OLSON MIDDLE

OLSON MIDDLE is one of the roomy 6-8 campuss in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, operated by Bloomington Public Schools, with 762 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so OLSON MIDDLE sits 54% larger than that benchmark.

Within Bloomington Public Schools, which oversees 22 schools and 10,442 students, OLSON MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, OLSON MIDDLE reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 12% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Hennepin County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OLSON MIDDLE has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, OLSON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 50.0%.

In the broader community, Hennepin County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. OLSON MIDDLE is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is OLSON ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OLSON MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OLSON MIDDLE has edged down 11%, going from 857 students in 2018 to 762 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 62% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the OLSON MIDDLE community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.