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BOLD Middle School

Public Grades 5-8
378th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 519 Minnesota Middle Schools
Better than 27% of Minnesota middle schools
Summary

BOLD Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 5-8 in the Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian School District in Olivia, Minnesota. With 181 students, the school has consistently underperformed the state and district averages in academic proficiency for Math, Reading, and Science.

BOLD Middle School's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. While Hispanic students perform relatively well, ranking 64th out of 188 Minnesota middle schools in 2021-2022, the school struggles with its White and Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) student populations. In 2024-2025, BOLD's White students ranked 354th out of 415 Minnesota middle schools, and its Low SES students ranked 394th out of 432 middle schools. The school's overall ranking has also declined from 245th out of 529 Minnesota middle schools in 2022-2023 to 378th out of 519 in 2024-2025, with a corresponding decrease in its star rating from 3 to 1.

Interestingly, the closest comparable school, Redwood Valley Middle in the Redwood Area School District, consistently outperforms BOLD Middle School in academic proficiency rates. For example, in 2024-2025, Redwood Valley Middle's overall Math proficiency rate was 45.25%, compared to BOLD's 26.04%. The high poverty rate at BOLD Middle School, with 56.91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, may also contribute to the academic performance challenges the school faces.

173
Students ?
n/a
Student/teacher ratio ?
46.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 701 S. 9th Street
       Olivia, MN  56277-8888

(320) 523-1031

District: Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian


Students who attend BOLD Middle School usually attend:

High:    BOLD Senior High School

Feeder schools for BOLD Middle School:

Elementary:    Bold-Bird Island Elementary
Racial breakdown:

White:
80.9%
Hispanic:
17.3%
Asian:
0.6%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 27th percentile in 2021 → 27th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Minnesota average (32% vs 47% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Math scores 19 pts below the Minnesota average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school32%
District avg39%
Minnesota avg47%
378th of 519
Minnesota public middle schools ?
Bottom 27%▬ steady since 2021
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
279th of 446Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian among Minnesota districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202532.3378 of 51927.2%★☆☆☆☆
202433.0378 of 54530.6%★★☆☆☆
202352.5245 of 52953.7%★★★☆☆
202244.5299 of 52042.5%★★☆☆☆
202131.3378 of 52127.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202533.5312 of 45030.7%★★☆☆☆
202428.2360 of 47424.1%★☆☆☆☆
202353.8202 of 45555.6%★★★☆☆
202251.6217 of 46753.5%★★★☆☆
202139.5277 of 44337.5%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202256.564 of 18866.0%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202514.6394 of 4328.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202428.7364 of 47323.0%★☆☆☆☆
202354.3181 of 45960.6%★★★☆☆
202249.3199 of 40450.7%★★★☆☆
202153.0163 of 39959.1%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202528.6343 of 45224.1%★☆☆☆☆
202432.5334 of 47930.3%★★☆☆☆
202348.9238 of 46448.7%★★☆☆☆
202234.3327 of 47631.3%★★☆☆☆
202122.7355 of 43718.8%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202523.4354 of 41514.7%★☆☆☆☆
202424.5367 of 44016.6%★☆☆☆☆
202339.7274 of 43637.2%★★☆☆☆
202234.8291 of 43833.6%★★☆☆☆
202117.9377 of 42210.7%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2022)66th percentile+23 vs school
Female (2025)31st percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)24th percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)15th percentile-12 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile-18 vs school
By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?
Reading38%-11 vs state
Math26%-19 vs state

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BOLD Middle School ranks 378th of 519 Minnesota middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at BOLD Middle School are 81% White, 17% Hispanic.

Students who attend BOLD Middle School usually go on to attend BOLD Senior High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 173 students attended BOLD Middle School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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