Enrollment
203
High
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN·NCES 270566000147
BOLD Senior High School
701 S 9TH ST, OLIVIA, MN 56277 · (320) 523-1031 · Renville County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Minnesota public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
68 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 53 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 48 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 25% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
20.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BOLD Senior High School
BOLD Senior High School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLD Senior High School this school | 203 | 33.5% | 31.6% |
| LAFAYETTE SECONDARY RED LAKE FALLS | 184 | 32.1% | 45.7% |
| Ortonville Secondary ORTONVILLE | 228 | 33.8% | 41.5% |
| BATTLE LAKE SECONDARY BATTLE LAKE | 184 | 32.6% | 51.6% |
| Dawson-Boyd Secondary DAWSON | 269 | 35.3% | 28.4% |
| WARREN-ALVARADO-OSLO SECONDARY WARREN | 273 | 36.3% | 33.9% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BOLD Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #289 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #304 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #285 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 203 | #338 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #6 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.4% | #247 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #249 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.5% | #8 of 146 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
203
-17 (-8%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 8.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 203 | 23 | 8.8:1 | 33% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 21.6 | 10.2:1 | 40% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 19.6 | 11.5:1 | 44% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 220 | 27 | 8.2:1 | 26% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 25.9 | 12.0:1 | 36% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 36% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 35% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 21% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOLD Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (310 to 203); teachers down 11% (25.9 to 23).
About BOLD Senior High School
BOLD Senior High School runs as a small high school in OLIVIA, Minnesota. In all, 203 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 45% below the average of about 371 students for high schools in Minnesota.
BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN has 3 schools and 636 students, and BOLD Senior High School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at BOLD Senior High School, about 89 are White. It is also 10% Hispanic. Census estimates put Renville County at about 87% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 8.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at BOLD Senior High School, which has 23. High schools in Minnesota have an average ratio of 16.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 33%. That rate is below the 45% average among public schools in Renville County.
BOLD Senior High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of Minnesota public high schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, BOLD Senior High School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Minnesota. Predicted: 47.1%. Actual: 31.6%.
In Renville County, the median household earns about $70,625 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Renville County, 10 public schools serve about 1,806 students.
Measured in a straight line, BOLD-Bird Island Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from BOLD Senior High School. The five-mile area around BOLD Senior High School holds 2 other public schools. The school's 31.6% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place BOLD Senior High School in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 220 to 203.
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Renville County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,558
Census ACS
Median income
$70,625
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN
- BOLD-Bird Island ElementaryElementary · 260 students
- BOLD Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
- BOLD ALPHigh
Other schools in OLIVIA
- BOLD-Bird Island ElementaryElementary · 260 students
- BOLD Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
- BOLD ALPHigh
Nearby schools
- BOLD-Bird Island Elementary0.0 mi · 260
- BOLD Middle School0.0 mi · 173
- RENVILLE COUNTY WEST SENIOR HIGH10.9 mi · 219
- RENVILLE COUNTY WEST ELEMENTARY10.9 mi · 329
- Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda13.4 mi · 245
- Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element13.4 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About BOLD Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at BOLD Senior High School?
BOLD Senior High School enrolls approximately 203 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BOLD Senior High School serve?
BOLD Senior High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOLD Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOLD Senior High School is approximately 8.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BOLD Senior High School?
BOLD Senior High School reports a student body of 89% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is BOLD Senior High School in?
BOLD Senior High School is part of BIRD ISLAND-OLIVIA-LAKE LILLIAN.
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