Madison Central High School (Mississippi)

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Madison Central High School
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Madison Central High School (Mississippi)
1417 Highland Colony Parkway

Madison
,
Mississippi

United States
Coordinates 32°28′06″N90°09′24″W / 32.468338°N 90.156666°W / 32.468338; -90.156666
Information
TypePublic
MottoTruth, Honor
Established1991;33 years ago (1991)
School districtMadison County School District
Teaching staff85.49 (FTE) [1]
Grades10–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1,246 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.57 [1]
Color(s)Orange and blue
  
MascotJaguar
NewspaperThe Uproar
YearbookThe Pawprint
Affiliations Madison County School District, Mississippi High School Activities Association, The College Board, Star School
Literary Magazine Harvest
Website www.madison-schools.com/Domain/530
Madison Central High School.JPG
The main entrance of Madison Central High School

Madison Central High School (MCHS) is a suburban public high school located in Madison, Mississippi, United States. Madison Central is part of the Madison County School District. The principal is Teague Burchfield.

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The school colors are orange and blue and the school mascot is the jaguar. Madison Central is classified as a 7A [2] public high school by the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA). In 2002, Madison Central was the first Mississippi visit of President George W. Bush. [3]

History

Madison Central began classes in fall 1991, having been built at an estimated $9.7 million cost. [4] The school absorbed students from Madison Ridgeland High School and East Flora High School. [5]

Attendance boundary

In addition to Madison its attendance boundary includes Flora, and Kearney Park. [6]

Academics

About a quarter of MCHS students take an Advanced Placement exam during their time at the school. [7] The school's academic proficiency rates are above average for the state of Mississippi. [7]

The Madison Central Academic Decathlon team claimed state championships every year from 2003 to 2019. [8]

Athletics

State Championships
SportYear(s)
Baseball2016, [9] 2021
Football1999, [10] 2021 [11]
Golf (boys) [12] 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023
Soccer (boys) [13] 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
Soccer (girls) [13] 2014, 2015, 2016

Both the boys' and girls' soccer teams were nationally ranked by MaxPreps after their respective 2016 seasons. [13]

Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year Madison Central was one of 24 MHSAA members to get reclassified as 7A school for athletics. [2]

Performing arts

Madison Central has participated in the National Adjudicators Invitational, The Disney Honors, as well as performing in Carnegie Hall in New York City in April 2008. [14]

MCHS has three competitive show choirs, the Varsity mixed-gender "Reveille”, the all-female "Renown", and the Junior Varsity mixed-gender “Radiance”. [15] The program also hosts an annual competition, the Deep South Classic. [16]

Notable alumni

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