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Percent of Students Reporting They Were Bullied or Harassed Once or More in the Past 30 Days, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota5th62.1%58.4%60.3%
8th57.9%43.4%50.6%56.7%41.7%49.1%60.8%46.5%53.7%
9th53.0%37.3%45.2%52.6%35.3%43.9%56.0%39.5%47.8%
11th48.4%33.5%40.9%46.1%30.0%38.0%48.3%31.9%40.1%
All Grades53.3%38.3%45.8%52.2%36.1%44.1%57.3%44.8%51.0%
Aitkin County5th67.6%60.3%64.1%
8th55.7%40.8%47.4%59.1%40.0%48.9%61.4%40.4%50.5%
9th68.1%49.2%59.1%57.1%46.9%52.7%72.3%46.3%60.2%
11th62.7%38.8%51.9%43.8%38.6%41.0%60.7%43.3%51.7%
All Grades62.4%43.1%52.8%52.6%42.0%47.3%66.3%49.2%57.9%
Anoka County5th65.2%63.2%64.2%
8th59.1%44.0%51.3%54.4%39.9%47.3%63.0%47.8%55.6%
9th48.6%32.6%40.8%49.7%33.7%41.8%53.0%38.8%46.2%
11th50.2%33.3%41.8%43.2%28.3%35.5%48.6%34.3%41.7%
All Grades53.0%37.4%45.2%49.5%34.1%41.9%58.7%48.1%53.5%
Becker County5th72.2%57.6%64.8%
8th62.3%37.5%49.5%63.1%52.6%57.7%60.4%50.8%56.0%
9th55.9%42.0%48.2%65.6%35.5%51.0%59.5%48.6%54.1%
11th50.5%31.9%40.8%56.4%30.1%43.0%59.3%38.7%48.7%
All Grades56.2%37.7%46.3%62.0%40.1%51.0%62.1%48.6%55.5%
Beltrami County5th69.5%65.6%67.4%
8th62.7%41.2%51.9%62.0%45.5%53.9%64.4%56.2%60.4%
9th49.5%29.4%39.0%52.4%36.5%44.0%55.8%41.8%49.0%
11th44.8%28.4%36.7%39.5%23.4%30.8%41.6%34.6%38.3%
All Grades52.7%33.2%42.8%52.6%35.7%43.9%59.3%52.0%55.7%
Benton County5th63.5%58.2%60.7%
8th70.9%54.2%63.5%55.6%44.7%50.2%74.0%48.2%62.4%
9th47.1%43.8%45.4%58.3%40.8%49.2%66.7%40.8%53.7%
11th46.9%39.0%43.2%52.0%41.3%47.2%44.6%26.9%36.0%
All Grades55.3%45.6%50.7%55.7%42.3%49.1%63.5%44.8%54.3%
Big Stone County5th***
8th63.3%45.8%55.6%*****45.0%
9th70.0%36.4%52.4%******
11th54.5%34.1%42.9%******
All Grades62.4%37.6%49.5%***70.7%34.6%56.7%
Blue Earth County5th63.4%56.2%59.7%
8th49.9%42.1%46.0%56.1%42.4%49.2%55.0%38.9%47.1%
9th60.9%42.1%51.3%53.8%29.5%41.7%54.0%36.0%44.4%
11th44.3%32.6%38.9%41.1%31.4%36.0%48.9%29.0%38.7%
All Grades52.0%39.7%45.9%50.8%34.5%42.5%55.9%41.0%48.3%
Brown County5th65.8%57.0%61.7%
8th60.2%38.2%49.1%61.3%36.1%47.8%72.0%57.3%63.8%
9th60.4%34.3%47.8%65.2%46.4%55.3%70.2%50.9%60.8%
11th62.1%48.5%55.1%54.3%44.4%49.5%59.2%41.7%50.5%
All Grades60.8%40.3%50.6%60.6%42.1%51.0%66.7%51.7%59.2%
Carlton County5th69.0%63.5%66.3%
8th60.3%47.2%53.9%66.5%50.2%58.4%65.2%54.8%59.1%
9th62.3%46.5%54.6%61.2%39.2%49.9%64.6%47.5%55.9%
11th66.2%41.2%53.3%54.0%34.0%44.2%57.6%33.1%44.2%
All Grades62.7%45.1%54.0%61.0%41.7%51.3%64.5%50.0%56.8%
Carver County5th66.1%63.0%64.5%
8th55.0%39.6%47.2%53.4%45.7%49.7%64.1%42.9%53.1%
9th52.9%39.0%46.2%53.4%36.5%45.0%54.5%45.5%50.2%
11th60.8%30.9%46.1%50.8%30.1%39.8%50.3%32.4%41.9%
All Grades56.0%36.8%46.5%52.9%38.7%45.8%59.3%46.3%52.8%
Cass County5th75.2%66.1%70.6%
8th63.3%45.5%53.9%66.7%43.8%54.5%70.7%54.9%62.9%
9th65.2%51.5%58.1%52.0%40.3%46.0%58.3%52.6%55.4%
11th47.1%42.0%44.6%67.5%34.1%50.3%45.1%32.4%38.7%
All Grades59.4%46.8%52.9%61.2%40.1%50.2%64.2%53.6%58.9%
Chippewa County5th59.7%65.6%62.5%
8thN/AN/AN/A***75.8%46.2%59.3%
9thN/AN/AN/A***66.2%48.1%57.0%
11thN/AN/AN/A***70.2%28.3%49.5%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***67.6%48.1%57.6%
Chisago County5th60.4%49.4%55.2%
8th56.3%37.3%47.5%***67.5%47.3%57.7%
9th54.1%36.4%44.7%***59.5%40.7%50.8%
11th42.0%34.2%38.2%***41.7%28.9%34.6%
All Grades51.3%36.0%43.8%***58.3%40.4%49.5%
Clay County5th58.4%52.3%55.2%
8th57.3%41.3%49.0%50.0%43.2%46.8%57.4%43.5%49.9%
9th52.0%33.3%42.7%60.0%39.2%48.8%57.6%30.5%45.1%
11th52.3%32.2%42.9%46.0%31.8%38.2%44.0%35.2%40.0%
All Grades54.0%36.2%45.1%52.2%38.1%44.8%54.4%41.3%47.9%
Clearwater County5th***
8th61.2%50.0%56.0%55.6%50.0%53.0%***
9th48.7%55.6%52.7%53.5%42.2%46.7%***
11th65.7%40.0%52.9%46.9%37.8%42.0%***
All Grades58.5%49.6%53.9%52.5%43.2%47.5%***
Cook County5th**76.0%
8th40.0%46.2%42.4%*****63.6%
9th54.5%39.1%46.7%*****55.2%
11th30.0%37.5%34.6%*****56.3%
All Grades44.2%40.4%42.3%***71.2%53.3%62.2%
Cottonwood County5th60.9%55.7%58.1%
8th63.6%44.8%52.9%65.9%50.0%57.4%67.1%51.9%59.4%
9th51.2%37.3%43.6%64.6%34.0%49.0%66.2%40.9%51.9%
11th53.8%36.2%43.3%65.9%38.0%51.1%54.9%29.8%41.3%
All Grades56.3%39.5%46.8%65.4%40.7%52.4%62.4%44.3%52.7%
Crow Wing County5th57.7%72.8%66.3%
8th65.7%33.0%49.7%***66.2%49.3%57.6%
9th53.5%47.4%50.6%***56.3%39.9%47.9%
11th49.3%40.5%44.7%***53.8%40.6%47.2%
All Grades57.3%39.7%48.6%***56.6%46.0%51.1%
Dakota County5th59.7%55.1%57.4%
8th59.2%42.6%50.7%54.3%39.2%46.7%61.0%48.1%54.5%
9th51.2%33.9%42.6%49.4%33.7%41.6%55.3%39.1%47.2%
11th47.7%32.3%39.9%43.8%29.3%36.4%47.0%32.8%39.8%
All Grades52.8%36.4%44.5%49.5%34.4%41.8%56.0%43.8%49.8%
Dodge County5th63.8%61.2%62.5%
8th52.5%35.3%44.6%60.3%39.8%50.4%54.9%49.6%52.3%
9th55.4%47.2%51.5%36.2%25.9%31.3%50.0%41.1%45.4%
11th60.0%33.0%47.0%37.8%31.1%34.9%52.1%23.4%37.1%
All Grades55.6%39.1%47.8%44.9%32.2%39.0%55.9%44.4%50.2%
Douglas County5th65.0%64.0%64.5%
8th54.1%50.6%52.4%51.5%40.1%45.9%53.3%41.5%47.6%
9th60.7%44.2%51.8%66.9%36.9%51.9%64.0%38.6%52.4%
11th53.6%36.4%46.0%49.6%43.4%46.3%57.4%34.6%44.4%
All Grades55.9%44.2%50.2%56.3%40.1%48.1%60.5%45.8%53.1%
Faribault County5th71.2%67.3%69.2%
8th54.9%47.6%50.9%73.9%39.0%54.3%66.0%38.7%49.2%
9th65.3%59.7%62.6%53.3%39.3%45.3%62.3%35.7%49.6%
11th56.0%37.9%45.7%60.0%39.7%49.6%48.9%36.4%42.2%
All Grades59.5%48.5%53.7%62.3%39.3%49.7%62.3%43.7%52.4%
Fillmore County5th58.3%68.4%63.5%
8th57.3%52.9%55.2%67.7%42.6%54.9%48.7%28.1%39.4%
9th58.9%43.1%50.9%61.1%47.0%54.3%***
11th58.7%34.9%45.0%50.0%39.3%44.8%**47.2%
All Grades58.2%44.0%50.8%59.7%43.1%51.5%55.8%45.9%50.7%
Freeborn County5th65.7%57.5%61.5%
8th60.5%24.1%42.2%64.5%40.4%52.9%63.1%43.7%53.0%
9th54.6%32.3%44.3%56.1%38.3%46.3%63.7%41.2%52.7%
11th46.9%25.8%35.9%46.6%34.9%40.9%54.5%20.7%38.2%
All Grades54.2%27.5%41.0%56.8%38.2%47.4%62.2%42.3%52.2%
Goodhue County5th65.5%67.9%66.7%
8th57.9%45.5%52.2%61.1%41.8%51.3%65.5%36.9%51.6%
9th54.6%43.6%49.0%54.3%37.4%45.3%**56.5%
11th43.4%39.9%41.5%47.6%30.8%40.6%51.3%36.2%44.2%
All Grades52.6%43.0%47.8%54.4%37.4%46.1%62.2%48.5%55.6%
Grant County5th58.7%69.7%63.3%
8th61.5%45.9%52.4%50.0%46.9%48.7%69.2%42.1%53.1%
9th74.3%58.6%67.2%46.9%38.9%42.6%63.3%48.6%55.4%
11th53.3%51.9%52.6%57.1%44.4%49.1%55.3%41.4%49.3%
All Grades63.7%51.6%57.6%50.5%43.3%46.8%60.7%50.4%55.6%
Hennepin County5th58.8%55.8%57.3%
8th53.6%41.5%47.6%54.5%39.9%47.2%53.9%42.4%48.3%
9th50.1%35.2%42.7%47.3%31.9%39.7%48.3%35.4%42.1%
11th45.2%31.8%38.5%43.8%28.6%36.3%41.6%30.3%36.1%
All Grades49.9%36.4%43.2%49.2%34.2%41.8%50.8%41.4%46.2%
Houston County5th52.2%45.2%48.6%
8th59.0%50.0%54.5%72.4%50.0%62.0%66.3%55.4%61.5%
9th52.1%38.5%45.4%62.2%34.6%46.6%63.4%42.2%53.4%
11th59.2%34.7%45.8%54.3%38.1%47.2%48.9%26.7%38.7%
All Grades56.7%40.2%48.2%63.2%40.2%51.8%58.0%41.9%50.4%
Hubbard County5th72.4%60.7%67.0%
8th64.5%48.5%57.9%62.5%47.8%55.8%62.5%50.0%57.0%
9th68.4%60.7%65.0%62.2%42.7%53.3%54.9%34.7%45.5%
11th64.2%45.9%54.6%53.4%23.9%38.9%52.4%38.8%46.4%
All Grades65.7%51.2%59.0%59.7%38.0%49.6%61.6%47.3%55.1%
Isanti County5th63.5%57.8%60.7%
8th65.0%46.7%56.3%64.1%50.3%57.2%68.0%53.3%60.8%
9th57.4%40.0%48.7%65.4%48.9%57.3%66.3%46.5%56.6%
11th46.4%31.2%39.4%59.4%37.3%48.6%46.4%41.5%44.2%
All Grades58.1%40.9%49.8%63.1%45.9%54.6%61.6%50.4%56.2%
Itasca County5th70.6%68.3%69.4%
8th58.3%41.7%49.9%69.4%45.0%56.6%73.0%59.2%66.2%
9th70.4%42.2%56.1%72.9%46.2%60.0%63.8%52.0%58.5%
11th58.1%50.8%54.7%50.8%39.5%44.3%57.4%31.2%43.3%
All Grades62.7%44.0%53.5%66.5%43.8%54.6%67.0%54.5%60.8%
Jackson County5th65.7%55.2%60.9%
8th57.4%39.5%49.5%53.3%33.3%41.7%73.8%43.3%61.1%
9th52.3%47.5%49.5%53.3%45.5%49.4%70.0%49.3%57.0%
11th59.3%34.5%46.8%56.3%38.2%48.8%**45.0%
All Grades56.6%40.8%48.5%54.6%40.4%47.8%68.8%45.6%55.7%
Kanabec County5th66.7%71.4%68.7%
8th68.7%35.9%52.8%59.6%53.0%56.8%77.8%40.9%57.5%
9th60.0%39.0%50.4%57.7%47.5%52.3%68.7%36.6%52.2%
11th40.8%33.8%36.8%45.8%29.2%36.6%55.6%19.2%37.7%
All Grades58.9%36.1%47.5%55.3%43.1%49.2%67.2%41.2%54.3%
Kandiyohi County5th69.5%67.7%68.6%
8th52.1%39.3%45.3%52.1%31.7%41.8%60.7%37.1%47.9%
9th49.1%22.9%36.0%34.3%22.0%27.9%58.6%42.3%49.9%
11th42.9%34.5%38.0%30.4%20.5%24.9%49.7%27.3%39.0%
All Grades48.3%32.2%39.7%39.9%24.8%31.9%59.9%43.7%51.6%
Kittson County5th***
8th56.5%36.4%46.7%63.6%35.0%50.0%**56.7%
9th71.0%38.5%56.1%83.3%56.3%70.6%**66.7%
11th68.4%31.8%48.8%75.0%31.6%57.4%**55.6%
All Grades65.8%35.7%51.0%73.5%40.0%58.5%61.1%53.8%58.1%
Koochiching County5th34.3%74.2%53.0%
8th69.8%60.6%65.8%***51.9%50.0%50.9%
9th78.1%44.4%60.3%***75.9%50.0%62.7%
11th70.0%46.4%56.3%*****53.8%
All Grades72.6%50.5%61.5%***56.3%54.5%55.4%
Lac Qui Parle County5th71.1%47.5%60.0%
8th64.9%59.5%62.2%54.2%56.3%55.1%58.7%50.0%54.5%
9th59.5%43.8%50.6%62.2%36.1%49.3%65.4%39.1%48.6%
11th44.1%28.6%37.1%64.7%29.7%46.5%60.0%37.5%50.0%
All Grades56.5%45.1%50.7%59.2%42.1%51.0%63.7%43.8%53.6%
Lake County5th50.0%65.8%57.9%
8th47.5%42.6%44.8%***39.6%58.7%48.5%
9th65.1%48.5%59.4%***69.4%39.2%51.7%
11th52.4%31.6%39.0%***55.9%36.1%45.7%
All Grades57.3%40.7%49.2%***52.2%49.7%50.9%
Lake of the Woods County5th**58.6%
8th92.3%66.7%77.4%*****51.5%
9th58.3%54.5%56.5%*****52.6%
11th47.1%69.2%56.7%*****41.9%
All Grades64.3%64.3%64.3%***61.3%42.0%51.1%
Le Sueur County5th56.8%60.7%59.1%
8th62.9%47.3%56.0%66.1%45.5%54.6%64.3%48.9%55.7%
9th56.3%44.0%50.2%62.6%43.0%52.3%53.6%42.5%48.4%
11th58.1%37.1%46.4%46.2%21.6%35.2%71.2%34.0%49.4%
All Grades59.1%42.5%50.8%58.3%38.5%48.1%60.6%47.1%53.1%
Lincoln County5th**77.3%
8th73.9%27.3%58.8%*****60.0%
9th60.0%30.4%42.1%*****55.3%
11th56.5%30.0%44.2%*****47.4%
All Grades63.9%29.6%47.8%***74.3%48.8%60.6%
Lyon County5th59.8%45.9%53.0%
8th66.7%57.7%61.4%53.3%49.0%51.1%61.6%42.9%52.9%
9th53.0%46.8%49.8%54.9%42.1%48.3%60.4%41.9%51.3%
11th42.7%26.3%34.8%46.4%34.3%40.5%47.8%35.7%41.5%
All Grades52.4%44.0%48.0%51.9%42.4%47.1%57.6%41.5%49.6%
McLeod County5th**71.4%
8th78.9%63.6%73.3%*****54.5%
9th90.9%53.8%70.8%******
11th25.0%38.5%32.0%*****62.5%
All Grades66.7%51.4%59.5%***63.6%54.5%59.1%
Mahnomen County5th82.1%70.6%76.7%
8th51.5%44.8%48.4%64.0%37.2%47.1%76.5%56.7%67.2%
9th55.2%50.0%52.2%74.2%36.1%53.7%67.6%48.8%57.7%
11th68.0%42.9%56.5%52.6%33.3%40.8%**35.1%
All Grades57.5%46.7%52.0%65.3%35.8%47.8%71.8%53.1%62.3%
Marshall County5th**60.0%
8th63.9%36.8%50.0%50.0%30.2%38.7%***
9th50.0%41.5%46.3%46.3%53.3%49.3%**66.7%
11th55.8%37.3%45.7%64.3%18.4%37.9%**40.0%
All Grades55.6%38.5%47.1%52.5%32.4%42.0%76.7%40.4%57.8%
Martin County5th62.3%48.0%54.9%
8th67.5%50.0%59.0%***53.9%48.3%51.5%
9th62.9%49.2%55.5%***62.4%40.7%54.4%
11th53.8%48.0%51.0%***70.4%30.7%47.3%
All Grades61.6%49.1%55.2%***61.6%41.7%52.2%
Meeker County5th**63.3%
8th58.5%40.9%49.6%63.3%41.4%52.5%76.7%51.5%63.5%
9th48.0%34.2%40.6%61.5%35.3%47.5%**54.1%
11th33.9%26.1%29.8%50.0%24.0%37.4%**50.0%
All Grades49.5%35.1%42.0%59.2%34.8%46.9%65.7%51.3%58.1%
Mille Lacs County5th60.9%53.1%57.0%
8th59.5%38.9%48.7%62.6%41.0%50.7%58.5%46.7%52.1%
9th55.8%33.3%44.5%60.3%37.8%49.6%64.7%43.2%54.5%
11th52.0%40.2%46.3%45.2%28.9%36.9%57.7%34.8%46.1%
All Grades55.9%37.3%46.5%57.0%36.7%46.5%60.4%45.2%52.6%
Morrison County5th65.1%54.5%59.9%
8th58.9%45.3%52.0%62.1%41.9%52.3%71.5%52.1%61.6%
9th64.4%43.1%53.6%61.7%39.5%50.0%67.3%43.7%55.7%
11th54.5%46.0%50.2%46.2%37.3%42.0%55.9%35.5%46.6%
All Grades59.7%44.7%52.1%56.9%39.6%48.3%65.2%47.1%56.4%
Mower County5th61.5%61.8%61.7%
8th61.7%50.7%56.2%54.5%41.5%47.6%63.0%49.3%56.6%
9th56.4%44.5%50.6%51.6%41.9%46.5%58.1%38.2%49.0%
11th55.3%31.6%42.2%53.0%26.9%39.0%55.8%33.7%43.8%
All Grades58.2%43.0%50.5%53.0%37.6%44.8%60.4%48.3%54.6%
Murray County5th85.7%53.8%67.2%
8th61.5%54.8%58.6%48.8%35.5%43.1%50.0%64.7%56.8%
9th61.8%60.0%60.9%65.7%48.8%56.6%39.4%42.4%40.9%
11th65.8%48.3%58.2%48.6%28.9%38.7%32.4%17.9%26.2%
All Grades63.1%54.7%59.2%54.0%38.2%46.2%50.0%46.3%48.2%
Nicollet County5th***
8th68.4%47.1%58.3%******
9th61.4%41.3%50.8%***51.5%38.9%45.9%
11th53.1%28.6%40.0%***49.3%25.0%38.9%
All Grades61.4%38.8%49.9%***50.3%31.8%42.3%
Nobles County5th63.7%71.1%67.0%
8th69.0%52.3%60.8%55.2%30.5%44.1%63.5%50.0%57.0%
9th57.6%37.2%47.6%60.8%38.0%47.6%61.7%36.9%49.8%
11th53.3%38.6%46.2%44.4%32.9%39.1%46.0%38.2%42.2%
All Grades60.4%43.0%51.9%53.3%34.0%43.7%58.7%47.6%53.4%
Norman County5th**48.3%
8th65.8%33.3%51.5%63.0%48.1%55.0%77.8%75.0%76.5%
9th53.8%29.7%42.1%71.0%56.3%63.5%***
11th56.7%54.8%55.7%50.0%21.7%37.3%**30.8%
All Grades58.9%38.8%49.3%61.9%45.0%53.3%72.6%50.6%60.4%
Olmsted County5th64.3%57.9%61.0%
8th60.0%38.5%48.5%56.9%39.3%48.1%57.9%45.5%51.6%
9th64.7%45.0%54.9%49.4%30.4%40.6%53.2%37.2%45.4%
11th58.6%47.4%52.1%45.0%26.4%35.6%48.9%30.8%39.6%
All Grades61.2%42.5%51.3%51.1%32.8%42.2%57.1%44.8%50.9%
Otter Tail County5th58.5%62.8%60.7%
8th57.8%46.2%52.1%58.7%44.2%50.5%61.6%42.0%52.4%
9th49.6%39.5%44.7%62.9%43.2%53.1%63.5%45.9%55.0%
11th49.2%35.0%42.0%52.6%36.4%44.4%58.4%30.0%43.0%
All Grades52.6%40.6%46.7%58.2%41.5%49.5%60.7%45.6%53.2%
Pennington County5th73.8%75.4%74.6%
8th57.0%52.4%54.8%***67.9%52.2%60.7%
9th58.0%35.4%45.9%***81.4%48.6%63.4%
11th61.4%39.6%49.5%***44.8%46.7%45.6%
All Grades58.3%43.1%50.5%***67.2%56.5%61.9%
Pine County5th72.9%58.2%65.9%
8th65.7%53.1%58.7%64.5%42.7%53.6%65.8%58.0%61.5%
9th66.7%47.1%57.5%63.2%51.5%57.3%71.3%43.4%57.0%
11th58.5%49.6%53.9%59.5%45.8%52.2%49.5%41.0%45.5%
All Grades63.8%50.0%56.8%62.8%46.9%54.6%65.9%51.3%58.5%
Pipestone County5th58.3%48.4%53.7%
8th47.8%38.9%42.4%***68.6%52.9%60.9%
9th50.0%48.5%49.3%***77.8%53.3%64.9%
11th45.5%44.8%45.2%*****41.7%
All Grades47.8%43.9%45.8%***66.9%45.0%56.0%
Polk County5th67.1%59.4%63.3%
8th65.9%46.7%56.9%60.4%47.0%53.7%75.0%50.3%62.5%
9th54.1%42.0%48.4%53.8%46.0%49.7%61.4%43.2%52.2%
11th50.9%32.1%40.7%45.0%36.8%41.3%48.3%37.4%43.4%
All Grades57.3%40.1%48.8%53.5%44.0%48.8%63.1%48.2%55.8%
Pope County5th***
8th78.1%56.1%65.8%53.1%51.2%52.0%54.3%53.3%53.8%
9th71.0%34.0%48.7%68.0%43.3%54.5%55.9%36.6%45.3%
11th60.0%45.5%52.9%66.7%26.3%41.9%55.2%16.2%33.3%
All Grades69.4%44.6%55.7%61.7%40.5%49.5%55.1%34.3%44.2%
Ramsey County5th62.6%60.8%61.7%
8th55.9%43.5%49.8%52.1%42.3%47.2%58.9%45.3%52.2%
9th47.0%35.6%41.5%46.2%31.2%38.8%51.5%34.5%42.9%
11th43.7%29.1%36.5%42.7%27.4%35.1%43.7%26.8%35.2%
All Grades48.6%35.9%42.4%47.0%33.7%40.3%55.6%44.0%49.9%
Red Lake County5th52.0%69.2%60.8%
8th62.5%55.0%59.1%62.5%28.6%46.7%**49.1%
9th76.9%42.4%57.6%61.9%34.8%47.7%46.4%48.0%47.2%
11th36.0%34.8%35.4%47.8%52.6%50.0%**38.6%
All Grades58.7%43.4%51.0%57.4%38.1%48.1%50.5%47.9%49.3%
Redwood County5th58.1%58.6%58.3%
8th62.0%50.0%55.4%56.2%43.3%50.0%62.7%40.5%49.7%
9th61.8%38.0%48.4%71.0%35.8%53.7%69.0%50.0%59.4%
11th51.1%35.4%42.0%53.6%25.4%38.7%41.7%37.3%39.3%
All Grades58.6%40.9%48.6%60.6%35.0%47.8%59.2%46.7%52.4%
Renville County5th64.1%60.5%62.3%
8th58.1%44.0%52.9%65.6%32.3%48.4%67.6%25.0%47.8%
9th48.6%40.0%44.4%58.2%32.0%45.7%48.8%28.2%38.8%
11th48.4%24.0%37.5%52.9%36.6%46.8%32.3%30.0%31.1%
All Grades52.3%36.5%45.4%58.7%33.3%47.1%54.1%36.7%45.6%
Rice County5th55.2%56.9%56.1%
8th55.2%47.3%51.3%56.3%35.6%46.0%53.1%34.4%44.2%
9th59.9%42.6%50.8%51.9%37.7%44.8%55.8%35.6%45.6%
11th53.1%38.4%46.1%46.6%34.8%40.7%47.1%29.9%39.2%
All Grades56.2%43.3%49.7%52.2%36.1%44.1%53.0%39.8%46.5%
Rock County5th70.3%70.5%70.4%
8th61.4%52.2%56.7%***60.0%47.1%54.8%
9th53.8%47.4%50.6%***50.0%52.9%51.8%
11th48.5%35.9%41.7%***56.3%30.3%43.1%
All Grades55.2%45.5%50.2%***59.5%51.9%55.6%
Roseau County5th60.9%47.2%54.9%
8th66.0%40.0%50.0%59.2%38.8%48.7%76.4%54.0%65.9%
9th64.3%52.3%58.2%69.8%36.5%52.2%60.0%55.8%57.7%
11th45.3%43.0%44.2%52.2%32.9%40.3%61.5%37.3%48.6%
All Grades57.9%45.3%51.1%62.0%36.1%47.9%65.5%49.4%57.4%
St. Louis County5th65.1%63.3%64.1%
8th62.3%48.6%55.6%62.4%46.2%54.2%67.0%52.5%60.1%
9th52.5%42.7%47.7%58.1%35.0%46.5%62.6%42.7%52.9%
11th45.7%37.3%41.8%51.9%32.8%42.1%57.3%39.4%48.1%
All Grades53.5%43.1%48.5%57.8%38.0%47.8%63.5%50.4%57.0%
Scott County5th58.6%59.2%58.9%
8th62.2%49.7%56.0%60.3%43.6%51.9%63.6%47.6%55.8%
9th58.4%41.0%49.6%57.4%35.7%46.0%59.8%43.4%51.3%
11th48.1%33.2%40.5%49.1%28.1%38.7%48.5%34.0%41.2%
All Grades56.6%41.6%49.0%56.0%36.3%46.0%58.3%46.5%52.4%
Sherburne County5th61.4%54.0%57.6%
8th61.0%44.8%52.3%57.2%40.9%48.7%63.6%43.4%54.0%
9th51.5%35.5%43.8%57.8%37.8%47.7%57.5%39.0%48.6%
11th51.8%36.9%44.0%50.3%29.4%39.7%48.4%32.4%39.9%
All Grades54.9%39.5%47.0%55.4%36.6%45.7%58.5%42.9%50.8%
Sibley County5th60.7%68.8%64.8%
8th57.4%48.1%53.0%74.6%44.8%59.2%67.2%66.1%66.7%
9th54.5%42.9%48.3%51.7%39.3%45.7%58.6%43.3%51.1%
11th47.4%40.7%44.1%38.3%22.7%31.7%49.1%36.2%42.6%
All Grades53.3%43.8%48.5%55.2%37.1%46.6%59.1%53.8%56.5%
Stearns County5th65.2%60.6%62.9%
8th52.0%39.5%45.6%51.5%42.8%47.1%57.4%43.1%50.2%
9th54.6%37.8%46.0%50.6%34.1%42.4%55.6%42.9%49.6%
11th49.3%32.9%41.5%43.2%30.5%37.0%44.7%29.7%37.2%
All Grades52.0%36.8%44.4%48.8%36.3%42.6%56.1%44.7%50.4%
Steele County5th66.1%58.5%63.0%
8th59.6%37.2%49.0%71.7%51.1%61.5%70.4%50.0%60.4%
9th45.2%30.3%37.8%60.9%42.1%51.0%62.8%45.1%53.7%
11th49.8%32.0%41.0%55.8%28.6%42.7%54.4%33.3%44.2%
All Grades51.7%33.1%42.6%62.6%40.6%51.6%63.3%44.5%54.1%
Stevens County5th***
8th51.0%43.5%47.4%57.1%45.2%50.6%***
9th62.9%34.0%45.9%38.2%47.6%43.4%**67.9%
11th40.9%35.3%38.5%39.5%12.8%26.8%***
All Grades52.8%38.1%45.2%44.6%35.8%40.0%71.4%61.3%66.1%
Swift County5th***
8th61.1%48.6%54.9%******
9th64.3%38.5%51.9%******
11th76.0%56.8%64.5%******
All Grades66.3%49.0%57.2%******
Todd County5th73.1%65.9%69.6%
8th55.9%37.1%46.7%74.5%52.9%63.7%65.2%57.8%61.3%
9th58.6%45.3%53.0%64.4%56.0%59.9%69.6%50.9%60.2%
11th55.7%34.7%47.4%51.1%33.0%41.8%51.8%45.0%48.3%
All Grades56.8%39.1%49.1%63.7%47.5%55.3%66.0%56.5%61.1%
Traverse County5th**70.3%
8th64.3%29.2%42.1%*****50.0%
9th72.7%25.0%47.8%*****56.7%
11th44.4%0.0%30.8%******
All Grades58.1%22.7%40.2%***71.4%40.4%55.8%
Wabasha County5th57.1%55.6%56.3%
8th62.3%41.3%52.5%54.3%41.4%47.5%58.0%48.6%53.5%
9th50.5%37.0%43.9%60.1%38.2%49.5%66.2%40.7%53.5%
11th38.3%34.8%36.6%47.4%30.4%39.2%48.7%35.8%42.6%
All Grades48.9%37.3%43.4%54.4%37.1%45.8%57.9%46.5%52.2%
Wadena County5th63.8%58.4%61.4%
8th53.1%49.4%51.4%54.3%38.8%45.7%62.6%46.2%54.3%
9th59.8%32.4%48.0%49.4%34.8%43.0%51.8%51.7%51.8%
11th50.0%34.4%42.5%46.3%36.4%41.9%47.5%30.4%38.3%
All Grades54.7%39.4%47.7%50.0%37.0%43.7%58.0%46.8%52.4%
Waseca County5th**63.6%
8th49.5%35.2%42.8%61.2%41.5%52.9%64.3%54.0%59.4%
9th60.0%43.3%50.8%60.6%37.0%48.3%71.6%45.1%57.4%
11th65.1%43.9%54.8%46.4%32.9%39.8%56.0%32.8%46.2%
All Grades57.7%40.8%49.2%57.1%37.3%47.7%65.1%45.8%56.0%
Washington County5th57.1%52.1%54.6%
8th55.8%43.8%49.8%56.4%44.4%50.2%58.3%44.5%51.6%
9th50.0%32.5%41.1%54.0%35.6%44.9%52.6%34.4%43.6%
11th42.9%25.9%34.3%43.9%29.5%36.8%48.5%28.9%38.4%
All Grades49.7%34.2%41.9%51.7%36.9%44.3%54.5%40.3%47.4%
Watonwan County5th53.1%46.9%50.4%
8th67.3%57.1%63.1%68.6%56.3%61.5%63.3%46.8%55.2%
9th55.3%37.1%47.6%64.7%44.6%54.2%60.4%44.6%51.9%
11th55.9%40.0%46.8%64.8%38.0%51.9%45.9%24.5%33.7%
All Grades60.0%44.3%52.7%65.9%47.2%56.0%56.1%40.8%48.4%
Wilkin County5th**78.6%
8th67.5%40.0%55.7%64.7%39.5%51.4%73.1%40.7%56.6%
9th47.1%47.1%47.1%63.2%40.8%50.6%55.2%67.6%61.9%
11th55.8%37.8%47.5%62.5%36.0%52.3%**34.0%
All Grades56.0%41.6%49.8%63.4%39.3%51.3%66.0%50.5%57.6%
Winona County5th57.7%59.4%58.6%
8th70.0%47.4%58.7%58.3%43.7%51.1%66.7%53.6%60.0%
9th56.1%39.1%47.3%54.1%35.5%44.7%62.5%53.7%58.0%
11th53.3%30.8%41.6%50.9%29.8%40.3%57.4%43.1%50.9%
All Grades60.2%39.5%49.6%54.4%36.2%45.4%61.7%54.5%58.0%
Wright County5th57.8%50.8%54.1%
8th54.2%40.0%47.2%59.5%38.2%49.1%56.7%47.9%52.2%
9th52.5%35.9%44.0%49.5%35.1%42.2%58.9%37.1%47.9%
11th48.2%32.6%40.1%44.5%30.2%37.3%53.0%34.5%44.2%
All Grades51.9%36.3%44.0%51.5%34.7%43.1%56.8%43.1%49.9%
Yellow Medicine County5th67.9%68.6%68.3%
8th64.3%24.0%45.3%36.7%29.5%32.4%60.4%62.5%61.4%
9th75.7%29.5%50.6%36.8%34.0%35.3%66.7%41.0%55.6%
11th53.1%35.7%45.1%42.4%34.3%38.2%**21.8%
All Grades63.2%30.6%47.1%38.6%32.5%35.2%61.6%49.1%55.5%

About the Indicator:

This indicator includes students responding "about once a week," "several times a week," or "every day" to any or all of the following Minnesota Student Survey questions:

During the last 30 days, how often have other students at school...?

  • Pushed, shoved, slapped, hit or kicked you when they weren't kidding around
  • Threatened to beat you up
  • Spread mean rumors or lies about you
  • Made sexual jokes, comments, or gestures toward you
  • Excluded you from friends, other students, or activities

In 2016, past 30-day alcohol use was reported by 9.1% of students who said they were not bullied or harassed in the past month, 18.4% of students who were bullied or harassed at least once in the past month, 24.3% of students who were bullied or harassed weekly or more often, and 28.1% of students who reported being bullied or harassed every day.

Further, compared to 8th, 9th, and 11th graders who reported NO past-month bullying victimization, bullied students were 1.8 times more likely to report alcohol use; 1.9 times more likely to report tobacco use; 1.7 times more likely to report marijuana use; and 2.5 times more likely to report prescription drug misuse.

See the 2017 Bullying and Substance Use SUMN Fact Sheet.

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.