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Schools in Bird Island

Bird Island’s public schools

Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bird Island. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% of students in Minnesota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▼ 8% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.9
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
636 students on the public path
In brief

Bird Island’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Bird Island’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. BOLD-Bird Island Elementary places highest (better than 64%); BOLD Middle School lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bird Island, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4BOLD-Bird Island Elementaryin OliviaB
5–8BOLD Middle Schoolin OliviaC
9–12BOLD Senior High Schoolin OliviaB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 636 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 9.9 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,666MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading50%
State average 51.1% · 303 students tested
Math43%
State average 44.8% · 303 students tested

Bird Island vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share Bird Island’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bird Island—Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public

Every school in Bird Island

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Minnesota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bird Islandin other towns
BOLD-Bird Island Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Olivia
B
260 students11:1Rate it →
BOLD Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Olivia
C
173 studentsRate it →
BOLD Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Olivia
B−
203 students9:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
St. Mary's School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
143 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Bird Island’s schools

Are Bird Island’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bird Island. Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bird Island. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bird Island in?

Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District.

Where do Bird Island kids go to high school?

BOLD Senior High School.

Are there private schools in Bird Island?

Yes: St. Mary's School (grades PK–8, 143 students).

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What Bird Island families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.