Tables: Minnesota Student Survey Data

View 2022 data tables by: 
Educational setting
Racial/ethnic group
Sexual orientation
County and region

View trend data: 
Trends by county, community health board, and state (1998-2019)

Data highlights: 
Mental health (2022)
Health and educational equity (2016)

Request MSS data: 
To request Minnesota Student Survey data and complete a user agreement, visit: Minnesota Department of Education: Minnesota Student Survey. 

The Minnesota Student Survey is administered separately to three different kinds of educational settings: (1) regular public schools, including charter schools and tribal schools; (2) Area Learning Centers and alternative schools; and (3) juvenile corrections facilities. MDH has prepared tables for each population showing the statewide results for each question on the survey. 

• Regular public schools by grade and gender: 
  2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [by grade and gender] (PDF)
  Note, this file will download automatically from the Minnesota Department of Education
• Regular public schools by grade only: 
  2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [by grade] (PDF)
  Note, this file will download automatically from the Minnesota Department of Education
• Alternative schools and area learning centers: 
  2019 Minnesota Student Survey Tables: Juvenile Correctional Facilities (PDF)
• Juvenile corrections facilities: 
  2019 Minnesota Student Survey Tables: Alternative Schools and Area Learning Centers (PDF)

Request data prior to 2022: If you would like Minnesota Student Survey data by educational setting from before 2022, please visit Minnesota Department of Education: Minnesota Student Survey Tables 2013-2022 and in the "Level" drop-down box, choose "State."

MDH has prepared statewide tables for students from different racial/ethnic groups attending regular public schools. 

Students are asked to choose one or more racial/ethnic groups to indicate how they might describe themselves. Because more than one group can be chosen, it is no simple matter to report survey results. Two options are offered. One option provides tables on students who checked one racial/ethnic group and no others—for example, African-American only. The second option provides tables on all students who checked a particular racial-ethnic group, including those who checked one or more other groups. 

These tables are based only on students in regular public schools.

• American Indian or Alaska Native:
  Alone: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [American Indian or Alaska Native only] (PDF)
  Alone or in combination with other groups: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [American Indian or Alaska Native alone or in combination with other groups] (PDF)
• Asian or Asian-American:
  Alone: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Asian or Asian-American only] (PDF)
  Alone or in combination with other groups: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Asian or Asian-American alone or in combination with other groups] (PDF)
• Black, African, or African-American:
  Alone: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Black, African, or African American only] (PDF)
  Alone or in combination with other groups: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Black, African, or African American alone or in combination with other groups] (PDF)
• Hispanic or Latino/Latina: 
  Alone: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Hispanic or Latino/Latina only] (PDF)
  Alone or in combination with other groups: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Hispanic or Latino/Latina alone or in combination with other groups] (PDF)
• Middle Eastern / North African: 
  Alone: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Middle Eastern / North African only] (PDF)
  Alone or in combination with other groups: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Middle Eastern / North African alone or in combination with other groups] (PDF)
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 
  Alone: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only] (PDF)
  Alone or in combination with other groups: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination with other groups] (PDF)
• White: 
  Alone: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [White only] (PDF)
  Alone or in combination with other groups: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [White alone or in combination with other groups] (PDF)
• More than one race: 
  2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [multiple races] (PDF)

Request data prior to 2022: If you would like Minnesota Student Survey data by racial/ethnic group from before 2022, please contact the MDH Center for Health Statistics. 

MDH has prepared statewide tables for students in grades 9 and 11 who choose to identify their sexual orientation. Past data is not available by gender identity.

These tables are based only on students in regular public schools. 

• Asexual: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [asexual] (PDF)
• Bisexual: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [bisexual] (PDF)
• Gay or lesbian: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [gay or lesbian] (PDF)
• Heterosexual (straight): 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [straight/heterosexual] (PDF)
• Pansexual: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [pansexual] (PDF)
• Queer: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [queer] (PDF)
• Questioning / not sure: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [questioning / not sure] (PDF)
• I don't describe myself in any of these ways: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [I don't describe myself in any of these ways] (PDF)
• I am not sure what this question means: 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Statewide Tables [I am not sure what this question means] (PDF)

Request data prior to 2022: If you would like Minnesota Student Survey data by sexual orientation from before 2022, please contact the MDH Center for Health Statistics. 

By region: Please contact the Minnesota Center for Health Statistics to request a report with the most recent Minnesota Student Survey data organized by Minnesota Department of Human Services Prevention Region. (Please note, these prevention regions are not the same as Minnesota's eight SCHSAC regions.) These tables are based only on students in regular public schools. 

Minnesota Student Survey selected single-year results by state, county and community health board, 1998-2019 (XLS), 2020

This set of tables shows state, county, and community health board-level single-year results over time for selected questions from the survey for 1998-2016. These results are based on students in regular public schools. These tables include the results for counties with one participating school district.

2022 Minnesota Student Survey Demographic Mental Health Crosstabs (XLS), 2023

This chartbook displays data collected from the 2022 MSS on mental health by sexual orientation, gender, race, and IEP status. Each of these demographics is also further separated by region. The data includes responses from 8th, 9th, and 11th grade students in public, charter, and tribal schools (since many of the questions in the following tables were not asked of 5th grade students, they were excluded from the analysis). The goal of this chartbook is to examine how mental health differs by region status within a number of demographic groups. This chartbook is intended to provide insight into regional differences in mental health within demographic groups and we recognize that this data provides a small picture of current mental health trends. We invite future exploration of mental health outcomes of specifically smaller groups that may not be represented in this chartbook. There are notes throughout the chartbook indicated with * to explain certain variables and responses.                                     

Key indicators of health and educational equity for specific population groups: Minnesota Student Survey 2016 (XLS), 2017. 
This spreadsheet presents equity data for different population groups based on race, ethnicity, economic status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Data for sexual orientation and gender identity are available only for grades 9 and 11. Data is from the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey. There is a separate sheet for each grade.

For context on how the spreadsheet above is organized and how to read it, view: Introduction and instructions for "Measures of health and educational equity: Grades 5, 8, 9, and 11, statewide, 2016 Minnesota Student Survey" (PDF)