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Percent of Students Reporting Skipping or Cutting Full Days of School During the Past 30 Days, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

20132016
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11th9.7%11.6%10.6%11.2%12.3%11.8%
8th8.3%8.9%8.6%9.5%10.3%9.9%
9th8.1%8.9%8.5%9.2%9.4%9.3%
All Grades8.7%9.7%9.2%9.9%10.6%10.2%
Aitkin County11th15.3%16.3%15.7%8.3%20.7%15.1%
8th11.5%3.9%7.2%4.5%24.0%14.9%
9th11.6%9.5%10.6%9.5%15.7%12.3%
All Grades12.7%9.0%10.8%8.3%19.4%13.9%
Anoka County11th9.5%9.9%9.7%9.8%10.5%10.2%
8th9.1%9.6%9.4%10.0%9.6%9.8%
9th8.2%8.4%8.3%7.8%8.6%8.2%
All Grades8.9%9.2%9.1%9.2%9.5%9.3%
Becker County11th10.1%11.5%10.8%9.0%15.8%12.4%
8th13.9%6.0%9.8%9.2%14.1%11.7%
9th5.4%10.5%8.2%11.4%12.1%11.7%
All Grades9.5%9.5%9.5%9.9%13.9%11.9%
Beltrami County11th15.3%17.4%16.4%20.9%14.6%17.6%
8th11.7%10.3%11.0%12.4%17.9%15.1%
9th18.5%12.3%15.3%14.1%15.3%14.7%
All Grades15.2%13.1%14.1%15.3%16.0%15.7%
Benton County11th5.3%4.0%4.7%9.8%13.9%11.6%
8th7.3%7.0%7.2%9.1%16.4%12.7%
9th8.0%3.5%5.7%12.1%11.8%12.0%
All Grades7.0%4.7%5.9%10.4%13.9%12.1%
Big Stone County11th6.1%2.3%3.9%***
8th13.3%12.5%13.0%***
9th3.3%6.1%4.8%***
All Grades7.5%5.9%6.7%***
Blue Earth County11th5.5%6.8%6.1%5.0%5.5%5.3%
8th3.8%5.7%4.8%3.3%7.0%5.2%
9th5.0%3.2%4.1%5.2%5.8%5.5%
All Grades4.7%5.1%4.9%4.5%6.1%5.3%
Brown County11th7.2%9.5%8.4%2.1%11.1%6.5%
8th2.7%3.4%3.1%5.7%4.1%4.8%
9th5.6%5.0%5.3%4.5%9.6%7.2%
All Grades5.1%5.9%5.5%4.2%8.0%6.2%
Carlton County11th7.6%10.8%9.2%10.5%9.6%10.0%
8th7.9%10.4%9.1%10.4%12.2%11.3%
9th7.0%5.7%6.3%12.0%11.7%11.8%
All Grades7.5%8.9%8.2%11.0%11.3%11.1%
Carver County11th3.4%8.3%5.8%7.6%10.4%9.1%
8th4.6%4.3%4.4%5.9%7.3%6.6%
9th1.7%6.7%4.1%6.3%4.1%5.2%
All Grades3.1%6.4%4.7%6.4%6.8%6.6%
Cass County11th20.0%35.6%28.0%19.8%33.0%26.6%
8th14.3%17.8%16.1%21.7%20.9%21.3%
9th8.7%13.3%11.1%25.8%19.4%22.5%
All Grades13.8%21.0%17.5%22.8%23.4%23.1%
Chippewa County11thN/AN/AN/A***
8thN/AN/AN/A***
9thN/AN/AN/A***
All GradesN/AN/AN/A***
Chisago County11th6.4%12.0%9.1%***
8th9.7%8.5%9.2%***
9th10.3%11.9%11.2%***
All Grades8.9%10.8%9.9%***
Clay County11th5.7%4.2%5.0%5.6%5.3%5.4%
8th5.3%6.4%5.9%7.6%5.4%6.5%
9th4.3%2.4%3.4%4.2%5.9%5.1%
All Grades5.1%4.5%4.8%5.9%5.6%5.7%
Clearwater County11th17.1%25.7%21.4%15.6%32.4%24.6%
8th14.3%11.9%13.2%10.9%15.8%13.1%
9th7.9%12.7%10.8%25.6%17.2%20.6%
All Grades13.1%15.9%14.6%17.4%20.9%19.2%
Cook County11th0.0%31.3%19.2%***
8th19.0%7.7%14.7%***
9th9.1%17.4%13.3%***
All Grades11.3%19.2%15.2%***
Cottonwood County11th5.1%6.8%6.1%15.9%7.8%11.6%
8th8.7%8.5%8.6%4.3%20.0%12.5%
9th7.0%15.4%11.6%12.5%6.0%9.2%
All Grades7.0%10.0%8.7%10.9%11.3%11.1%
Crow Wing County11th10.4%13.2%11.9%***
8th9.3%6.0%7.7%***
9th8.9%12.5%10.6%***
All Grades9.5%10.2%9.8%***
Dakota County11th9.3%10.8%10.1%11.5%13.2%12.3%
8th8.0%8.8%8.4%9.1%9.8%9.5%
9th7.7%7.8%7.8%9.1%9.0%9.0%
All Grades8.3%9.2%8.7%9.8%10.5%10.1%
Dodge County11th7.7%10.3%9.0%5.1%6.8%5.8%
8th3.5%7.4%5.3%7.8%10.1%8.9%
9th7.1%7.8%7.5%5.5%13.7%9.4%
All Grades5.9%8.4%7.1%6.2%10.7%8.3%
Douglas County11th5.3%9.7%7.2%6.1%14.0%10.4%
8th7.5%7.5%7.5%5.5%11.5%8.4%
9th6.2%6.6%6.4%7.6%5.1%6.3%
All Grades6.3%7.8%7.0%6.4%10.2%8.3%
Faribault County11th11.8%10.4%11.0%10.9%12.1%11.5%
8th5.6%14.1%10.2%6.4%3.3%4.7%
9th6.8%10.3%8.5%8.9%6.3%7.4%
All Grades7.9%11.6%9.8%8.8%7.2%7.9%
Fillmore County11th2.2%6.3%4.6%6.3%22.6%14.3%
8th5.3%4.3%4.8%7.7%4.3%5.9%
9th7.1%6.9%7.0%13.5%8.7%11.2%
All Grades5.1%5.8%5.4%9.4%11.4%10.4%
Freeborn County11th14.0%15.8%15.0%6.7%18.1%12.2%
8th9.5%10.3%9.9%8.9%11.4%10.1%
9th11.7%14.4%12.9%10.0%8.4%9.1%
All Grades11.6%13.6%12.6%8.6%12.0%10.3%
Goodhue County11th4.7%11.2%8.2%11.1%13.8%12.3%
8th5.9%5.8%5.8%9.1%14.1%11.6%
9th6.2%8.9%7.5%18.6%10.4%14.3%
All Grades5.6%8.5%7.1%12.8%12.7%12.7%
Grant County11th3.2%3.7%3.4%9.5%8.3%8.8%
8th7.7%8.1%7.9%6.7%9.4%7.8%
9th2.9%3.4%3.1%18.2%2.8%10.1%
All Grades4.3%5.4%4.9%11.1%6.7%8.9%
Hennepin County11th9.2%9.4%9.3%12.6%14.2%13.4%
8th8.2%8.2%8.2%9.9%10.9%10.4%
9th6.3%7.1%6.7%8.0%8.0%8.0%
All Grades7.9%8.2%8.0%10.0%10.8%10.4%
Houston County11th2.0%5.7%4.1%7.4%11.1%9.0%
8th2.3%4.8%3.5%9.1%8.0%8.6%
9th1.0%5.4%3.2%7.2%10.1%8.9%
All Grades1.8%5.4%3.6%7.9%9.7%8.8%
Hubbard County11th14.9%16.0%15.5%4.0%5.6%4.8%
8th8.6%6.1%7.5%12.5%20.3%16.1%
9th7.8%9.5%8.6%13.3%15.6%14.4%
All Grades10.1%10.8%10.4%10.2%13.8%11.9%
Isanti County11th2.6%11.7%6.7%16.8%11.6%14.2%
8th12.5%13.6%13.1%8.6%9.9%9.3%
9th12.9%7.3%10.1%8.6%13.7%11.1%
All Grades10.3%10.9%10.6%11.1%11.8%11.4%
Itasca County11th15.2%25.6%20.0%18.5%21.0%19.9%
8th7.5%11.7%9.6%12.6%14.5%13.6%
9th9.1%17.1%13.1%14.5%17.4%15.9%
All Grades10.2%17.0%13.6%14.8%17.5%16.2%
Jackson County11th9.1%10.9%10.0%2.1%5.6%3.6%
8th1.9%2.2%2.0%6.7%23.8%16.7%
9th6.7%15.3%11.5%13.3%6.8%10.1%
All Grades5.8%10.1%8.0%7.4%9.9%8.6%
Kanabec County11th12.2%15.4%14.0%15.3%13.9%14.5%
8th9.6%7.5%8.6%14.6%16.4%15.4%
9th12.9%16.7%14.6%9.9%11.3%10.6%
All Grades11.4%12.7%12.0%13.2%13.7%13.5%
Kandiyohi County11th9.5%16.3%13.4%13.0%9.3%10.9%
8th10.2%11.4%10.8%6.1%7.8%6.9%
9th9.0%9.6%9.3%9.0%7.7%8.3%
All Grades9.5%12.5%11.1%8.9%8.2%8.6%
Kittson County11th0.0%18.2%9.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
8th4.3%4.5%4.4%4.5%0.0%2.4%
9th3.2%3.7%3.4%0.0%6.3%2.9%
All Grades2.7%8.5%5.6%1.5%1.8%1.6%
Koochiching County11th8.7%6.9%7.7%***
8th6.7%2.9%5.0%***
9th6.1%13.9%10.1%***
All Grades6.9%8.0%7.5%***
Lac Qui Parle County11th14.3%21.4%17.5%11.8%16.2%14.1%
8th5.1%8.1%6.6%5.1%6.3%5.6%
9th10.8%14.6%12.9%0.0%17.1%8.3%
All Grades9.9%14.2%12.1%5.4%12.5%8.8%
Lake County11th0.0%20.0%13.1%***
8th5.0%8.2%6.7%***
9th10.6%0.0%6.9%***
All Grades7.1%9.7%8.4%***
Lake of the Woods County11th11.8%7.7%10.0%***
8th16.7%11.1%13.3%***
9th15.4%33.3%24.0%***
All Grades14.3%16.3%15.3%***
Le Sueur County11th9.7%8.5%9.0%9.0%14.3%11.4%
8th7.6%7.5%7.5%10.3%6.9%8.4%
9th6.3%8.7%7.5%8.1%6.6%7.3%
All Grades7.7%8.3%8.0%9.1%8.7%8.9%
Lincoln County11th13.0%10.0%11.6%***
8th25.0%16.7%22.2%***
9th13.3%16.7%15.4%***
All Grades17.7%14.3%16.1%***
Lyon County11th3.8%8.4%6.0%15.5%10.0%12.8%
8th9.1%7.2%8.0%7.5%14.5%11.1%
9th9.4%11.3%10.4%12.5%10.5%11.4%
All Grades7.3%9.2%8.3%11.7%11.8%11.7%
McLeod County11th16.7%0.0%7.7%***
8th10.5%18.2%13.3%***
9th0.0%28.6%15.4%***
All Grades9.3%15.4%12.2%***
Mahnomen County11th32.0%54.5%42.6%31.6%26.7%28.6%
8th25.7%21.9%23.9%29.2%34.9%32.8%
9th12.9%19.0%16.4%19.4%21.6%20.6%
All Grades23.1%28.1%25.7%25.7%28.2%27.2%
Marshall County11th7.0%9.6%8.4%7.1%15.8%12.1%
8th2.8%15.4%9.3%3.0%2.3%2.6%
9th7.3%9.5%8.2%2.4%6.1%4.1%
All Grades6.0%11.3%8.6%3.9%7.9%6.0%
Martin County11th12.3%18.2%15.2%***
8th7.0%10.1%8.5%***
9th11.9%11.4%11.6%***
All Grades10.5%12.9%11.7%***
Meeker County11th4.8%15.9%10.6%15.0%13.3%14.2%
8th6.5%8.6%7.6%4.2%6.0%5.1%
9th5.0%5.1%5.0%6.7%12.6%9.9%
All Grades5.6%8.9%7.3%7.9%10.3%9.1%
Mille Lacs County11th7.2%11.4%9.3%16.1%11.8%14.0%
8th8.7%8.6%8.6%11.5%7.2%9.1%
9th10.6%8.8%9.7%11.1%9.7%10.4%
All Grades8.9%9.5%9.2%12.6%9.2%10.9%
Morrison County11th7.5%8.5%8.0%13.8%13.5%13.7%
8th9.0%7.7%8.4%11.2%9.5%10.4%
9th5.7%9.7%7.7%8.4%9.0%8.7%
All Grades7.4%8.7%8.0%11.0%10.5%10.8%
Mower County11th26.3%18.0%21.7%17.2%24.4%21.1%
8th13.2%16.8%15.0%11.0%11.7%11.4%
9th11.6%13.4%12.5%12.8%18.8%16.0%
All Grades15.9%16.0%16.0%13.3%17.8%15.7%
Murray County11th2.6%6.9%4.5%5.4%2.6%4.0%
8th5.1%9.4%7.0%2.4%3.2%2.8%
9th2.9%11.1%7.1%2.9%2.4%2.6%
All Grades3.6%9.3%6.3%3.5%2.7%3.1%
Nicollet County11th6.1%3.6%4.8%***
8th1.8%3.9%2.8%***
9th1.8%3.2%2.5%***
All Grades3.1%3.5%3.3%***
Nobles County11th8.8%23.2%15.6%11.1%13.8%12.4%
8th11.5%18.9%15.2%9.5%10.5%10.0%
9th15.1%15.7%15.4%10.8%12.9%12.1%
All Grades12.1%18.8%15.4%10.4%12.4%11.4%
Norman County11th10.0%6.5%8.2%17.9%13.0%15.7%
8th7.9%3.3%5.9%17.4%16.4%16.8%
9th2.5%13.5%7.8%12.9%9.4%11.1%
All Grades6.5%8.2%7.3%16.2%13.6%14.9%
Olmsted County11th8.9%13.9%11.8%9.1%6.4%7.7%
8th4.4%5.7%5.1%12.5%7.8%10.2%
9th3.9%7.2%5.5%6.3%6.5%6.4%
All Grades5.2%8.1%6.8%9.4%7.0%8.2%
Otter Tail County11th4.5%7.2%5.9%7.9%13.2%10.6%
8th5.5%6.7%6.1%7.6%4.4%5.8%
9th5.8%7.5%6.6%5.2%8.7%6.9%
All Grades5.3%7.1%6.2%6.8%8.5%7.7%
Pennington County11th13.0%14.3%13.7%***
8th4.0%4.7%4.3%***
9th7.2%10.0%8.7%***
All Grades6.9%9.1%8.0%***
Pine County11th15.0%20.4%17.7%15.5%14.4%14.9%
8th16.0%15.7%15.9%12.7%13.6%13.1%
9th9.6%9.2%9.4%7.1%13.7%10.5%
All Grades13.2%15.0%14.1%11.3%13.9%12.6%
Pipestone County11th5.9%6.5%6.2%***
8th0.0%10.8%6.6%***
9th11.1%17.6%14.3%***
All Grades6.4%11.8%9.2%***
Polk County11th10.6%7.2%8.8%11.3%14.8%12.9%
8th7.9%7.3%7.6%8.4%8.5%8.5%
9th5.3%7.5%6.4%11.3%8.6%9.9%
All Grades7.7%7.3%7.5%10.3%10.1%10.2%
Pope County11th5.6%9.1%7.2%8.3%7.9%8.1%
8th15.6%2.4%8.2%6.3%11.6%9.3%
9th6.5%10.6%9.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
All Grades9.1%7.4%8.2%4.9%7.2%6.3%
Ramsey County11th18.4%19.5%18.9%17.8%16.8%17.3%
8th13.4%13.7%13.5%14.3%14.6%14.5%
9th14.0%15.1%14.5%14.6%13.2%13.9%
All Grades15.2%16.1%15.7%15.5%14.8%15.2%
Red Lake County11th8.0%8.7%8.3%8.7%10.5%9.5%
8th4.2%15.0%9.1%20.8%4.8%13.3%
9th0.0%0.0%0.0%9.5%4.3%6.8%
All Grades3.9%6.6%5.3%13.2%6.3%9.9%
Redwood County11th4.1%3.0%3.5%7.0%10.9%9.1%
8th5.8%9.5%7.8%12.2%6.0%9.2%
9th12.7%14.1%13.5%4.2%4.5%4.3%
All Grades7.7%9.0%8.4%7.9%7.1%7.5%
Renville County11th6.5%12.0%8.9%10.3%7.1%9.1%
8th11.6%12.0%11.8%3.3%6.1%4.7%
9th0.0%2.9%1.4%1.8%14.0%7.5%
All Grades6.3%8.2%7.1%5.4%8.9%7.0%
Rice County11th4.8%9.8%7.2%7.6%6.9%7.3%
8th8.2%5.2%6.7%7.0%8.2%7.6%
9th6.1%5.5%5.8%5.9%6.3%6.1%
All Grades6.5%6.5%6.5%6.8%7.2%7.0%
Rock County11th2.9%2.6%2.7%***
8th2.2%4.3%3.3%***
9th5.0%12.8%8.9%***
All Grades3.4%6.4%4.9%***
Roseau County11th1.3%11.3%6.5%15.2%6.8%10.1%
8th10.0%5.0%6.9%7.8%5.0%6.4%
9th4.8%4.7%4.7%9.3%8.3%8.8%
All Grades4.8%6.9%5.9%10.0%6.8%8.3%
St. Louis County11th8.8%12.8%10.7%10.3%9.0%9.6%
8th10.4%7.9%9.2%11.2%9.4%10.2%
9th7.2%9.3%8.3%11.3%11.4%11.4%
All Grades8.7%9.9%9.3%11.0%10.0%10.5%
Scott County11th8.3%12.3%10.3%9.1%10.4%9.7%
8th7.6%10.7%9.2%9.2%7.7%8.5%
9th7.8%7.5%7.6%9.7%11.0%10.4%
All Grades7.9%10.1%9.0%9.4%9.7%9.5%
Sherburne County11th8.3%10.5%9.5%9.9%10.5%10.2%
8th8.8%7.1%7.9%6.8%11.1%9.0%
9th7.8%8.6%8.2%7.5%6.2%6.8%
All Grades8.3%8.6%8.5%7.9%9.4%8.7%
Sibley County11th10.5%16.7%13.5%18.3%33.3%24.8%
8th4.8%14.5%9.3%9.4%18.8%14.3%
9th10.3%12.7%11.6%10.0%15.8%12.8%
All Grades8.5%14.4%11.4%12.5%21.6%16.9%
Stearns County11th8.1%8.7%8.4%8.9%11.4%10.1%
8th8.0%10.0%9.0%7.4%9.2%8.3%
9th8.2%6.7%7.4%6.7%8.2%7.5%
All Grades8.1%8.4%8.3%7.6%9.5%8.5%
Steele County11th9.2%7.0%8.1%6.4%5.8%6.1%
8th5.8%2.5%4.2%7.0%6.0%6.5%
9th6.5%5.1%5.8%5.6%4.6%5.0%
All Grades7.1%4.9%6.0%6.3%5.4%5.9%
Stevens County11th8.7%0.0%4.9%4.5%2.5%3.6%
8th6.1%2.2%4.2%8.6%4.8%6.5%
9th2.9%4.0%3.5%0.0%7.1%3.9%
All Grades5.6%2.6%4.1%4.4%4.8%4.6%
Swift County11th4.0%2.6%3.2%***
8th2.8%2.9%2.8%***
9th7.1%7.7%7.4%***
All Grades4.5%4.0%4.3%***
Todd County11th7.0%6.3%6.7%10.9%14.1%12.6%
8th9.7%7.0%8.4%10.5%13.6%12.0%
9th6.6%6.7%6.7%12.6%16.7%14.8%
All Grades7.7%6.7%7.2%11.3%14.8%13.1%
Traverse County11th16.7%12.5%15.4%***
8th7.1%8.3%7.9%***
9th0.0%8.3%4.3%***
All Grades9.3%9.1%9.2%***
Wabasha County11th6.5%6.4%6.5%7.4%11.8%9.5%
8th2.8%3.2%3.0%7.0%7.6%7.3%
9th4.7%4.9%4.8%3.6%6.3%4.9%
All Grades4.9%5.1%5.0%5.8%8.4%7.1%
Wadena County11th10.0%10.8%10.4%8.4%20.6%13.9%
8th7.1%11.9%9.3%8.6%8.7%8.6%
9th12.4%6.9%10.1%9.3%14.7%11.7%
All Grades9.8%10.0%9.9%8.8%13.8%11.2%
Waseca County11th3.5%11.0%7.1%6.0%3.7%4.8%
8th5.8%8.9%7.3%4.5%5.3%4.8%
9th4.8%2.0%3.3%11.0%6.4%8.6%
All Grades4.8%7.0%5.9%6.9%5.3%6.1%
Washington County11th10.2%11.8%11.0%9.3%10.7%10.0%
8th7.0%10.1%8.5%7.8%10.9%9.4%
9th9.5%9.9%9.7%9.2%9.5%9.4%
All Grades8.9%10.6%9.7%8.7%10.4%9.5%
Watonwan County11th11.4%8.7%9.9%14.8%12.0%13.5%
8th6.0%8.6%7.1%9.3%11.3%10.4%
9th14.6%10.5%12.8%17.6%18.9%18.3%
All Grades10.5%9.2%9.9%14.2%14.4%14.3%
Wilkin County11th7.0%5.4%6.3%7.5%7.7%7.6%
8th10.0%12.9%11.3%2.9%7.9%5.6%
9th2.0%8.6%4.7%2.6%4.1%3.4%
All Grades6.0%8.7%7.2%4.5%6.2%5.3%
Winona County11th4.4%13.2%9.0%8.1%7.2%7.7%
8th7.1%5.7%6.4%7.9%10.1%9.0%
9th6.1%8.7%7.4%5.9%6.8%6.4%
All Grades6.0%9.0%7.5%7.2%8.0%7.6%
Wright County11th6.7%9.7%8.3%5.6%10.0%7.8%
8th4.3%6.1%5.2%8.0%6.5%7.3%
9th4.7%6.0%5.4%6.1%7.2%6.7%
All Grades5.2%7.2%6.2%6.6%7.8%7.2%
Yellow Medicine County11th4.1%9.3%6.5%12.1%5.9%9.0%
8th7.1%4.0%5.7%0.0%2.3%1.4%
9th5.4%6.8%6.2%7.9%4.3%5.9%
All Grades5.3%7.1%6.2%6.9%4.0%5.3%

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.