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Olivia, Minnesota - 3 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian #172 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,086 per pupil, Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian ranks #347 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
623
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,086
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian operates 3 public schools serving 623 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Renville County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,086 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.1% local, 68.5% state, and 12.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #172 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 212:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 26.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.3% White, 15.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bold-Bird Island Elementary, with a diversity index of 32.2/100.
Its largest campus is Bold-Bird Island Elementary, enrolling 260 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Bold-Bird Island Elementary accounts for 40.9% of all Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian student-counselor ratio is 212:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian chronic absenteeism rate is 26.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian is typically wider than the Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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