Summary:
Zip code 56277 in Olivia, Minnesota is home to a single high school: BOLD Senior High School, a public school serving grades 7–12 with 203 students. It belongs to the Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian district, which is ranked 311th of 458 in Minnesota — the 32nd percentile — with a 2-star rating. Because it is the only high school in the zip code, families should read its results as a comparison against its own district and against the state as a whole.
The school's clearest strengths are in completion outcomes and setting. Its graduation rate is 88.2%, equal to the district and above the state's 84.9%, and its dropout rate is 3.9%, below the state's 4.2%. The student-teacher ratio is 8.8, indicating a relatively small instructional setting. The school also improved its state rank, moving from 314th of 450 in 2024–25 (30th percentile) to 264th of 473 in 2025–26 (44th percentile). 10th-grade reading is essentially tied with the state at 42.6% versus 42.5%, and End of Course science is 33.3% against the state's 35.0%. It remains rated 2 stars in every year of rank history.
Test proficiency is where the gaps appear, math most of all: 18.4% of all grades are proficient in math versus 44.9% statewide, with 11th-grade math at 11.1% against 35.3%, 8th-grade math at 16.3% against 42.3%, and 7th-grade math at 24.6% against 40.3%. Middle-school reading also trails — 23.5% versus 43.5% in 7th grade and 37.8% versus 50.0% in 8th grade. Science slipped from a strength (30.23%, above the state's 26.15% in 2024–25) to a relative weakness (21.5% versus 25.5% in 2025–26); 8th-grade science is 7.1% against 16.7%. With 203 students across grades 7–12, small cohorts can make year-to-year swings volatile.
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