This article studies the link between the two most important parameters of the modern educational
system: academic performance and socio-psychological security. It is based on environmental
approach. The concept of "psychological safety" is considered in the context of modern foreign and
domestic concepts. An empirical study provided data of the socio-psychological monitoring from
2016 and the published educational rating of municipalities. Data was used to identify probabilistic
predictors of the possible involvement of students in drug use. The study involved 107,289 students of
This article studies the link between the two most important parameters of the modern educational
system: academic performance and socio-psychological security. It is based on environmental
approach. The concept of "psychological safety" is considered in the context of modern foreign and
domestic concepts. An empirical study provided data of the socio-psychological monitoring from
2016 and the published educational rating of municipalities. Data was used to identify probabilistic
predictors of the possible involvement of students in drug use. The study involved 107,289 students of