BOLD Middle School
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
About BOLD Middle School
BOLD Middle School is a very small 6-8 campus in OLIVIA, Minnesota, operated by BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN. The school works with 173 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so BOLD Middle School sits 65% leaner than that benchmark.
BOLD Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN, a district that works with 636 students overall.
On the student-mix side, BOLD Middle School records that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Roughly 47% of students at BOLD Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, BOLD Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Renville County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,625 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Renville County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,806 students), of which BOLD Middle School is one.
BOLD Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BOLD Middle School. On composite proficiency, BOLD Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Inside the community feed, the feed for BOLD Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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