Summary:
The Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian area is home to one standout elementary school, BOLD-Bird Island Elementary, which serves grades K-4 and has a total enrollment of 219 students.
BOLD-Bird Island Elementary is a high-performing school, consistently ranking in the top 50% of Minnesota elementary schools over the past three years with a current ranking of 321 out of 872 schools (3 out of 5 stars). The school's proficiency rates in Math and Reading on the MCA-III assessments are significantly higher than the district and state averages, particularly in 3rd and 4th grade. For example, in 2024-2025, 69.23% of 3rd graders and 73.53% of 4th graders were proficient or better in Math, compared to the district average of 69.23% and the state average of 57.93% (3rd grade) and 55.6% (4th grade). The school's student-teacher ratio of 9.6 is also quite low, suggesting smaller class sizes and potentially more individualized attention for students.
Overall, BOLD-Bird Island Elementary appears to be a standout institution in the Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian area, providing a quality education to its diverse student population and consistently achieving strong academic results that exceed district and state averages.
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