Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

BOLD-Bird Island Elementary, Olivia, MN

BOLD-Bird Island Elementary is a public elementary school in Olivia, part of Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian School District. It enrolled 260 students in 2024-25, with 11.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 260
Teachers (FTE): 23.0
Students per teacher: 11.3
Grades: PK to 4

This school's ratio is 2.5 lower than the district figure of 13.8. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.3

District13.8

Minnesota15.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 701 S. 9th St, Olivia, MN 56277
Phone: (320)523-1031
District: Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian School District
County: Renville County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 270566000144

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 101
Reduced-price lunch: 28
Free or reduced-price lunch: 12949.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 87Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.