Summary:
ZIP code 56277, which covers Olivia, Minnesota, is home to a single elementary school: BOLD-Bird Island Elementary, serving 260 students in grades PK–6 at 701 S. 9th St. Because there is only one school in the area, there are no cross-school comparisons to make here, so the picture below is a detailed look at that one school and how it stacks up against its district and the state.
Academically, BOLD-Bird Island Elementary was above its district—Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian—in all three subjects in 2025–2026, by 12.4 points in math, 1.4 points in reading, and 5.8 points in science. Against the state, the results are mixed: math was 45.7% versus the state's 44.9%, only a hair above, and science was 29.4% versus 25.9%, modestly above. Reading is the clear weak spot at 37.2%, which is 11.4 points below the state's 48.6%, and every tested grade level—3rd through 6th—came in below the state, with 4th grade reading trailing by 19.7 points. The standout bright spot is 4th grade math at 65.5% proficient, well ahead of the state's 55.2% and the only grade-level math result above the state average.
The big story, though, is a sharp one-year slide. All-grade math fell 25.23 points, from 70.93% to 45.7%, and reading fell 6.99 points, from 44.19% to 37.2%—declines far steeper than the district's or the state's. The school's rank dropped from 321 of 872 (63rd percentile, 3 stars) to 544 of 869 (37th percentile, 2 stars). Its district sits at 311 of 458, the 32nd percentile with 2 stars, so the school is still slightly ahead of its district overall, but well behind its own prior two years. With a 49.62% free/reduced lunch rate and a 10.9 student-teacher ratio, the key questions for parents are what drove the math drop and why reading remains consistently behind.
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