Mental Health

Student Mental Wellbeing:

Anxiety: For grades 6-12, 29.5% of youth reported feelings of anxiety in the past year as occurring almost always (16.3%) and always (13.2%). 30.9% of youth report their feelings of anxiety make things difficult for them in their lives always or almost always.

Sources of Anxiety: For grades 6-8, the most reported sources of stress or worry in their lives are academics, post-high school plans, and peers. For grades 9-12, it was academics, post-high school plans, and schedule. For all grades, social media and financial security ranked as the lowest source of anxiety among the provided choices.

Self-Harm: 18.0% of youth in grades 6-8 reported having thoughts of self-harm and 11.2% report having harmed themselves in the past year. For grades 9-12, 17.3% reported having thoughts of self-harm and 11.2% report having harmed themselves in the past year.

Depression: 22.9% of youth in grades 6-8 and 24.6% of youth in grades 9-12 reported having “felt sad or hopeless for two or more weeks in a row so much it stopped me from doing my usual activities” in the past year.

Suicidal Ideation in the Past Year: 9.7% of youth in grades 6-8 and 10.9% of youth in grades 9-12 reported having considered attempting suicide within the past year.

Comfort Seeking Help: For grades 6-12, the sources youth felt most comfortable seeking help from were parents (61.5%) and friends (54.7%).

Having a Trusted Adult: 89.7% of youth in grades 6-12 agreed with the statement, “I have at least one adult in my life that I can share my thoughts and feelings with.”

Community and School Safety: For grades 6-12, 79.5% of youth agreed with the statement, “I feel safe in my community” and 65.6% agree with the statement, “I feel safe at school.”

Bullying:

Bullying Frequency: 55.1% of youth in grades 6-12 report having been bullied in their lifetime. 7.6% experienced this 1 to 5 days in the past month, 3.0% 6 to 20 days in the past month and 2.9% for 21 days or more in the past month.

Bullying Types: The types of bullying most frequently reported among youth grades 6-12 were mean names or comments, exclusion, and rumors.

Bullying Locations: Bullying most frequently occurs in the hallways, classroom, and at lunch.