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Madison-Ridgeland Academy (MRA, Madison-Ridgeland) is a private, co-educational school in Madison, Mississippi, for students from K-3 through 12th grade. There are 4 divisions; the Kindergarten (K3-K5), the Elementary (1st–5th grade), the Middle School (6th–8th grade), and the High School (9th–12th).




History


MRA was housed in a Madison church for its first year as a school; the following year the school relocated to their first facility on their 25 acre campus.
In 1970, MRA was one of 4 private schools accused by the NAACP of using state provided public funding for textbooks. M. A. Snowden, Executive Secretary of the State Textbook board, stated that Mississippi law requires the loaning of textbooks to all students, whether they attend public or private schools.
In 2019, University of Mississippi chancellor Glenn Boyce was criticized because of his past affiliation with Madison-Ridgeland Academy.




Dress code


The school has a strict dress code that requires uniforms.




Demographics


As of 1986, the school had never enrolled a black student, although it had a nondiscrimination policy and had received several inquiries. As of 2012, 95 percent of the students were white, 2 percent were Asian and 2 percent were black.
In 2019, Nicolas Rowan became the school's first African-American salutatorian.




Athletics


The school's sports programs have won multiple MAIS football championships, the most recent being in 2021. The school nickname is Patriots.
Basketball coach, Richard Duease, was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 2024. He is the winningest boys and girls high school coach in Mississippi, and the third winningest active high school basketball coach in the nation.




Notable people


Glenn Boyce, chancellor of the University of Mississippi coached football at MRA
Jack Carlisle, coached football at MRA
Saahdiq Charles, football tackle, Washington Football Team
Tate Ellington, actor
Dallas Walker, football player
Ruston Webster, scout for the Atlanta Falcons, former general manager of the Tennessee Titans




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