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Percent of Students Reporting a Parent or Guardian is Currently or Ever Has Been in Prison, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

201320162019
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th17.6%16.0%16.8%17.9%16.7%17.3%17.5%16.0%16.8%
9th17.6%15.7%16.7%17.2%15.7%16.4%17.2%15.8%16.5%
11th14.7%13.9%14.3%15.5%14.6%15.0%15.3%14.4%14.8%
All Grades16.7%15.3%16.0%17.0%15.7%16.3%16.8%15.5%16.1%
Aitkin County8th26.7%19.2%22.6%22.7%45.8%34.8%32.6%33.3%33.0%
9th34.3%25.4%30.2%36.2%28.3%32.7%18.4%14.3%16.3%
11th28.6%29.2%28.8%18.8%21.8%20.4%**23.1%
All Grades30.1%23.9%27.0%27.3%28.8%28.1%24.8%24.6%24.7%
Anoka County8th16.6%14.6%15.6%18.4%15.3%16.9%17.6%15.7%16.7%
9th16.9%15.3%16.1%15.2%14.4%14.8%17.3%13.5%15.5%
11th16.4%13.9%15.2%14.3%14.3%14.3%15.1%11.9%13.6%
All Grades16.6%14.7%15.7%16.1%14.7%15.4%16.9%14.1%15.6%
Becker County8th24.3%22.7%23.5%23.7%23.5%23.6%27.0%17.6%22.7%
9th21.1%21.1%21.1%17.1%18.5%17.8%23.5%28.4%25.9%
11th15.7%22.2%19.0%15.3%22.3%18.8%27.8%17.1%22.4%
All Grades20.4%21.9%21.2%18.7%21.4%20.1%26.0%21.4%23.8%
Beltrami County8th34.7%29.4%32.1%30.6%38.5%34.4%29.8%35.3%32.5%
9th33.0%29.4%31.1%30.3%30.9%30.6%33.6%27.1%30.5%
11th26.7%26.8%26.8%21.3%17.2%19.2%25.8%27.3%26.5%
All Grades31.7%28.7%30.2%28.0%29.6%28.8%30.2%30.3%30.2%
Benton County8th18.2%23.7%20.5%20.3%24.9%22.5%19.9%24.5%22.0%
9th21.9%17.1%19.5%18.9%27.7%23.5%19.3%18.8%19.0%
11th13.3%16.2%14.6%15.8%14.4%15.2%18.9%17.9%18.5%
All Grades18.1%18.8%18.4%18.7%24.0%21.3%19.4%20.6%20.0%
Big Stone County8th6.7%4.5%5.8%*****20.0%
9th20.0%15.2%17.5%******
11th15.6%11.4%13.2%******
All Grades14.1%11.1%12.6%*****25.5%
Blue Earth County8th16.2%12.2%14.2%18.7%16.4%17.5%18.9%14.2%16.7%
9th24.4%14.7%19.4%19.4%13.7%16.6%18.0%13.7%15.7%
11th13.1%12.8%13.0%14.8%13.7%14.2%14.8%14.8%14.8%
All Grades18.1%13.3%15.7%17.8%14.6%16.2%17.5%14.2%15.8%
Brown County8th21.8%22.8%22.3%26.5%12.9%19.3%22.0%17.9%19.7%
9th15.7%20.2%17.9%23.6%20.3%21.9%27.0%23.3%25.2%
11th19.8%17.6%18.7%19.5%15.3%17.4%16.0%11.1%13.6%
All Grades19.2%20.3%19.7%23.4%16.4%19.7%22.0%17.8%19.8%
Carlton County8th16.4%18.5%17.4%26.6%23.2%24.9%21.7%23.8%22.9%
9th24.0%18.4%21.3%16.1%14.9%15.5%21.3%21.6%21.5%
11th19.2%13.2%16.2%14.3%23.0%18.5%20.8%22.2%21.6%
All Grades19.9%16.8%18.4%19.3%20.2%19.8%21.3%22.5%22.0%
Carver County8th9.7%13.2%11.5%13.2%16.7%14.9%9.3%9.5%9.4%
9th13.1%8.2%10.8%11.3%8.9%10.1%11.0%11.6%11.3%
11th10.8%16.1%13.4%11.1%10.6%10.8%9.7%8.3%9.1%
All Grades11.3%12.3%11.8%12.1%12.4%12.2%9.9%9.7%9.8%
Cass County8th50.6%29.6%39.6%38.1%35.2%36.6%30.9%31.2%31.0%
9th30.3%25.8%28.0%42.5%39.4%40.9%43.8%41.7%42.7%
11th37.9%27.1%32.4%45.6%37.0%41.3%30.0%42.9%36.4%
All Grades39.8%27.6%33.5%41.7%37.3%39.4%35.4%37.6%36.5%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A***25.8%20.8%23.0%
9thN/AN/AN/A***21.3%18.2%19.7%
11thN/AN/AN/A***22.9%19.1%21.1%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***23.2%19.4%21.2%
Chisago County8th17.9%17.5%17.7%***19.8%20.4%20.1%
9th21.3%24.0%22.7%***19.7%15.9%17.9%
11th19.6%16.1%17.9%***15.8%11.8%13.6%
All Grades19.6%19.5%19.5%***18.7%16.1%17.4%
Clay County8th17.3%15.4%16.4%19.3%15.0%17.2%15.4%14.8%15.1%
9th18.0%12.0%15.0%21.8%15.8%18.6%20.7%17.0%19.0%
11th18.6%11.1%15.1%16.4%13.9%15.0%15.2%13.8%14.6%
All Grades17.9%13.0%15.5%19.3%14.9%17.0%17.3%15.3%16.3%
Clearwater County8th33.3%26.8%30.2%37.2%44.7%40.7%***
9th21.6%24.1%23.1%23.3%37.5%31.8%***
11th20.0%40.0%29.1%46.9%38.9%42.6%***
All Grades25.9%28.3%27.2%34.7%39.9%37.5%***
Cook County8th21.1%15.4%18.8%*****35.9%
9th27.3%23.8%25.6%*****34.5%
11th10.0%25.0%19.2%*****25.0%
All Grades21.6%22.0%21.8%***43.1%20.4%32.0%
Cottonwood County8th23.3%15.1%18.8%25.0%26.5%25.8%17.7%21.3%19.5%
9th18.6%29.4%24.5%19.1%24.0%21.6%20.6%18.0%19.1%
11th24.3%12.5%17.2%22.7%8.0%14.9%25.7%24.1%24.8%
All Grades22.0%18.8%20.1%22.2%19.5%20.8%21.2%21.0%21.1%
Crow Wing County8th22.4%17.3%20.0%***16.9%14.7%15.8%
9th18.2%16.9%17.6%***26.0%17.1%21.4%
11th16.7%26.1%21.5%***16.0%15.4%15.7%
All Grades19.5%19.7%19.6%***21.0%16.2%18.5%
Dakota County8th14.8%13.8%14.3%13.3%13.8%13.5%14.9%12.8%13.8%
9th14.6%11.8%13.2%15.4%14.5%14.9%13.9%12.3%13.1%
11th11.9%10.6%11.3%13.1%11.7%12.4%12.1%12.2%12.2%
All Grades13.8%12.1%13.0%14.0%13.4%13.7%13.7%12.5%13.1%
Dodge County8th18.0%14.7%16.5%14.7%16.8%15.7%9.7%13.4%11.5%
9th13.1%16.1%14.6%9.8%14.8%12.2%11.9%16.7%14.4%
11th10.6%16.0%13.1%13.3%10.8%12.2%20.2%14.2%17.0%
All Grades14.2%15.6%14.8%12.5%14.5%13.4%13.6%14.6%14.1%
Douglas County8th15.5%20.7%17.9%14.0%18.8%16.4%17.3%14.3%15.8%
9th15.8%13.0%14.3%14.2%11.2%12.7%19.3%17.3%18.3%
11th17.6%14.6%16.3%13.3%15.1%14.2%18.0%14.0%15.8%
All Grades16.4%16.1%16.2%13.9%15.0%14.5%18.2%15.3%16.8%
Faribault County8th26.9%21.3%23.9%23.9%17.9%20.6%25.0%32.9%29.8%
9th29.2%11.9%20.9%17.8%27.1%23.1%21.7%32.7%27.0%
11th13.7%20.0%17.2%32.7%20.7%26.5%31.3%14.0%21.9%
All Grades24.0%17.6%20.7%25.3%22.0%23.5%25.6%27.0%26.4%
Fillmore County8th13.5%18.8%16.1%28.1%25.7%26.9%17.5%25.8%21.1%
9th10.9%12.7%11.8%15.3%26.2%20.4%***
11th8.7%6.3%7.3%14.1%17.7%15.9%**21.8%
All Grades11.4%12.8%12.2%19.0%23.4%21.2%20.3%23.0%21.7%
Freeborn County8th14.7%21.9%18.2%23.3%23.4%23.3%29.5%17.1%23.1%
9th22.5%17.3%20.3%25.0%27.5%26.3%20.0%25.2%22.6%
11th20.6%14.1%17.0%18.4%20.7%19.5%14.6%17.7%16.1%
All Grades19.7%17.5%18.7%22.4%24.1%23.2%21.8%20.3%21.1%
Goodhue County8th15.3%12.1%13.8%23.8%21.8%22.8%27.8%25.7%26.8%
9th14.2%10.7%12.4%25.5%16.8%20.9%**15.6%
11th9.7%13.4%11.7%13.1%13.3%13.2%18.6%16.9%17.8%
All Grades13.3%12.2%12.7%20.6%17.8%19.3%23.5%21.2%22.4%
Grant County8th20.8%22.2%21.7%18.6%20.7%19.4%24.0%13.2%17.5%
9th28.6%11.1%21.0%19.4%14.3%16.7%20.0%8.8%14.1%
11th6.5%3.7%5.2%19.0%30.6%26.3%18.9%21.4%20.0%
All Grades18.9%13.3%16.1%18.9%22.0%20.5%20.7%14.0%17.2%
Hennepin County8th13.6%11.9%12.8%14.4%12.9%13.7%12.1%11.2%11.6%
9th13.8%12.6%13.2%12.6%11.3%12.0%11.4%11.5%11.5%
11th11.3%10.6%10.9%12.4%11.4%11.9%11.2%10.6%10.9%
All Grades13.0%11.7%12.4%13.3%12.0%12.6%11.6%11.2%11.4%
Houston County8th24.1%19.2%21.8%11.5%13.2%12.3%20.6%20.0%20.4%
9th9.4%14.6%11.9%20.7%16.3%18.3%17.4%18.7%18.0%
11th15.5%10.8%12.9%25.0%19.4%22.5%13.0%17.3%14.8%
All Grades16.1%14.3%15.2%18.9%16.1%17.5%16.9%18.6%17.6%
Hubbard County8th29.5%23.1%26.8%29.9%26.6%28.4%25.6%30.6%27.8%
9th31.9%20.4%27.0%28.4%22.9%25.9%31.7%30.0%30.9%
11th24.6%22.2%23.4%23.6%19.7%21.7%26.2%18.0%22.5%
All Grades28.9%22.0%25.7%27.4%22.9%25.3%27.9%27.1%27.5%
Isanti County8th35.3%27.2%31.4%32.6%29.1%30.9%29.7%31.0%30.3%
9th33.5%30.1%31.8%31.8%38.5%35.1%29.9%31.8%30.8%
11th21.9%26.2%23.8%31.4%26.5%29.0%28.9%20.6%25.3%
All Grades31.7%28.1%30.0%32.0%31.6%31.8%29.5%28.6%29.1%
Itasca County8th23.2%22.1%22.6%26.3%28.3%27.3%32.8%24.9%28.9%
9th24.4%21.8%23.1%29.8%20.7%25.4%21.4%27.4%24.1%
11th27.2%20.8%24.3%24.1%29.0%26.9%24.0%22.1%23.0%
All Grades24.7%21.7%23.2%27.2%25.8%26.5%26.2%25.0%25.6%
Jackson County8th11.3%20.0%15.3%26.7%25.0%25.7%27.9%19.4%24.3%
9th17.8%19.0%18.4%34.1%20.9%27.6%28.6%28.8%28.7%
11th15.1%16.7%15.9%20.5%23.3%21.7%**20.5%
All Grades14.6%18.5%16.6%27.6%22.6%25.1%28.7%22.4%25.0%
Kanabec County8th34.1%25.3%29.8%27.0%23.1%25.3%26.3%33.3%30.1%
9th23.5%40.7%31.5%33.8%19.0%26.0%28.8%36.1%32.6%
11th30.6%32.8%31.9%27.6%27.8%27.7%17.0%17.6%17.3%
All Grades29.6%32.2%30.9%29.4%23.1%26.3%24.4%30.2%27.4%
Kandiyohi County8th15.0%19.7%17.5%17.9%16.1%17.0%24.7%14.8%19.5%
9th13.4%16.1%14.8%21.1%16.0%18.5%13.4%13.8%13.6%
11th12.0%10.9%11.4%14.9%14.5%14.7%14.0%16.9%15.4%
All Grades13.5%15.5%14.6%18.3%15.6%16.9%17.5%15.0%16.2%
Kittson County8th0.0%9.5%4.5%9.5%5.0%7.3%**9.7%
9th32.0%11.5%22.8%16.7%0.0%8.8%**4.2%
11th11.0%9.1%9.8%21.4%5.3%14.9%**11.1%
All Grades16.0%10.1%13.4%16.4%3.6%10.7%11.6%5.1%8.5%
Koochiching County8th32.6%15.2%25.0%*****9.1%
9th21.2%9.4%15.4%***19.2%33.3%26.4%
11th26.1%17.2%21.2%*****33.3%
All Grades27.3%13.8%20.7%***19.7%23.8%21.8%
Lac Qui Parle County8th21.1%8.6%15.1%21.1%25.0%22.9%14.9%15.6%15.2%
9th32.4%15.2%22.9%16.2%8.3%12.3%17.9%10.9%13.5%
11th5.7%17.9%11.1%21.9%8.3%14.7%14.0%15.2%14.5%
All Grades20.0%13.8%16.9%19.8%15.0%17.5%15.3%13.7%14.5%
Lake County8th16.7%18.9%17.8%***18.2%20.0%19.0%
9th22.6%11.4%18.6%***20.0%17.0%18.2%
11th35.0%36.8%36.2%***14.7%13.3%14.1%
All Grades22.9%22.7%22.8%***17.7%17.2%17.5%
Lake of the Woods County8th27.3%26.7%26.9%*****15.2%
9th16.7%27.3%21.7%*****16.2%
11th17.6%38.5%26.7%*****18.2%
All Grades20.0%30.8%25.3%***18.8%14.5%16.5%
Le Sueur County8th17.1%17.7%17.4%25.0%11.8%17.7%21.1%22.5%21.9%
9th17.2%13.0%15.1%26.7%19.4%22.8%17.7%18.8%18.2%
11th18.0%16.5%17.2%21.0%15.6%18.6%24.2%11.8%17.0%
All Grades17.4%15.5%16.4%24.2%15.5%19.8%20.6%17.6%19.0%
Lincoln County8th29.2%18.2%25.7%*****10.0%
9th26.7%16.7%20.5%*****25.0%
11th17.4%26.3%21.4%*****26.3%
All Grades24.2%20.4%22.4%***17.5%23.0%20.3%
Lyon County8th18.2%16.8%17.4%23.1%15.4%19.0%21.6%14.1%18.1%
9th9.7%14.2%12.0%20.0%12.1%16.0%16.9%16.4%16.7%
11th8.4%15.4%11.8%15.0%14.4%14.7%19.0%19.2%19.1%
All Grades11.3%15.4%13.4%19.7%13.9%16.8%19.1%16.8%18.0%
McLeod County8th31.6%45.5%36.7%*****21.2%
9th36.4%55.6%45.0%******
11th27.3%14.3%20.0%*****20.0%
All Grades31.7%35.3%33.3%***19.4%22.0%20.8%
Mahnomen County8th51.6%42.9%47.5%60.0%63.2%61.9%48.5%36.7%42.9%
9th36.7%31.7%33.8%54.8%37.1%45.5%56.8%45.0%50.6%
11th29.2%40.9%34.8%57.9%44.8%50.0%**50.0%
All Grades40.0%37.4%38.6%57.3%49.0%52.5%50.0%45.7%47.8%
Marshall County8th8.3%20.0%14.1%21.2%16.3%18.4%***
9th21.8%12.2%17.7%15.0%18.8%16.7%**20.0%
11th25.6%17.3%21.1%14.3%16.7%15.6%***
All Grades19.4%16.4%17.9%16.8%17.1%17.0%**14.6%
Martin County8th19.0%18.6%18.8%***26.1%15.0%20.9%
9th22.5%12.4%17.2%***20.7%34.0%25.5%
11th21.3%17.8%19.6%***22.6%31.6%27.9%
All Grades21.1%15.6%18.4%***22.9%27.0%24.8%
Meeker County8th15.6%18.5%17.1%16.0%18.4%17.2%38.7%18.2%28.1%
9th21.0%21.7%21.4%31.1%12.1%21.0%**18.3%
11th13.3%19.4%16.5%21.3%17.8%19.6%**27.3%
All Grades17.0%19.9%18.5%22.5%15.8%19.2%30.7%19.4%24.4%
Mille Lacs County8th21.8%28.2%25.1%26.7%22.5%24.4%23.7%24.2%24.0%
9th28.1%23.9%25.9%27.2%27.9%27.5%32.5%24.8%28.9%
11th24.6%20.7%22.7%25.0%25.0%25.0%24.3%23.2%23.8%
All Grades24.8%24.5%24.7%26.4%24.8%25.6%26.7%24.1%25.3%
Morrison County8th19.2%17.1%18.2%26.7%17.1%22.1%20.0%15.3%17.6%
9th21.5%20.3%20.9%23.0%18.8%20.8%22.0%20.1%21.1%
11th16.0%17.1%16.5%17.6%17.9%17.8%23.0%21.5%22.3%
All Grades19.2%18.3%18.7%22.5%18.0%20.3%21.6%18.8%20.3%
Mower County8th28.3%31.2%29.7%24.8%22.5%23.6%31.3%27.1%29.3%
9th22.3%20.9%21.6%19.0%24.4%21.8%21.8%28.8%25.0%
11th15.8%18.9%17.5%19.6%24.2%22.0%20.8%23.5%22.3%
All Grades23.0%24.3%23.6%21.3%23.7%22.5%25.9%26.7%26.3%
Murray County8th12.8%12.5%12.7%17.1%12.9%15.3%17.5%5.7%12.0%
9th8.8%11.4%10.1%8.6%20.0%14.7%3.0%26.5%14.9%
11th15.8%0.0%9.0%13.5%8.1%10.8%13.9%20.7%16.9%
All Grades12.6%8.3%10.6%13.3%13.9%13.6%11.9%17.3%14.5%
Nicollet County8th21.1%10.2%16.0%******
9th16.4%3.2%9.4%***17.4%22.2%19.7%
11th14.3%11.1%12.6%***21.3%11.5%16.9%
All Grades17.4%7.9%12.6%***19.4%19.2%19.3%
Nobles County8th19.8%24.1%21.9%26.8%18.3%22.9%24.8%33.0%28.8%
9th13.8%21.6%17.6%22.4%12.4%16.6%26.7%28.3%27.5%
11th3.4%20.0%11.3%16.7%18.4%17.5%21.1%16.0%18.6%
All Grades13.0%22.1%17.4%22.4%16.1%19.2%24.2%25.8%25.0%
Norman County8th39.5%20.7%31.3%25.0%28.3%26.8%25.7%15.2%20.6%
9th23.7%16.7%20.3%19.4%29.0%24.2%***
11th30.0%10.3%20.3%37.0%34.8%36.0%**40.7%
All Grades31.1%16.0%24.0%26.5%29.9%28.2%32.1%23.7%27.7%
Olmsted County8th14.6%12.4%13.4%16.4%17.4%16.9%15.2%13.3%14.3%
9th13.2%19.2%16.2%15.0%14.2%14.6%16.6%12.2%14.5%
11th25.3%8.5%15.8%11.3%10.1%10.7%16.1%11.3%13.6%
All Grades16.4%13.4%14.8%14.6%14.4%14.5%15.9%12.5%14.2%
Otter Tail County8th19.2%19.0%19.1%23.3%20.1%21.5%22.1%23.5%22.7%
9th21.1%20.8%20.9%21.9%12.9%17.4%22.8%21.7%22.3%
11th15.0%13.7%14.4%21.2%18.5%19.9%23.2%15.8%19.2%
All Grades18.7%18.2%18.4%22.1%17.3%19.6%22.6%20.5%21.5%
Pennington County8th19.8%20.5%20.1%***14.1%25.0%19.2%
9th24.3%24.7%24.5%***25.4%23.0%24.1%
11th17.4%24.0%20.8%***19.0%22.7%20.6%
All Grades20.8%23.0%21.9%***19.0%23.7%21.3%
Pine County8th30.7%27.4%28.9%28.2%32.5%30.3%26.9%31.5%29.4%
9th32.1%26.5%29.6%27.4%34.9%31.2%37.1%31.9%34.5%
11th24.3%31.5%28.0%38.6%24.0%30.7%24.2%22.7%23.5%
All Grades29.3%28.4%28.9%30.5%31.0%30.8%29.8%29.4%29.6%
Pipestone County8th33.3%11.4%20.3%***25.7%40.0%32.9%
9th6.1%6.3%6.2%***25.9%28.6%27.3%
11th35.3%16.7%26.6%*****14.6%
All Grades24.2%11.3%17.6%***23.5%28.4%26.0%
Polk County8th24.4%18.9%21.9%27.8%16.3%22.0%28.1%24.4%26.2%
9th16.0%12.2%14.2%24.4%17.4%20.7%18.5%18.6%18.6%
11th18.0%13.6%15.7%20.7%15.9%18.6%22.8%24.2%23.4%
All Grades19.4%14.7%17.1%24.4%16.6%20.6%23.2%22.4%22.8%
Pope County8th12.5%26.8%20.5%21.9%30.2%26.7%20.0%23.3%21.5%
9th32.3%19.6%24.7%24.0%30.0%27.3%23.3%13.2%17.6%
11th20.0%21.9%20.9%25.0%18.4%21.0%14.8%17.9%16.7%
All Grades21.4%22.7%22.1%23.5%26.1%25.0%19.6%17.8%18.6%
Ramsey County8th19.3%20.8%20.0%20.1%19.7%19.9%20.0%17.3%18.7%
9th21.0%19.3%20.2%17.2%15.6%16.5%18.4%16.8%17.6%
11th16.1%14.5%15.3%15.7%16.3%16.0%13.8%14.7%14.3%
All Grades18.9%18.1%18.5%17.6%17.2%17.4%17.8%16.4%17.1%
Red Lake County8th8.3%0.0%4.7%33.3%19.0%26.7%**21.2%
9th25.9%15.6%20.3%28.6%13.0%20.5%27.6%19.2%23.6%
11th20.0%17.4%18.8%21.7%15.8%19.0%**36.4%
All Grades18.4%12.2%15.3%27.9%15.9%22.1%27.2%25.7%26.5%
Redwood County8th37.3%19.3%27.8%35.2%21.2%28.5%26.7%22.6%24.3%
9th28.3%20.0%23.7%20.6%15.6%18.2%31.5%25.0%28.2%
11th20.4%10.0%14.7%26.9%11.7%18.8%31.9%21.1%26.0%
All Grades28.8%16.5%22.1%27.7%16.3%22.0%30.0%23.0%26.2%
Renville County8th7.0%24.0%13.2%29.5%26.2%27.8%27.0%22.6%25.0%
9th8.3%17.6%12.9%22.2%18.2%20.4%15.8%17.5%16.7%
11th20.0%16.7%18.5%23.1%10.5%18.4%**16.7%
All Grades11.0%19.3%14.6%25.0%19.7%22.6%17.5%22.0%19.6%
Rice County8th22.4%14.2%18.3%15.0%11.7%13.4%20.2%12.3%16.4%
9th16.7%15.4%16.0%12.3%13.8%13.0%14.4%16.7%15.6%
11th12.1%17.0%14.4%14.6%10.6%12.7%15.0%8.9%12.1%
All Grades17.5%15.4%16.4%14.1%12.1%13.1%16.5%13.2%14.9%
Rock County8th15.6%12.5%14.1%***20.4%11.4%16.7%
9th17.5%13.5%15.6%***11.8%13.7%12.9%
11th17.6%17.9%17.8%***25.0%21.2%23.1%
All Grades16.8%14.7%15.7%***19.1%15.1%17.1%
Roseau County8th27.7%11.4%17.5%20.8%16.3%18.5%19.7%10.3%15.1%
9th11.9%9.4%10.7%17.6%14.6%16.0%17.6%16.7%17.1%
11th6.9%21.8%14.7%24.4%19.4%21.4%13.5%16.9%15.3%
All Grades13.8%14.1%13.9%20.3%16.5%18.2%17.3%14.6%15.9%
St. Louis County8th21.4%16.5%19.0%23.6%22.0%22.8%24.3%20.3%22.4%
9th17.2%17.0%17.1%24.3%18.9%21.6%20.8%21.1%21.0%
11th15.8%16.0%15.9%17.8%15.9%16.8%20.1%17.1%18.6%
All Grades18.1%16.6%17.4%22.2%19.0%20.6%21.9%19.7%20.9%
Scott County8th15.6%14.5%15.1%12.6%11.7%12.1%12.4%11.5%11.9%
9th13.2%15.2%14.2%13.3%11.9%12.6%13.2%10.2%11.6%
11th9.8%15.0%12.4%11.7%10.9%11.3%10.6%9.2%9.9%
All Grades13.0%14.9%14.0%12.5%11.5%12.0%12.2%10.4%11.3%
Sherburne County8th15.6%13.9%14.7%15.3%14.3%14.8%13.0%12.4%12.7%
9th16.7%14.9%15.8%14.6%13.9%14.2%17.8%14.2%16.0%
11th14.5%12.2%13.3%15.2%14.0%14.6%15.8%16.3%16.0%
All Grades15.7%13.7%14.7%15.1%14.1%14.6%15.4%14.2%14.8%
Sibley County8th30.0%17.0%24.3%18.8%27.3%23.1%28.1%26.7%27.4%
9th32.3%16.0%23.4%15.8%21.6%18.5%27.1%23.1%25.2%
11th27.3%12.2%20.2%28.8%23.3%26.5%15.5%15.5%15.5%
All Grades29.9%15.2%22.7%21.1%24.4%22.6%24.0%21.9%22.9%
Stearns County8th19.6%17.0%18.3%14.1%15.0%14.6%14.9%16.9%15.9%
9th19.1%13.4%16.2%16.0%16.0%16.0%17.2%14.5%16.0%
11th13.6%12.4%13.0%10.8%11.1%10.9%13.4%13.3%13.4%
All Grades17.4%14.2%15.8%13.8%14.3%14.1%15.3%15.1%15.2%
Steele County8th22.8%18.2%20.7%22.2%20.3%21.3%25.1%23.3%24.2%
9th17.6%18.2%17.9%17.4%20.7%19.1%23.1%14.3%18.6%
11th18.7%12.1%15.5%15.2%14.8%15.0%19.4%12.8%16.1%
All Grades19.8%16.3%18.1%18.2%18.7%18.4%22.8%16.9%19.9%
Stevens County8th10.4%6.7%8.6%20.0%11.9%15.6%***
9th15.2%18.4%17.1%0.0%9.5%5.3%**3.6%
11th9.1%11.8%10.3%18.6%9.1%14.5%***
All Grades11.7%12.6%12.2%13.4%10.3%11.8%**6.5%
Swift County8th8.3%14.7%11.4%******
9th21.4%15.4%18.5%******
11th16.0%10.5%12.7%******
All Grades14.6%13.3%13.9%******
Todd County8th26.2%31.6%28.8%27.2%20.6%24.0%22.5%23.5%23.0%
9th22.2%12.5%18.0%24.4%30.0%27.4%38.2%17.2%27.4%
11th20.4%11.7%16.8%20.4%26.8%23.7%38.9%22.0%30.1%
All Grades22.8%19.2%21.2%24.1%25.9%25.0%31.3%21.5%26.1%
Traverse County8th23.1%13.6%17.1%*****21.2%
9th18.2%8.3%13.0%*****24.1%
11th5.6%0.0%3.8%******
All Grades14.3%9.5%11.9%***22.2%17.5%19.7%
Wabasha County8th18.9%18.6%18.8%17.9%20.5%19.3%24.8%15.8%20.4%
9th9.6%20.6%14.9%19.2%15.3%17.4%16.9%16.8%16.9%
11th15.7%12.5%14.2%17.9%13.8%16.0%15.5%22.3%18.8%
All Grades14.9%16.6%15.7%18.4%16.8%17.6%19.5%17.9%18.7%
Wadena County8th14.4%17.1%15.6%22.5%20.6%21.5%20.2%9.7%14.8%
9th13.3%13.8%13.5%23.2%16.9%20.4%27.6%24.6%26.1%
11th17.1%8.1%12.9%13.8%14.1%13.9%22.7%20.0%21.3%
All Grades14.8%13.4%14.2%19.8%17.7%18.8%23.0%16.8%19.9%
Waseca County8th19.8%13.6%16.9%26.7%21.0%24.2%22.1%24.8%23.4%
9th12.3%19.8%16.4%16.0%17.0%16.5%27.6%20.8%23.9%
11th17.4%13.6%15.6%13.3%13.8%13.5%20.7%23.3%21.8%
All Grades16.7%15.9%16.3%19.0%17.2%18.1%23.4%22.9%23.2%
Washington County8th11.5%11.7%11.6%10.7%12.1%11.4%11.7%10.8%11.3%
9th13.1%12.4%12.7%13.5%13.7%13.6%13.0%10.9%12.0%
11th10.4%11.2%10.8%10.4%10.9%10.6%8.9%10.7%9.8%
All Grades11.7%11.8%11.7%11.6%12.3%12.0%11.4%10.8%11.1%
Watonwan County8th34.0%6.5%23.5%31.4%22.1%26.1%23.5%20.9%22.3%
9th31.0%19.4%25.6%29.4%30.1%29.8%22.4%22.2%22.3%
11th21.2%21.7%21.5%31.5%14.0%23.1%29.7%15.7%21.6%
All Grades29.6%16.8%23.5%30.6%23.0%26.6%24.8%19.6%22.1%
Wilkin County8th25.6%22.2%24.2%14.7%26.3%20.8%3.8%25.9%15.1%
9th19.6%8.8%15.3%23.7%14.6%18.6%18.5%37.0%27.8%
11th23.3%8.1%16.3%30.8%20.8%27.0%**20.8%
All Grades22.6%12.2%18.2%23.4%20.0%21.7%12.5%28.9%21.3%
Winona County8th21.1%10.8%16.0%24.2%16.9%20.6%20.0%13.5%16.6%
9th12.4%15.5%14.0%16.8%12.6%14.7%13.8%21.1%17.6%
11th14.4%14.3%14.3%19.9%12.3%16.1%19.4%8.0%14.3%
All Grades16.0%13.6%14.8%20.1%13.8%17.0%18.3%14.5%16.4%
Wright County8th12.4%14.6%13.5%15.4%13.5%14.4%12.1%12.7%12.4%
9th15.9%13.6%14.7%13.8%11.7%12.7%11.8%13.8%12.8%
11th15.5%14.6%15.0%15.0%15.6%15.3%13.0%11.5%12.3%
All Grades14.5%14.3%14.4%14.7%13.5%14.1%12.3%12.8%12.5%
Yellow Medicine County8th14.3%8.0%11.3%33.3%20.5%25.7%22.4%16.7%19.8%
9th27.0%7.0%16.3%26.3%20.0%22.9%15.4%26.2%20.2%
11th16.3%19.5%17.8%18.8%11.8%15.2%**23.8%
All Grades19.3%11.9%15.7%26.0%17.9%21.5%19.2%22.8%21.0%

About the Indicator:

Note: 5th graders were asked this question in 2013, but not in 2016.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic experiences, including abuse, neglect and a range of household dysfunction. ACEs put individuals at risk for a number of negative outcomes across the lifespan, including: alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; anxiety; hopelessness; depression; and suicidal ideation and attempts.

One ACE measured by the Minnesota Student Survey is parent or caregiver incarceration. Students were asked if any of their parents or guardians had ever been in jail or prison. Compared to students who do not have a parent or caregiver who is or ever has been in jail or prison, those who do are more likely to report past month use of marijuana (22.3% vs 7.7%), alcohol (29.4% vs 14.3%), and tobacco (23.5% vs 8.8%). For more information on ACEs, see the 2017 ACEs and Substance Use SUMN Fact Sheet.

For a concise explanation of the effects of parental incarceration on students, see the infographic "Academic Outcomes Among Youth with Incarcerated Parents in Minnesota."

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.