0%56.4%59.1%57.8%
All Grades66.1%69.9%67.9%67.1%67.4%67.2%63.7%66.7%65.2%
Brown County5th67.5%71.1%69.4%63.9%63.0%63.4%61.9%63.8%62.8%
8th63.5%64.5%64.0%61.8%75.7%69.1%48.7%57.6%53.7%
9th47.1%51.5%49.2%61.3%56.7%58.9%44.3%49.1%46.6%
11th55.7%61.8%58.8%55.2%58.1%56.6%58.2%60.9%59.5%
All Grades58.0%62.3%60.2%60.6%63.7%62.2%53.3%57.5%55.4%
Carlton County5th73.9%63.7%68.8%70.5%64.6%67.2%56.5%53.6%55.0%
8th61.5%65.1%63.2%54.6%59.4%57.0%48.5%53.2%51.2%
9th53.0%60.4%56.6%53.9%65.8%60.1%53.1%57.5%55.3%
11th48.7%60.9%54.8%54.0%66.4%60.1%44.8%57.0%51.4%
All Grades59.7%62.6%61.1%57.7%63.9%60.9%51.3%55.3%53.4%
Carver County5th84.4%63.1%74.2%80.8%74.4%77.5%73.6%63.9%68.6%
8th57.3%75.0%66.1%66.3%71.3%68.6%61.8%65.1%63.5%
9th69.0%70.7%69.8%63.3%72.0%67.6%57.5%64.4%60.6%
11th53.4%58.2%55.7%56.9%58.0%57.5%52.9%62.0%57.1%
All Grades66.5%66.8%66.6%66.9%69.8%68.3%61.6%64.1%62.8%
Cass County5th69.6%63.8%66.5%68.3%56.3%61.7%71.1%56.5%63.4%
8th50.6%63.6%57.6%59.3%63.1%61.3%47.4%61.9%54.7%
9th42.2%58.5%50.5%41.3%55.8%48.8%43.0%57.8%50.5%
11th52.2%62.0%57.2%34.6%45.2%40.1%44.3%61.2%52.6%
All Grades54.4%62.1%58.4%52.4%56.0%54.3%51.5%59.2%55.4%
Chippewa County5th**66.7%***75.0%65.1%70.2%
8th******55.7%69.3%63.2%
9th******61.1%64.4%62.8%
11th******65.2%48.9%57.1%
All Grades**66.7%***64.4%63.3%63.8%
Chisago County5th68.0%70.6%69.4%***75.5%65.8%71.2%
8th56.4%63.6%59.7%***54.9%63.6%59.1%
9th59.7%65.2%62.5%***54.2%63.4%58.3%
11th62.4%59.5%61.0%***56.4%64.4%60.7%
All Grades60.4%64.1%62.2%***57.8%64.0%60.8%
Clay County5th79.6%68.5%74.6%71.2%72.1%71.7%76.6%70.0%73.2%
8th63.9%67.9%65.9%69.7%64.1%67.0%63.7%68.2%66.1%
9th60.6%67.7%64.1%56.8%71.5%64.7%54.9%66.8%60.4%
11th59.5%69.4%64.2%62.0%63.9%63.0%58.2%67.6%62.4%
All Grades66.3%68.3%67.3%65.2%68.2%66.8%63.2%68.3%65.6%
Clearwater County5th59.5%63.6%61.4%53.2%46.0%49.5%***
8th69.4%53.8%62.5%57.5%68.4%62.8%***
9th54.1%60.4%57.8%55.8%65.6%61.7%***
11th50.0%56.7%53.3%62.5%52.8%57.4%***
All Grades59.5%58.7%59.1%56.8%58.5%57.7%***
Cook County5th********50.0%
8th**54.8%*****51.4%
9th**50.0%*****48.3%
11th**56.0%*****50.0%
All Grades51.8%59.6%55.8%***45.6%54.0%50.0%
Cottonwood County5th68.3%57.1%62.7%72.5%51.2%61.4%57.1%58.7%58.0%
8th54.8%56.4%55.7%52.3%48.0%50.0%63.3%59.0%61.1%
9th51.2%53.1%52.2%60.4%46.9%53.6%42.4%58.3%51.3%
11th70.3%57.9%62.8%65.9%58.0%61.7%36.2%56.8%47.3%
All Grades60.7%56.2%58.2%62.5%51.0%56.5%50.2%58.2%54.5%
Crow Wing County5th65.5%61.1%63.5%***69.9%63.9%66.5%
8th53.1%62.1%57.3%***60.0%68.2%64.1%
9th66.3%57.3%62.1%***60.8%63.8%62.3%
11th66.7%63.4%65.0%***58.5%62.9%60.7%
All Grades62.3%61.0%61.7%***61.0%64.0%62.5%
Dakota County5th76.3%71.8%74.0%74.1%67.7%70.8%68.4%63.6%66.0%
8th62.4%66.7%64.6%66.7%69.2%67.9%57.7%64.6%61.2%
9th62.0%69.8%65.9%60.2%70.9%65.5%55.2%61.5%58.3%
11th60.2%64.6%62.4%59.9%63.0%61.4%55.5%58.7%57.1%
All Grades65.1%68.2%66.7%64.9%67.9%66.4%58.9%62.2%60.5%
Dodge County5th73.8%60.5%67.1%81.0%58.4%69.3%71.0%70.0%70.5%
8th59.7%60.0%59.8%67.2%72.9%70.0%68.3%58.6%63.7%
9th65.2%53.5%59.6%68.8%70.5%69.6%66.7%68.4%67.5%
11th55.8%53.2%54.5%62.2%64.4%63.2%56.8%67.8%62.5%
All Grades63.8%57.0%60.5%69.8%66.7%68.3%66.2%66.0%66.1%
Douglas County5th74.0%67.7%71.2%79.6%75.2%77.4%79.0%68.5%73.7%
8th72.8%68.6%70.8%73.8%67.3%70.6%71.3%79.4%75.2%
9th56.7%60.5%58.7%67.7%74.7%71.1%57.8%67.1%61.9%
11th56.9%62.7%59.4%67.7%65.7%66.7%53.9%69.4%62.4%
All Grades65.2%64.8%65.0%72.4%70.8%71.6%66.8%71.2%69.0%
Faribault County5th71.4%70.0%70.6%58.7%64.0%61.5%58.0%54.2%56.1%
8th52.9%62.5%57.9%50.0%72.7%62.4%57.4%67.6%63.5%
9th54.4%57.8%56.1%55.6%62.3%59.4%61.7%52.1%57.4%
11th56.0%50.8%53.0%52.7%52.6%52.7%60.9%50.0%55.1%
All Grades57.8%60.0%59.0%54.2%62.8%58.8%59.6%56.9%58.2%
Fillmore County5th61.4%70.5%66.1%78.0%64.8%70.8%82.9%76.3%79.5%
8th69.3%61.4%65.5%50.8%54.4%52.7%52.5%67.7%59.2%
9th55.4%53.6%54.5%58.3%56.9%57.7%***
11th54.3%65.1%60.6%71.9%59.7%65.9%**47.1%
All Grades61.1%62.8%62.0%64.3%59.0%61.6%61.5%65.1%63.3%
Freeborn County5th76.1%65.3%71.1%70.5%64.1%67.2%66.3%76.0%71.4%
8th65.7%74.6%70.0%58.8%77.6%67.7%56.9%66.0%61.5%
9th62.6%67.6%64.7%53.7%58.5%56.2%43.3%59.5%51.1%
11th54.5%57.0%55.9%53.5%61.0%57.1%58.1%72.6%64.8%
All Grades66.1%65.6%65.9%59.7%65.5%62.6%55.3%68.0%61.6%
Goodhue County5th74.4%65.4%69.5%72.6%66.7%69.9%63.6%64.7%64.2%
8th64.3%68.5%66.2%62.4%56.1%59.3%49.1%64.6%56.4%
9th65.6%60.2%62.8%54.6%62.4%58.7%**34.1%
11th61.7%56.9%59.1%59.5%63.3%61.0%71.0%56.5%64.1%
All Grades66.6%63.0%64.7%63.0%62.0%62.5%57.6%61.0%59.2%
Grant County5th**68.4%45.7%61.4%54.4%70.7%60.6%66.2%
8th50.0%52.9%51.7%68.2%59.4%64.5%**61.7%
9th45.7%51.7%48.4%59.4%45.7%52.2%53.3%58.1%55.7%
11th71.0%70.4%70.7%28.6%58.3%47.4%50.0%51.7%50.7%
All Grades58.4%60.5%59.4%53.8%56.5%55.2%58.3%59.2%58.8%
Hennepin County5th79.8%71.0%75.5%76.0%71.2%73.7%72.2%67.2%69.7%
8th66.2%70.0%68.1%64.0%70.2%67.0%61.8%67.6%64.5%
9th61.4%68.4%64.8%63.6%68.3%65.9%60.0%68.0%63.8%
11th62.9%64.9%63.9%59.5%64.9%62.1%57.5%61.3%59.3%
All Grades67.2%68.6%67.9%66.2%69.0%67.5%62.9%66.4%64.5%
Houston County5th64.0%64.1%64.0%68.4%57.1%62.8%76.9%70.0%73.3%
8th56.0%57.0%56.4%60.0%61.3%60.6%55.6%71.2%62.2%
9th53.3%53.9%53.6%58.8%56.7%57.6%45.6%72.1%57.0%
11th59.8%60.0%59.9%52.5%50.0%51.4%58.5%62.0%60.0%
All Grades58.0%58.5%58.3%59.9%56.6%58.3%57.1%68.8%62.3%
Hubbard County5th59.5%57.1%58.5%72.7%67.6%70.4%61.2%47.2%54.8%
8th67.0%62.1%65.0%60.5%62.1%61.3%54.9%61.5%57.7%
9th46.6%45.5%46.1%44.3%59.4%51.0%57.5%50.0%54.4%
11th48.4%62.9%56.0%59.7%53.5%56.6%49.2%47.8%48.6%
All Grades56.4%57.5%56.9%59.3%60.6%59.9%56.2%51.9%54.3%
Isanti County5th73.9%61.8%67.7%71.0%61.2%66.0%62.5%58.5%60.6%
8th57.7%61.9%59.7%53.6%57.7%55.6%49.7%52.3%50.9%
9th53.2%69.7%61.4%46.7%56.6%51.6%41.5%42.2%41.8%
11th59.6%61.9%60.6%40.8%58.3%49.4%42.0%42.5%42.2%
All Grades60.9%63.9%62.4%53.6%58.5%56.0%49.3%49.6%49.4%
Itasca County5th65.8%60.4%62.7%70.7%58.9%64.8%68.5%58.1%63.0%
8th62.1%60.4%61.2%50.3%62.9%56.9%52.5%55.6%54.0%
9th51.2%56.3%53.8%51.0%56.3%53.6%39.5%50.3%44.2%
11th54.1%47.5%51.1%49.1%58.1%54.2%43.9%53.7%49.0%
All Grades57.7%56.9%57.3%56.2%59.1%57.7%50.8%54.6%52.7%
Jackson County5th82.9%68.5%74.7%60.9%70.0%65.1%55.9%60.7%58.1%
8th74.1%71.4%72.9%46.7%52.6%50.0%46.5%82.1%60.6%
9th48.9%59.3%54.8%50.0%60.5%55.2%65.9%50.0%56.2%
11th75.9%50.0%63.0%55.0%48.3%52.2%**60.3%
All Grades70.6%61.7%66.0%54.5%59.5%56.9%57.1%59.6%58.5%
Kanabec County5th70.7%58.7%65.5%80.0%61.2%69.2%68.3%47.8%59.4%
8th51.3%56.3%53.8%53.9%56.3%54.9%51.8%66.2%59.5%
9th61.4%62.1%61.7%46.5%61.5%54.4%39.1%52.9%46.3%
11th61.2%49.2%54.4%50.8%50.0%50.4%40.7%55.3%47.5%
All Grades61.2%56.4%58.9%56.1%57.3%56.7%50.0%56.1%53.0%
Kandiyohi County5th78.4%60.0%69.3%77.5%63.2%69.3%75.3%61.4%68.7%
8th63.5%63.8%63.6%63.4%72.0%67.7%51.6%57.2%54.6%
9th68.5%62.6%65.5%63.6%71.8%67.9%54.9%56.1%55.6%
11th62.9%61.7%62.2%64.0%65.0%64.5%64.0%64.5%64.2%
All Grades68.7%62.0%65.2%67.2%67.9%67.6%61.3%59.3%60.3%
Kittson County5th**58.1%70.6%58.8%64.7%***
8th**59.1%33.3%65.0%48.8%**58.1%
9th45.2%57.7%50.9%50.0%56.3%52.9%**50.0%
11th**58.5%64.3%55.6%60.9%**40.7%
All Grades59.4%52.8%56.2%54.8%59.2%56.8%47.2%50.0%48.4%
Koochiching County5th73.1%69.2%70.8%***75.8%55.6%66.7%
8th51.2%54.5%52.6%*****58.1%
9th55.2%48.4%51.7%***44.4%55.6%50.0%
11th**44.7%*****37.5%
All Grades52.5%58.5%55.6%***56.8%54.7%55.8%
Lac Qui Parle County5th71.7%67.6%69.9%71.4%64.1%68.2%76.7%68.4%72.8%
8th61.1%67.6%64.3%56.9%63.8%60.0%64.4%69.8%67.0%
9th52.8%54.3%53.7%70.3%72.2%71.2%74.1%68.3%70.6%
11th70.6%57.1%64.5%59.4%61.1%60.3%58.1%71.9%64.0%
All Grades64.5%61.4%63.0%64.2%65.2%64.7%67.7%69.5%68.6%
Lake County5th56.8%67.7%61.8%***66.7%60.6%63.6%
8th60.0%66.7%63.5%***60.0%52.3%56.4%
9th54.5%53.1%54.0%***38.9%59.2%50.6%
11th**50.9%***55.9%61.3%58.5%
All Grades55.8%59.7%57.7%***55.6%58.0%56.8%
Lake of the Woods County5th**46.7%*****72.0%
8th**50.0%*****59.4%
9th********41.2%
11th**56.7%*****42.9%
All Grades52.0%55.6%53.8%***42.1%62.9%52.9%
Le Sueur County5th70.1%62.9%66.1%67.5%67.7%67.6%73.6%69.8%71.4%
8th59.3%62.8%60.7%58.8%60.4%59.7%59.1%61.8%60.6%
9th60.2%54.2%57.2%50.8%62.8%57.0%53.3%61.4%57.1%
11th55.9%53.5%54.6%50.9%61.1%55.5%58.5%53.8%55.7%
All Grades61.1%57.8%59.4%57.0%63.0%60.1%60.7%61.8%61.3%
Lincoln County5th**63.6%*****61.0%
8th**50.0%*****55.3%
9th**71.1%*****47.5%
11th**51.2%*****62.2%
All Grades50.6%67.6%58.8%***48.7%63.8%56.4%
Lyon County5th78.5%62.3%70.1%71.8%71.6%71.7%65.3%70.2%67.7%
8th53.0%60.4%57.4%61.4%59.2%60.2%60.9%65.6%63.1%
9th63.5%54.1%58.6%70.1%65.5%67.8%63.5%66.3%64.8%
11th67.7%59.8%63.8%55.1%64.8%59.8%59.6%62.7%61.2%
All Grades65.5%58.6%61.9%65.0%64.9%64.9%62.4%66.3%64.3%
McLeod County5th********62.5%
8th**64.3%*****72.7%
9th**85.0%******
11th**45.8%*****58.3%
All Grades67.3%71.8%69.3%***58.5%70.4%64.5%
Mahnomen County5th**66.7%58.1%37.8%47.1%58.6%55.6%57.1%
8th***44.0%36.1%39.3%**43.8%
9th73.3%58.5%64.8%30.0%57.1%44.6%28.6%42.5%36.0%
11th**41.3%63.2%46.7%53.1%**51.4%
All Grades59.4%55.8%57.4%47.6%44.2%45.7%46.0%45.6%45.8%
Marshall County5th63.6%57.5%60.3%69.6%73.2%71.9%**65.7%
8th48.6%55.6%52.1%69.7%66.7%68.0%***
9th58.8%58.5%58.7%60.0%51.6%56.3%**56.7%
11th67.4%59.2%63.0%60.7%57.9%59.1%***
All Grades59.9%57.8%58.8%64.5%63.2%63.8%61.9%66.7%64.2%
Martin County5th77.8%64.3%70.9%***73.4%52.2%62.6%
8th59.7%58.8%59.3%***63.8%67.2%65.4%
9th49.0%59.0%54.3%***55.1%56.9%55.7%
11th65.4%58.3%62.1%***54.9%57.5%56.5%
All Grades62.1%60.1%61.1%***61.5%58.2%60.0%
Meeker County5th71.4%67.5%69.4%73.0%70.0%71.6%**65.3%
8th67.5%66.1%66.8%66.4%67.5%67.0%53.3%84.4%69.4%
9th54.0%59.0%56.7%55.3%65.8%60.9%**54.4%
11th66.7%53.6%59.7%61.3%61.6%61.4%**52.4%
All Grades64.9%62.5%63.7%64.5%66.7%65.6%51.0%70.4%61.0%
Mille Lacs County5th64.7%63.6%64.1%73.7%65.9%69.5%67.0%59.4%63.3%
8th61.3%57.6%59.4%59.6%68.0%64.1%54.2%67.0%61.2%
9th57.9%64.6%61.2%52.2%55.0%53.5%45.4%56.7%50.5%
11th56.6%57.3%57.0%61.2%56.6%59.0%48.3%56.2%52.2%
All Grades59.5%60.5%60.0%61.7%62.4%62.0%54.5%60.6%57.6%
Morrison County5th73.3%71.7%72.5%76.4%70.7%73.1%71.2%63.2%67.4%
8th56.1%63.8%60.0%64.7%68.8%66.7%60.0%60.8%60.4%
9th59.1%66.7%62.9%56.2%59.2%57.8%49.7%55.7%52.5%
11th59.8%55.9%57.9%54.2%56.6%55.3%61.2%64.8%62.8%
All Grades61.8%64.6%63.2%61.9%63.8%62.8%60.1%60.8%60.4%
Mower County5th70.3%62.4%66.1%72.8%50.6%61.9%62.8%60.1%61.5%
8th50.7%56.3%53.4%52.6%59.3%56.1%51.9%52.6%52.2%
9th54.9%63.6%59.0%54.7%58.9%56.9%44.1%55.4%49.0%
11th58.4%63.1%61.0%54.0%69.8%62.4%49.3%62.0%56.1%
All Grades59.0%61.1%60.1%59.1%59.2%59.1%53.2%57.2%55.1%
Murray County5th**62.7%80.0%87.5%83.6%77.8%72.2%74.6%
8th61.5%68.8%64.8%53.7%72.4%61.4%61.5%74.2%67.1%
9th73.5%60.0%66.7%54.3%54.8%54.5%76.5%43.8%60.6%
11th55.3%62.1%58.2%62.2%50.0%56.0%67.6%78.6%72.3%
All Grades61.9%64.6%63.2%62.2%64.5%63.3%70.1%66.9%68.6%
Nicollet County5th64.0%53.1%59.0%******
8th70.2%65.3%67.9%******
9th63.6%73.0%68.6%***44.8%50.0%47.2%
11th61.2%69.1%65.4%***53.3%60.0%56.2%
All Grades64.8%64.9%64.9%***49.7%53.7%51.5%
Nobles County5th65.9%57.1%61.7%63.4%59.6%61.5%67.7%54.5%61.8%
8th52.3%58.5%55.3%53.1%62.0%57.1%46.8%50.5%48.6%
9th56.9%41.7%49.6%57.9%59.6%58.9%43.0%60.6%51.4%
11th64.0%54.9%59.6%63.1%65.3%64.2%44.2%61.0%52.3%
All Grades59.2%52.6%56.0%59.1%61.4%60.2%49.8%56.8%53.1%
Norman County5th84.1%48.2%64.0%51.6%56.5%53.7%**63.0%
8th63.2%70.0%66.2%54.5%56.4%55.6%40.0%61.3%50.0%
9th64.1%61.1%62.7%51.6%73.3%62.3%***
11th63.3%55.2%59.3%64.3%65.2%64.7%**59.3%
All Grades69.5%57.0%63.2%55.2%61.8%58.5%46.8%60.0%54.0%
Olmsted County5th79.1%64.8%71.8%74.4%67.5%70.9%67.0%65.6%66.3%
8th61.6%69.4%65.7%60.7%65.2%62.9%54.8%61.8%58.3%
9th55.0%60.7%57.8%60.4%64.3%62.2%58.3%60.2%59.2%
11th51.5%58.6%55.6%56.9%65.8%61.4%57.5%61.0%59.3%
All Grades60.7%64.3%62.6%64.1%65.8%64.9%59.6%62.5%61.0%
Otter Tail County5th78.5%63.8%70.4%72.8%68.4%70.7%73.9%65.5%69.7%
8th68.2%62.8%65.6%59.8%69.3%65.2%55.6%63.0%59.1%
9th62.0%54.8%58.5%53.7%56.9%55.3%55.5%57.7%56.6%
11th64.1%58.3%61.1%62.4%61.4%61.9%50.6%64.9%58.3%
All Grades67.5%59.9%63.7%62.3%64.2%63.3%59.1%62.8%60.9%
Pennington County5th******63.9%56.5%60.0%
8th63.2%64.5%63.8%***57.7%50.0%54.1%
9th52.2%52.9%52.6%***42.1%51.4%47.2%
11th41.9%48.0%45.2%***58.9%53.5%56.6%
All Grades53.6%56.8%55.2%***56.0%52.8%54.4%
Pine County5th55.7%54.5%55.2%63.6%59.4%61.5%58.2%63.4%60.7%
8th45.1%46.8%46.0%48.4%55.4%51.8%57.4%51.8%54.3%
9th40.5%52.6%46.2%51.6%48.8%50.2%37.8%52.6%45.3%
11th51.4%50.5%50.9%42.2%45.7%44.1%45.6%61.3%52.9%
All Grades46.9%50.5%48.7%50.6%51.7%51.2%50.2%56.6%53.5%
Pipestone County5th**69.2%***72.7%56.3%64.6%
8th**72.2%***68.6%71.0%69.7%
9th63.6%54.8%59.4%***52.0%60.7%56.6%
11th52.9%70.0%60.9%*****63.0%
All Grades64.8%65.1%65.0%***67.0%60.9%63.9%
Polk County5th***69.7%69.1%69.4%64.5%68.9%66.7%
8th62.2%55.1%58.8%64.0%60.0%62.0%59.1%58.4%58.7%
9th59.4%59.4%59.4%52.9%52.4%52.6%50.7%64.2%57.4%
11th66.7%61.1%63.7%55.0%55.8%55.3%55.8%56.3%56.0%
All Grades66.5%60.2%63.5%60.6%59.5%60.1%57.7%62.2%59.9%
Pope County5th74.2%62.5%67.6%80.0%55.6%67.6%***
8th53.1%65.9%60.3%71.9%61.9%66.2%71.4%78.6%74.6%
9th41.9%71.1%59.2%64.0%56.7%60.0%64.5%63.9%64.2%
11th57.1%54.5%55.9%66.7%54.1%59.0%67.9%76.5%72.6%
All Grades56.6%64.2%60.8%71.6%57.2%63.6%68.1%72.4%70.3%
Ramsey County5th75.8%69.1%72.5%71.5%66.8%69.2%66.1%63.6%64.9%
8th60.2%63.8%61.9%59.6%63.8%61.7%52.8%59.4%55.9%
9th56.6%60.8%58.6%57.8%65.8%61.7%53.0%58.1%55.5%
11th57.8%59.9%58.8%59.2%59.8%59.5%54.3%57.3%55.8%
All Grades62.5%63.4%62.9%62.5%64.2%63.4%57.3%60.0%58.6%
Red Lake County5th51.9%60.0%55.8%60.7%68.2%64.0%**73.9%
8th**47.7%56.5%76.2%65.9%**67.9%
9th57.7%62.5%60.3%52.4%69.6%61.4%**60.8%
11th**54.2%52.2%42.1%47.6%**64.3%
All Grades49.0%61.0%55.0%55.8%64.7%60.0%69.0%64.1%66.7%
Redwood County5th74.1%76.5%75.2%79.2%80.6%80.0%63.8%68.2%66.1%
8th60.0%59.3%59.6%67.1%69.2%68.1%53.4%54.3%54.0%
9th48.1%53.0%50.8%54.4%71.9%62.9%45.1%55.2%50.0%
11th55.3%44.3%49.1%55.6%48.3%51.8%54.3%53.6%53.9%
All Grades59.6%57.4%58.4%61.6%65.9%63.8%53.6%57.8%55.9%
Renville County5th70.6%54.8%61.8%81.8%74.3%77.2%80.6%62.5%72.1%
8th48.8%60.0%52.9%55.7%61.3%58.5%73.0%78.6%75.4%
9th61.1%67.6%64.3%56.4%54.5%55.6%64.1%63.2%63.6%
11th**58.2%56.7%65.0%59.8%**70.8%
All Grades59.7%59.2%59.5%59.0%63.0%60.9%72.9%66.9%70.2%
Rice County5th75.6%69.6%72.7%70.8%67.2%69.0%69.9%66.3%67.9%
8th62.7%70.0%66.4%62.1%69.5%65.7%61.6%61.5%61.5%
9th53.2%64.6%59.2%67.9%68.4%68.2%57.5%62.6%60.2%
11th57.5%67.2%62.2%64.5%72.4%68.2%54.1%58.5%56.1%
All Grades62.1%67.8%65.0%66.3%69.1%67.7%60.6%62.6%61.6%
Rock County5th69.4%70.0%69.7%***70.3%68.2%69.1%
8th62.8%50.0%56.5%***76.6%66.7%72.5%
9th67.6%63.9%65.8%***57.6%57.1%57.3%
11th58.8%59.0%58.9%***51.6%40.6%46.0%
All Grades64.7%59.9%62.3%***65.5%58.9%62.1%
Roseau County5th66.2%60.5%63.3%74.2%62.0%67.6%68.9%62.2%65.9%
8th52.1%65.0%60.2%65.8%49.4%57.4%58.6%51.7%55.4%
9th55.4%62.8%59.2%62.4%56.3%59.1%49.3%55.4%52.5%
11th56.2%42.5%49.0%63.0%59.7%61.0%53.8%56.9%55.5%
All Grades57.9%57.8%57.8%66.3%56.7%61.1%56.8%55.9%56.4%
St. Louis County5th70.0%63.2%66.7%74.0%69.7%71.8%66.9%62.8%64.8%
8th61.9%62.3%62.1%55.2%64.9%60.0%49.2%57.1%52.9%
9th59.5%63.3%61.4%53.8%63.5%58.6%48.0%59.9%53.7%
11th60.7%57.3%59.1%52.3%56.8%54.6%50.5%55.9%53.4%
All Grades63.0%61.8%62.4%59.2%64.0%61.6%53.8%59.3%56.5%
Scott County5th78.8%72.7%75.7%79.6%70.8%75.3%75.8%67.2%71.4%
8th64.4%64.2%64.3%63.4%68.9%66.2%56.3%63.7%59.9%
9th57.9%64.2%61.1%58.6%63.3%61.0%56.5%61.5%59.0%
11th57.5%58.5%58.0%59.8%63.0%61.4%60.6%64.1%62.4%
All Grades64.3%64.8%64.5%65.7%66.6%66.2%61.9%64.0%63.0%
Sherburne County5th77.1%70.1%73.7%72.0%66.9%69.5%65.0%66.8%65.9%
8th61.7%70.1%66.2%56.7%67.3%62.2%51.1%60.2%55.3%
9th59.9%60.4%60.1%53.9%61.1%57.5%48.7%60.1%54.2%
11th59.3%58.2%58.7%54.7%58.5%56.6%49.7%61.2%55.6%
All Grades64.5%64.9%64.7%59.5%63.8%61.7%53.9%62.2%57.9%
Sibley County5th75.5%61.0%67.9%62.7%58.9%60.9%61.8%58.7%60.2%
8th57.6%62.7%60.0%45.3%53.7%49.6%43.3%53.8%48.2%
9th61.3%63.6%62.6%54.4%46.2%50.5%47.6%52.5%50.0%
11th56.4%56.5%56.4%63.3%53.5%59.2%47.3%46.3%46.8%
All Grades62.4%61.4%61.9%56.3%53.2%54.8%49.8%53.1%51.4%
Stearns County5th71.1%62.0%66.5%74.7%71.6%73.2%73.1%66.5%69.8%
8th66.7%61.2%64.0%64.4%66.7%65.5%58.6%67.7%63.1%
9th57.9%64.8%61.3%64.9%66.2%65.5%55.7%62.1%58.6%
11th59.9%60.9%60.4%63.6%66.9%65.2%62.1%62.0%62.0%
All Grades63.4%62.3%62.9%67.2%67.9%67.5%62.4%64.9%63.6%
Steele County5th69.2%54.3%61.2%78.9%67.5%73.3%66.1%67.6%66.7%
8th59.2%60.8%60.0%57.8%71.6%64.5%55.5%53.3%54.4%
9th60.2%64.4%62.3%58.4%69.7%64.2%51.8%65.3%58.5%
11th60.3%61.0%60.6%61.0%65.2%63.0%50.3%67.6%58.6%
All Grades60.4%61.5%60.9%64.4%68.5%66.4%53.9%62.2%57.9%
Stevens County5th66.7%74.4%71.0%76.7%62.2%68.7%***
8th77.1%73.9%75.5%73.5%65.9%69.3%***
9th70.6%63.3%66.3%48.5%57.1%53.3%**42.9%
11th**60.5%67.4%66.7%67.1%***
All Grades70.1%69.3%69.7%66.4%62.7%64.5%42.9%67.7%55.9%
Swift County5th80.6%66.7%74.6%******
8th58.3%65.7%62.0%******
9th53.6%42.3%48.1%******
11th56.0%57.9%57.1%******
All Grades63.2%58.7%61.0%******
Todd County5th67.9%62.8%65.2%64.8%64.4%64.6%64.2%75.3%69.5%
8th52.5%60.0%56.1%45.2%55.0%50.0%55.1%57.7%56.5%
9th56.4%56.3%56.4%46.0%61.1%53.8%50.9%61.1%56.0%
11th64.6%57.1%61.6%56.5%55.1%55.8%56.4%59.6%58.0%
All Grades59.9%59.1%59.5%52.9%58.9%56.0%57.1%63.3%60.2%
Traverse County5th**77.8%*****46.9%
8th**61.5%*****45.5%
9th**65.2%*****50.0%
11th**61.5%******
All Grades57.4%73.8%66.1%***39.2%55.6%47.6%
Wabasha County5th66.7%61.4%63.8%73.9%63.7%69.1%71.8%64.7%68.0%
8th60.6%60.2%60.4%54.6%67.5%61.4%64.9%68.9%66.8%
9th53.8%66.0%59.6%56.2%59.6%57.8%43.4%54.4%48.7%
11th61.3%61.4%61.3%56.0%54.2%55.2%50.4%52.5%51.4%
All Grades60.4%62.2%61.3%60.5%61.7%61.1%58.5%61.0%59.7%
Wadena County5th69.1%52.9%60.1%66.7%60.5%63.6%58.9%55.9%57.6%
8th66.7%59.0%63.1%62.8%53.3%57.7%54.4%66.7%60.3%
9th67.4%67.1%67.3%56.6%64.5%60.1%41.4%66.1%53.8%
11th50.0%57.1%53.4%59.5%61.3%60.3%46.2%53.6%50.0%
All Grades63.8%58.8%61.4%61.6%59.3%60.5%51.5%60.7%55.9%
Waseca County5th78.7%67.1%73.5%72.8%63.5%68.6%**60.8%
8th70.4%69.6%70.1%61.8%69.1%64.9%59.5%53.5%56.7%
9th56.3%64.2%60.6%57.0%52.8%54.9%54.1%55.4%54.8%
11th62.7%48.8%55.8%57.3%61.7%59.5%54.1%58.3%55.9%
All Grades67.4%62.4%65.0%62.5%61.2%61.9%56.2%56.7%56.4%
Washington County5th78.4%72.2%75.1%76.3%69.1%72.8%70.4%69.7%70.1%
8th65.7%64.9%65.3%67.2%69.4%68.3%59.3%66.6%62.8%
9th58.6%64.1%61.4%62.2%67.8%64.9%57.0%65.5%61.1%
11th63.6%65.2%64.4%60.3%64.8%62.4%59.0%61.5%60.3%
All Grades66.1%66.5%66.3%66.6%67.9%67.2%61.3%65.9%63.6%
Watonwan County5th***74.4%58.5%66.7%69.1%80.0%73.7%
8th47.8%52.9%50.0%43.1%52.2%48.3%56.0%45.0%51.1%
9th59.1%39.4%50.6%49.3%46.6%47.9%44.9%50.9%48.1%
11th48.5%50.0%49.3%38.9%46.9%42.7%47.2%47.9%47.6%
All Grades51.6%47.9%49.8%50.2%50.4%50.3%55.3%55.2%55.2%
Wilkin County5th57.7%64.0%60.8%70.0%74.1%71.9%**71.1%
8th40.0%46.7%42.9%50.0%58.3%54.3%46.2%77.8%62.3%
9th62.7%54.8%59.8%50.0%66.0%58.8%74.1%52.0%63.5%
11th61.9%62.9%62.3%62.5%79.2%68.8%**70.5%
All Grades56.0%57.0%56.4%57.7%67.9%62.7%66.0%67.0%66.5%
Winona County5th70.0%65.0%67.5%71.3%62.4%67.0%71.2%61.4%65.8%
8th50.0%59.3%54.6%60.8%62.4%61.6%55.1%62.2%58.8%
9th58.0%56.9%57.4%56.3%56.8%56.5%55.9%52.9%54.3%
11th58.5%63.3%61.0%45.9%64.6%55.3%55.7%47.1%51.8%
All Grades58.2%60.6%59.5%58.3%61.3%59.8%60.6%58.6%59.6%
Wright County5th74.6%71.5%73.1%81.8%74.7%78.0%76.4%71.3%73.8%
8th64.8%68.6%66.6%65.7%68.7%67.1%60.6%64.6%62.6%
9th67.5%65.5%66.5%64.4%69.6%67.0%61.0%64.5%62.7%
11th60.4%64.8%62.6%58.3%59.2%58.8%54.5%61.8%57.9%
All Grades66.7%67.5%67.1%67.5%68.4%68.0%63.2%65.8%64.5%
Yellow Medicine County5th**60.7%55.3%47.8%51.6%64.8%54.9%60.0%
8th57.1%68.0%62.3%58.6%86.4%75.3%58.3%70.7%64.0%
9th45.9%56.8%51.9%47.4%62.2%55.4%61.5%72.5%66.3%
11th65.3%69.0%67.0%62.5%66.7%64.6%**65.0%
All Grades58.2%62.6%60.5%55.5%65.5%60.8%62.1%65.1%63.6%

About the Indicator:

The Developmental Assets framework was devised by the Search Institute* to identify skills and behaviors that contribute to positive adolescent development. Survey questions were generated and grouped to compose a series of scales to assess such development. For the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey (MSS), questions were added to facilitate analysis of the following scales: Social Competency, Positive Identity, and Empowerment (please visit SUMN.org for additional fact sheets).

The modified Empowerment Scale comprises 3 subsets of a question included on the Minnesota Student Survey as follows:

In general, how does each of the following statements describe you?

  • I feel valued and appreciated by others
  • I am included in family tasks and decisions
  • I am given useful roles and responsibilities

The response options to these statements were, “Not at all or rarely,” “Somewhat or sometimes,” “Very or often,” and “Extremely or almost always.” These responses were assigned a numerical score of 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Students with a total of 9 or more (an average of 3 or higher for the 3 questions) are considered by this scale to possess more, or a higher level of, empowerment.

A new method of analysis was introduced in 2019, to create consistency across agencies. Prior year data has been changed. For more information about the change, or for help in comparing your community's data, please email info@sumn.org.

* Note: The Search Institute's Empowerment Scale uses 6 indicators, rather than the 3 used by the MSS.
Items used and adapted with permission from Search Institute (2004). The Developmental Assets Profile. Minneapolis: Author. Copyright © 2004 by Search Institute (www.search-institute.org). All rights reserved.

 

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.