Minnesota Student Survey Results Show Improvement
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On December 9, state official released results from the 2025 Minnesota Student Survey, showed students reporting stronger connections to their schools and improvements in overall physical and mental health and wellbeing.
The survey is one of the longest-running youth surveys in the nation, amplifying student voices across metro and Greater Minnesota schools. Schools and communities statewide use the data to improve programs, supports and services for young people.
Minnesota students reported encouraging improvements compared to 2022 when asked about school climate, bullying, out-of-school activities, healthy eating, mental health, substance use, connections with school and family, and many other topics.
The survey shows a heartening reversal of a decades long trend of declining mental health among Minnesota students. A group of mental health measures—related to anxiety and depression, suicidal ideation and comfort with talking with school mental health resources when feeling stressed or upset—show an improvement from 2022 for all students. The percentage of 11th grade students considering suicide was at its lowest in more than a decade...
